secretary alex acosta is set to answer questions this afternoon even as a new accuser against jeffrey epstein speaks out on today. >> what hurts more is that if i wasn't afraid to come forward sooner, then maybe he wouldn't have done it to other girls. i feel really guilty. to this day i feel really guilty. >> mind the gap. the british ambassador to the u.s. resigning today saying the rift with the white house is making it impossible for him to carry on as the outgoing prime minister comes to his defense. >> he has given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. and we are the champions. honored with a ticker tape parade in new york city elevating their fight for equal pay. >> even though they're different

genders they still work hard and deserve that. >> they work hard but the women's team is way better than the men's. >> equal pay! equal pay! ♪ and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. labor secretary alex acosta is expected to answer questions for the first time since new york prosecutors indicted registered sex offender. jeffrey epstein whom acosta let off. jennifer araoz describes interactions she had with epstein in high school. she is not part of the southern district of new york case

against epstein. but this new alleged victim offering a chilling account of how she claims she was recruited, groomed and then sexually assaulted by jeffrey epstein. >> i was 14 years old. what the hell do you know when you're that wrong. >> jeffrey grew up jennifer gre new york. and s >> she was trying to get to know me. trying to find out where i was from, who i lived with. >> she says the woman kept showing up, talking to her, sometimes offering to buy her lunch or a soda. >> the first time she brought up the name jeffrey epstein, how did she describe him? >> that he was a great guy. >> did she say she could help

you with your career. >> that was a big part of it. >> when you think of her now, you said the recruiter. you felt like she was looking for someone -- >> for sure. 100%. >> araoz says she brought her to his house. >> very nice, saying he's heard a lot about me. the recruiter was talking nice things. >> she was served wine and they talked. she said she was given $300 and was invited back. >> the secretary would contact me and say, are you free? can you come buy? >> she became familiar with what happened inside epstein's home. >> there was a lot of artwork with nudity and women -- >> suggestive? >> very suggestive. he had a bathtub opened and

there was prosthetic breasts that he could play with while he was bathing. and the painting that was -- the massage table would be here and this painting would be right here, and it was a very pretty naked woman and he used to say that i looked like her. >> she says after a few weeks of visits she was escorted alone to what epstein called his favorite room in the house. the massage room and things turned physical. >> but at the same time i was scared because i didn't know if he would get angry so i kind of just followed. i would have just my underwear on because that's how he liked it. and i would just give massages back and then he would potentially later on turn over and play with himself. and he would also like when i would play with his nipples.

he would get turned on by that. and then he would finish himself off and that would be the end of it. and he would still give me the 300 and normally i would either get it from the secretary or he would leave it in a drawer in the massage room. >> how often do you think you were there? >> once a week, twice a week, my freshman year. >> did you ever tell him your age? >> i told the recruiter, i mentioned it in front of him, yes. >> you're 14 years old. >> he knew very well my age. he knew exactly who he was hanging out with. i don't think he cared. >> when araoz turned 15, she says things took a turn. >> take your underwear off and get on top. and i said i didn't want to. and he, you know, very forcefully kind of brought me to the table and i just did what i

was -- what he told me to do. i was really scared. i didn't necessarily think he was going to rape me. >> did he hold you there? >> yeah. >> no question in your mind he knew you did not want that to happen. >> oh, yeah. he -- there was no way i was -- i don't want to say i was screaming or anything of that nature. but i was terrified and i was telling him to stop, please stop, you know. >> and did he? >> no. he had no intentions of stopping. that's what he wanted and that's what he got. >> when you left there, you never went back. >> after that day, no, i never went back. i was terrified. i was really scared because i didn't want that to happen again. >> and you left school. did you leave the school because it was in the same neighborhood. >> yeah. it was so close.

