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So i think the options for him were narrowing down, he just didn't have much choice at the end of the day having been found by a federal judge to have violated the law. >> here's more of what the president said about his now outgoing labor secretary. >> he made a deal that people were happy with and then 12 years later they're not happy with it. you'll have to figure all of that out. but the fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me and i actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to say it ...

Early from alex and i think he did a very good job yesterday, under a lot of pressure he did a fantastic job. and he explained it and he made a deal that people were happy with, and then 12 years later they're not happy with it. you'll have to figure all of that out. but the fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. and i actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to say it to the press. but i just want to let you know, this was him, not me, because i'm with him. he was -- he's a tremendous ...

Because i'm with him. he was a -- he's a tremendous talent. he's a hispanic man. he went to harvard. a great student. and in so many ways, i just hate what he's saying now because we're going to miss him. >> a hispanic man who went to harvard. kaitlin collins is at the white house. it was just two days ago that we saw acosta giving a press conference to defend himself, which was highly criticized afterwards, but it did look like acosta might have a chance to weather all of this. what has happened in the past 48 hours? >> reporter: well, a lot, and a lot had to do with the president of t . even...

And i think kamala showed the path through which she would go toe to toe with donald trump to focus on what really makes america great. and it's the people. it's the diversity. it's the differences that we have that actually bring us together in common to fight for a better and more secure future for our children. and i think she really made that clear. >> this democratic field obviously still developing, but keith, we talk about the diversity here. look at what we have already. we have four women, hispanic man, afghan war veteran who's openly gay and married. how big of a deal is this? >> i t...

>> she is a political operator and my immediate thought was to think of a picture that flashed around the world in 2016 before the south carolina primary in which nikki haley endorsed marco rubio and it was a picture of nikki haley, marco rubio and senator tim scott. at indian woman, hispanic man and african-american man. nikki haley came to prominence initially by opposing the confederate flag and monuments in south carolina, showing she is a new kind of southerner and the republican party has gone in a different direction under donald trump, embracing white nationalism and populism. nikki ha...