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Administration and the f.a. chl a. more on the latest part forfeiture jim acosta joining us now. jim, the president public mri praise ds acosta on the south lawn. is that the case privately? >> no, anderson, i'm told by a senior administration official gnat president had been stewing over this over the last this hours. anderson there are officials inside the white house who were concerned that there would continue to be disclosures in the jeffrey epstein days case and this was going to continue to make alex acosta look bad not just in washington but potentially on the campaign trail. you saw a...

Labor secretary alex acosta announced he is stepping down and a senior official said the president was stewing over his fate after he was dragged into the jeffrey epstein scandal but there may be another top official heading for the exit at the white house. the director of national intelligence dan coats, we're told the president may be ready to make a change there as well. there wasn't much laboring when it came to the fate of alex acosta as the president walked the embattled secretary in front of the cameras to announce his departure. >> and alex, i think you'll agree, i said y-- you don't h...

Welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead. president trump on defense unloading at the white house as another cabinet secretary leaves the administration under the shadow of scandal, this time labor secretary alex acosta claiming he's leaving willingly to he is not a distraction but privately president trump was stewing over the unwanted attention to the trump administration and the president was worried about the steady stream of revelations to come involving the 2008 plea deal acosta brokers with well-connected multi-millionaire and accused child rapist jeffreye...

Today. 1st right brant i think you get the sense that the president has been stewing over these leaked diplomatic cables for a number of days and today he really doubled down with his signature weapon of choice which is name calling on twitter referring to the british ambassador as whacky calling him a pompous full saying that he was a very stupid guy and he didn't stop there that name calling also extended to the outgoing british prime minister the woman of course that president trump famously once held hands with here in washington no less saying that to research a was also also foolish for ...

There were no negotiations, there were no talks. kim was hinting he may restart nuclear testing at the beginning of the year if things continue to go unresolved. insofar as it's better to be talking than not talking, and i do believe that, then this photo op may have been useful. i mean, after all, kim left hanoi, perhaps with a loss of face, stewing in that long train ride back to north korea. in this case the president invited him to meet him and it was the president who went to north korea as it were and stepped over. and so i think kim probably feels like he's gotten some satisfaction here...