>> in your mind, did you use the word rape? did you recognize it then? >> no, i don't think i did. i just thought, like, it's my fault. like i was like obligated. that's just what you're supposed to do. so i really did not know better. >> when did you stop blaming yourself? >> it was a long time, really. >> she says epstein's staff continued to reach out to her for more than a year, but she did not respond. she said she didn't immediately tell anyone, including the police, something she says she now regrets. >> did jeffrey epstein forceful.

he knew exactly what he was doing. and i don't think so is if i wasn't afraid to come forward sooner, then maybe he wouldn't have done it to other girls. to this day, i feel really guilty. >> she says she suffered from anxiety, depression until she confided in her mother, her then boyfriend, and two close friends. three told nbc news that she first told them about her interactions a decade ago, the fourth about six years ago. >> have you ever tried to reach out to prosecutors and tell this story? >> no, i did not. i was just too scared. i didn't want to go public with it. >> you intend to file a lawsuit. what would you say to those who say a civil suit, lawyers, this is about getting money? >> you know, he -- he hurt me

badly. i prefer not to go through this. so, you know, this is one way for me to get justice. >> what does it take to find the courage to speak and tell your story? >> it's a lot. even though maybe i don't look it because i'm so sad. but also happy tears because i'm able to, you know, let myself go of this burden. i feel brave. i feel strong. more than ever right now. >> nbc news reached out to epstein's attorneys for comment multiple times, they have not responded to all of these requests. in previous discussions, epstein's attorneys are said to have challenged her credibility. joining me now to discuss all of this is christen welker, and editor at "the washington post"

and attorney as well. kristen, this is all squarely on acosta's plate right now. he's having a news conference at 2:30. obviously we want to hear what he is going to say. you have some background on what's going on at the white house. there was reporting that there was some concern about him not from the president but others on the white house staff. >> he is embattled right now and there was already concern about acosta, concerned he wasn't carrying out the president's deregulation agenda effectively enough and this has added to those concerns. i think there's pressure building up to explain this plea deal that he made with epstein so many years ago in which epstein only got 13 months in jail for similar allegations -- >> part-time jail. >> yes. he worked out of an office. >> and it was lowered from a federal case to a state case. >> exactly.

he pled guilty to that state case. i think all of that is significant and there's a lot of pressure on him to explain exactly what happened and why he reached that plea deal, what chuck schumer called a sweetheart deal. and he said he did the best he could with the evidence he had at the time. i expect we're going to hear more of that from acosta. does he survive this? president trump yesterday defended him but did leave the door open for changing his mind. he said he's going to look into exactly what happened here. >> and he seemed to sort of distance himself saying i didn't know him that well. he was not from the trump world. he was someone brought to him. he was the u.s. attorney in florida during the period of the epstein case. he also distancing himself from app seen who he previously described as a friend. >> the president is very good at distancing. and i thought the signs were

pretty ominous for secretary acosta yesterday. first senator mcconnell was asked about it and he said it's up to the president. there's no great love lost for him on the hill and the president just has this habit of telling his folks, well, i'm going to go out and save yourself if you can, but this is not the hill that i think the president wants to die on and it's not baggage is that is comfortable for him to be taking on himself. i have a hard time seeing how secretary acosta survives, how he survives what happened to this woman -- one of the most heartbreaking interviews i've ever watched. what happened to her is not secretary acosta's fault, but the hardest question that he has to answer was whether he worked hard enough to get proper punishment for what happened to women like her. and in particular, the question of whether they were even

allowed to -- which they were not -- and told about -- which they were not and why not, the unbelievably lenient plea that was reached. >> to that point, the miami herald reporter who led this investigation from the start, because she was so curious about this light sentence and started looking into it, she says what hasn't been answered is why was this sealed so the victims could not deal with it before it became official. and it's a -- there was a law where it's supposed to be briefed to the victims before any of these cases are sealed and finished. >> that will be one of the first questions that will be put to secretary acosta when he faces the press a little bit on today. why weren't the victims told? this could be a situation of death by 1,000 cuts. we saw the president stand by scott pruitt until he wouldn't any longer. the president has a habit of digging in his heels, we know

