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The epstein case on wednesday, blaming state prosecutors and insisting he cut the best deal possible, but it wasn't 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 i'm with him he was a -- he is a tremendous talent he is a hispanic man he went to harvard, a great student. and alex, i think you'll agree you said you don't have to do this he doesn't have to do this you k...

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, akaucosta's nams going to continually be part of that narrative. >> sarah westwood joins me outside the white house i believe in milwaukee -- i apologize. that's 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 viewers heard was that the president was pleased with how acosta has been handling himself. >> that's r...

For example, they're using grooming techniques. they're using recruitment techniques. they're using telephones. they are using computers. they're using bankers and money's moving around. there are a lot of witnesses in addition to these girls that could have corroborated their story. and they didn't do it. they did not stand up for these girls when they needed to. and it's indecent. >> and, cynthia, i think that, again, as kimberly notes, there is still a big question mark hovering around whether acosta will survive this given all of those unanswered questions in the way that he handled that p...

The guy card. >> he's a terrific guy. >> and yet they had a rift a number of years ago. we don't know the nature of that rift. but i've been reading what will be a telltale sign is whether acosta will be in the cabinet meeting in one week from now. >> let's move on to what's happening with the census. the trump administration has hit yet another road block in order to add a citizenship question. now there's a charge they cannot swap out their legal team to move forward with this. the judge is demanding an explanation -- >> the quote is defendants provide no reasons, let alone satisfactory reas...

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 didn't 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 oversight committee who who sent a letter to alex acosta asking him to testify this month to lay out t...