that, even when the pressure begins to mount, he's clearly still doing that right now. but to your point, andrea, there are so many very troubling questions that he's going to have to answer. if he can't answer them, i think you're going to see that pressure build from within the administration. >> and there's reporting that mick mulvaney is also unhappy with acosta. it remains to be seen, we haven't heard from the first lady or whether anyone else is troubled. >> and that will be very notable to drill down on that. but mulvaney is among those who's not satisfied with acosta's performance. >> they made him get rid of his chief of staff because he wasn't on the deregulation program enough. so when you're sort of starting from that base of not ideological support and then you

have these problems layered on there, you're kind of beyond scott pruitt land, that lasted a long time, but some sweetheart deals, by getting your rent paid by lobbyists, going easy on somebody who's been accused of being a sexual predecessor is another one. >> and adding one more point to that, of course alex acosta oversees trafficking. a lot of people are asking, how can we continue to do that? >> and there have been suggestions that they've not been nearly aggressive on that front which is right in the middle of his mandate. ruth, kristen, we'll be seeing you soon. a celebration of champions. fans gathering at the ticker tape parade in new york city. that's next right here on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. my type 2 diabetes, i'm more likely to have a fatal heart attack or stroke. lower a1c helps, but type 2 diabetes still increases my risk

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are these ladies your heroes? >> yes. >> why? >> because they're really good and i want to be like them when i'm older. >> what does it tell you that women can do? >> everything. it shows you don't give up. it's really inspiring. >> we're in the middle of all of the action in new york city where the streets are buzzing as thousands have gathered to celebrate the world champion u.s. women's soccer team.

it's a fitting homecoming following the team's historic world cup victory. megan rapinoe just spoke on stage. >> there's been so much contention in the last few years, i've been a victim of that, a perpetrator of that. been in a fight with the federation. sorry for some of the things i said, not all of the things. but it's time to come together. this conversation is at the next step. we have to collaborate. it takes everybody. this is my charge to everybody, do what you can. do what you have to do. step outside yourself. be more. be better. be bigger than you've ever been before. >> we're outside city hall where the celebration just wrapped up. it's extraordinary. just the eloquence of rapinoe and most importantly the little

girls you interviewed, you must be on cloud nine? >> you know, it's a lot of fun just to be out here and to get swept up in the excitement of all of the fans. take a look behind me. i don't know if we can pan a little bit, this is what it looks like after a fantastic celebration, 3,500 seats down on the ground, but every single one was taken. nobody left until the ceremony was over and there was standing-room only. everybody here, this team had this group of fans in the palm of their hands. whatever she asked them to do, i'm feeling pretty confident that they're going to move forward with it. it was a little bit of a rough moment when the soccer federation spoke knowing he's about to go into arbitration with these woman. there was some booing and cha chanting, usa and equal pay. they see that as their next

battleground having one historic victories that brought them to another ticker tape parade here today. >> and, megan rapinoe was on with rachel maddow last night. we wanted to play a little bit of that too so just stand by and listen. >> i think everyone realizes now, it's time for the next step, it's time to work together, get this to a better place. the conversation is not about equal pay anymore. it's everybody. if you're not down with equal pay at this point or equality or whatever it is, you're so far out of reality and the conversation that we can't even go there. i think it's time to move to the next phase and i think everybody wants that. nobody wants this con tenuous fight all of the time. >> as they head into arbitration, just the spirit of those little girls saying these women are so great, the men are okay, but they didn't do as

well. that's the bottom line. this is a sport where money follows -- should follow victory. >> absolutely. that's what the kids were saying to me. the girls as well as the boys who i spoke to today were saying all the same thing. and i have to tell you, the girls were also saying that they didn't think that this team was just the best women's soccer team, they think this is the best soccer team. and they think that they ought to be compensated financially for that. you have to think too, it may indeed be their time and these little girls are coming up at a time, andrea, when they only see themselves as winners and capable of seizing the opportunity that's right in front of them. think also what title 9 has actually done in this country. it was signed into law more than 40 years ago, and here we are seeing the benefits of it today. >> as you said that, i was just thinking that i was in college before -- just before title 9 and the sports that i didn't

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i have spoken to sir kim darroch. he's given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice. >> british ambassador to the united states kim darroch resigning after 2017 cables -- cabling from 2017 until last month containing his criticism

of the trump administration were leaked to the press in london. he's hearing support from his current prime minister and also from the man who's expected to take her place. >> i regret that really because i think he was a superb -- is a superb diplomat and i worked with him for many years. and i think that whoever leaked it has done a great disservice to our civil servants. >> simon mcgee worked for several british embassies. this is extraordinary, the leak, the reaction to it, the uproar, what is the overall impact. >> the impact, i think we will still need to see what the impact is over time. this isn't the end of this episode. it will be interesting to see what happened in the next week or so whether kim stays in place or whether he leaves straight

away. my understanding is that he will probably stay but take a much quieter, low-key role. and of course we'll need to see who the next ambassador is going to be. and that of course is one of the intriguing questions of this and why has this taken place and why did someone want to do a wrong to sir kim. >> and my understanding is that he was planning a scheduled vacation this friday, but that the deputy ambassador will take over temporarily, that it will be up to the prime minister, presumably, the next prime minister, to make that choice. so right now, boris johnson, a man you served as well as previous foreign secretaries, he's in the lead, is he not and presumably, his choice would be someone in line with his thinking and the key issue of course is brexit. >> indeed. and he's way ahead in the leadership. i think everyone expects him to be crowned prime minister later this month. and let's not forget that there's someone else here that

matters and that's the president of the united states. who does donald trump want to be the next british ambassador to the u.s. because of course the u.s. has to give its agreement to whoever london wishes to appoint. >> now, of course the president has speculated in the past on twitter that he likes nigel farage. how upsetting could that be to the whole system? >> well, it could be very upsetting. as you know in the united kingdom the vast majority of our ambassadors are actually public servants, they're professional diplomats, and it would be pretty unprecedented to bring someone with such a high-profile -- high political profile and someone who's been -- and most people would agree, quite divisive in the country to give them such a role. as we know, nigel farage and

donald trump are close. they're in regular touch and some might say friends and so that's something that can't be discounted. >> i worry about sir kim because the president has disparaged him. theresa may came to his defensive. and there was a phone call from boris johnson to him. he is very well regarded in washington circles and i have to say you can't go to that embassy without seeing a trump white house top official, a cabinet official there, to that embassy. >> well, indeed. it is the -- seen as the top job in the british diplomatic service. obviously it's the one that every diplomat aspires to doing one day. he's been the national security adviser. he was a senior diplomat in brussels and he is very, very good at what he does and very well-connected. so this is a great shame for the uk. it's a -- i think a great shame for the u.s. as well to have

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turning now to a disturbing new nbc exclusive report alleging horrific treatment of migrant children by customs and border patrol protection. and this time at an arizona detention center. the reports include a previously unreported allegation of sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl by a uniformed officer. the 15-year-old alleges that an officer told her to lift up her shirt. she says he pulled her pants down and touched her waist and pulled her underwear. and asked her to spread her leg and is arms and patting her down groping her body, laughing, speaking english with other officers. joining me now is the team who broke this story originally on the rachel maddow show. they've been working on it for quite some time to get this. jacob, first to you, tell us

more about this 15-year-old and some of the other incidents that were in these incident reports. >> she was a young woman, 15 at the time. she's 16 now. and once she was transferred from the border patrol station, she sat down with a case manager, not immediately, but weeks after she was in hhs custody and decided she wanted to tell her story. you read the sickening details about what she alleges happened to her in border patrol custody. and dhs has said they're inspecting this incident. and it certainly isn't the only incident that julia and i discovered in going through dozens of significant incident reports that come of these border patrol stations, including retaliation for young

boys complaining that their water tasted like chlorine and their food was inedible. >> it speaks to cruelty and abuse really, julia, if these allegations are correct. tell us what cpp is saying and how this has been reported up the chain or not. >> you're right. the first thing to realize is that we are just now finding out about this, thanks to these documents we've been able to obtain. but the government has known about this starting in april. >> is it hhs that documented it? >> hhs documents this once they leave the facility. but we did get a statement from customs and border protection, they say the u.s. customs and border protection treats those in our custody with dignity and respect and provides multiple avenues to report any allegations of misconduct. the allegations do not align with common practice at our

facilities and will be fully investigated. it is important to note that the allegation of sexual assault is already under investigation by the department of homeland security office of inspector general. >> so the inspector general has this. when the inspector general gets a report like this, presumably they don't announce it until they have an adjudication. >> we don't know anything in the public until there's an adjudication. and we might not know if there's a firing. we hope they will respond now that these allegations are known so people will know is this man still working, is this allegation what it sounds like? it needs some investigating and the more and more we get into this, it sounds more from the trump administration they think the issue is overcrowding, but overcrowding didn't cause this to happen. overcrowding doesn't cause retaliation against children who say that their water tastes like bleach. there's more of an issue that

seems to go high up the chain of command, whether it's an issue of culture or accountability or acting quickly when something like this is raised as a concern. >> what we now know is this goes beyond texas. this is arizona. i heard members of congress suggesting that the male agents not be in charge of young girls. that they be women. it might eliminate some of this alleged sexual abuse that was alleged by this one girl. >> there are many simple suggestions just like that one. and i've heard that one in the wake of your report coming out as well. another one or two that i have heard is why are there no child welfare professionals inside these border patrol stations where children are supposed to be held for only 72 hours, yet they've been there for many more days. every single child in all of the accounts we reviewed were longer there for the 72-hour maximum period. why were there no lawyers

referred to this case. there are so many things that could be done to protect the children in the custody of customs and border protection that we're hearing nothing about and that's part of the problem. a huge lack of transparency coming out of not only these facilities, but the people in charge of these facilities and a larger management problem with what's going on inside. >> jacob and julia, so grateful to you for all of your reporting. fed up, the federal reserve chair says what he would do if president trump asks him to leave. stay with us, you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. that a speaker is just a speaker. ♪ or - that the journey can't be the destination. most people haven't driven a lincoln. discover the lincoln approach to craftsmanship at the lincoln summer invitation. right now, get 0% apr on all 2019 lincoln vehicles

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from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. if you got a call from the president today or tomorrow and he said i'm firing you, pack up, it's time to go, what would you do? >> well, of course, i would not do that. >> i can't hear you. [ laughter ] >> my answer would be no. >> and you would not pack up and you would not leave. >> no ma'am. >> because the president doesn't

have the authority? >> i said what i intended to say on the subject and what i've said is that the law gives me a four-year term and i fully intend to serve it. >> there's that. the federal reserve chairman jay powell insisting he's not going anywhere despite president trump repeatedly suggesting he would like to fire or demote him. legal experts say that the president does not have the authority to move the head of the independent agency. in his testimony today to congress, powell suggested that the economy is beginning to soften, interest rates cuts to come as soon as later this month. joining me now is kasie hunt on capitol hill where there's a lot going on. rick tyler, former senior adviser to ted cruz and former democratic congressman from new york, joe crowley. let's talk about the fed and jay

powell who was -- we should point out, a trump appointee, but the president quickly soured because he wants to interfere with monetary policy, something i would suggest he doesn't know anything about. joe crowley, the fed chairman was very explicit today. he was not going to duck the question. >> what a breath of fresh hair. finally someone who's standing up, even if it's embedded in the law and it's clear that it's a four-year term. and i think it sends a strong signal to the markets as well that they're going to address these issues as -- they're going to call it as a referee sees it as opposed to the coach weighing in. >> he's a lifelong republican and the president had the option of reappointing janet yelin who

he's now praising. he didn't reappoint her. >> no, he didn't. and i think the president uses the federal reserve as a toolbox that if something does happen in the economy, we've had an extraordinary economy, and, by the way, the s&p briefly broke 300 today, but the market hasn't reacted. they hinted at a rate cut, but the president will make the president very, very happy. but i'm not sure that's likely to happen. there is some indication that the china trade deal which is going nowhere and i expect may not go anywhere until after the election, is affecting the economies and exports are also down. but we had a 200-plus job growth report last month and the market is doing well. the president says all the indications are the economy is doing well. he's mostly right and yet he's

saying we need a rate cut. it doesn't add up or make any sense. >> and i think what jay powell was saying is they will let the market dictate what they do and not tweets from the president. while all kasie hunt, nancy pelosi was cleaving the closed door meeting. a lot is going on there with the four rebels in the caucus going one direction on that key vote on the immigration bill. >> right, andrea, this goes back to the dispute about that is humanitarian emergency aide package that was passed before the july recess and a lot of progressive anger about having to pass the senate version of that bill. they don't think it provided the kind of guardrails that are necessary on the money that gave the trump administration too much leeway. pelosi had to address it at lengths. the first time they have been together since a lot of these fishers spill out into the open.

you saw the interview that pelosi did over the weekend, these four progressives, the anger in particular from other members seemed to be focused on a couple of tweets that went out in the last couple of weeks. there is one that many took notice from mark spokane. there is also been some tweets from staffers notably, ocasio-cortez's chief of staff. he compares later that the tweet was deleted. it compares it with the southern democrats of the 1940s. he wrote they certainly do black and brown people today of what the democrats did in the '40s. nancy pelosi talked to reporters

and she said a lot of people were upset of some of the things that was heard from staff. pelosi was very direct with her caucus today. look, you got a problem or complaint, don't tweet about it. you come to me about it. andrea. >> well, that certainly seems to be a tough morning but joe crowley, is the staff or members are going to listen? >> i think it is pretty impressive to see staffers tweeting or really communicating against the better interesting caucus. think it is reflective and how difficult it is to lead in the majority. you strive to get to the majority and you know intentions can flare from time to time. i think nancy pelosi will deal with this appropriately. >> john boehner can empathize with this. >> and his figure coup.

>> vote s in the caucus are mor important than followers on twitter. these fours are playing on their progressive caucus. if it hurts the democrats' ability to have an agenda or get things done, that hurts everybody including the progressives. >> thank you so much. the president's win in court regarding his trump hotel right here on msnbc. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" stay with us on msnbc. stay with us on msnbc when i book at hilton.com

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and now to a federal appeals court siding with president trump dismissing the lawsuit. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has the latest. there is also a democratic congressional case. >> this has several one. this has d.c. and maryland. presidents can't benefits gifts from foreign governments or states. when the official state of the tr trump hotel, he was violating the clause. there is two problems with that lawsuits which is why they threw

it out. they can't prove people staying at the hotel just to have favors with the president. how the court can solve that problem? even if the president can't receive financial benefits with the hotel, people can still stay there and curry with him. that would create the harms of d.c. or the competition to their own convention center. the case was thrown out. d.c. and maryland says they'll appeal. this is the third of emolument clause. that is still going on here in d.c. >> can i just say this is not a legal argument at all. after he was elected, all of these embassies and foreign governments that used to have their big events at

their embassies, many of them moved it to the hotel. >> it is a dramatic change that took place but i can understand that's hard to prove in court of that kind of motive. do you think this is the end of it or the other case proceeds separately? >> d.c. and maryland can ask the full circuit to hear the case or go to the supreme court. the lawsuit for separate ones filed by members of congress is in the discovery phase where they are getting financial documents. the president now has moved to ask the d.c. court of appeals to throw it out as well. the track records on these em emolument case are not so good. >> pete williams. thank you so much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember to follow us, here is

ali velshi on "velshi & ruhle." >> well said of pete williams. thank you and have a great afternoon. >> it is wednesday, july 10th, coming up on "velshi & ruhle." we are digging into the latest on the epstein's case. alex acosta is set to speak out with his past connection to epstein. we'll hear from his new accuser, she said epstein raped her when she was a 15 years old child. plus, how migrants are being treated including abuse and sexual assaults. >> the president's golf club is holding a charity today hosted by a strip club.