>> tonight, the seconds trafficking case against jeffrey epstein and its ties to the heump administration. one day after t billionaire's indictment, two presidents now trying to distance themselves from epstein. >> i had a falling out with him velong time ago. i don't think i' spoken to him for 15 years. i wasn't a fan. >> but the president's labor secretary faces growing pressure toign over his role as a federal prosecutor in anse earlr x abuse case against epstein that resulted in a lenient sentence. the calls for justice after the killing a black teenager over his rap music. >> this is t worst feeling ever. no parent should ever go through this. >> the suspect charged with first degree murder. police say he wasoy a by the loud music the teen was playing his car. growing outrage on social media

and the #justice for elijah. was the cruise line atault the death of a 1-year-old girl who fell out of a window on the ship? her family now asking why was there an open window 11 stories up. a stunning medical breakthrough. the first baby born in the unit states after a groundbreaking transplant. what this could mean for women struggli with infertility. the price you y, we've got some great insights into how to find the best travel deals heading into prime vacation season. get ready to pack. and a potentially big storm gaining strength tonight. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. the fallout from the indictment of the well-connected billionae jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges has been swift, with democrats now calling for the resignati of trump labor secretary alex accosta over a plea deal he once made with epstein. also, presidents trump and clinton have quickly moved to put some distance between

themselves and epstein. both have been part of his elite social network around t time prosecutors say epstein was procuring under age girls for our stephanie gosk has the story.r: >> reportefter pleading not guilty to sex trafficking charges, jeffrey epstein sits in a manhattan jail cell, a far cry from parties like this one in mar-a-lago alongside don00d trump in 2 today president trump distanced himself from the billionaire socialite. >> well, i knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him. i mean, people in palm beach knew him. he was a fixture in palm beach. i had a falling out with him a long time agn' i dot think i've spoken to him for 15 years. i wasn't a fan. >> reporter: this is what the president told new york magazine in 2002. i've known jeff for 15 years. terrific guy. he's a lot of funo be with. it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger sid epstein who made his fortunate investing rich people's money, moved in

powerful circles, connected to more than one president. bill clinton's office released its own statement on monday. president clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes jeffreypstein pleaded guilty to in florida some years ago,r those with which he has been recently charged in new york. adding that clinton hasn't spoken to epstein in over a decade, but did fly on his plane for trips connected with the clinton foundation.00 in 2 and 2003, president clinton took a total of four trips on jeffrey epstein's airplane, one to europe, one to asia, and two to africa. during that time, feral prosecutors say epstein wasea crting a network of under age girls who he sexually assaulted in his florida and new york city homes until today democrats turned their attention to labor secretary alex accosta, with calls for his resignat on. >> instead prosecuting a predator and serial sex trafficker of children, accosta

chose to let him off easy. >> reporter: accosta, a former florida u.s. attorney, cut a widely criticized plea deal with epstein in 2008. em stein avoided federal prosecutiony pleading guilty to state charge including soliciting prostitution from a minor. he registered as a sex offender and spent 13 months injail, but had permission to leave six days a week and work from a local office. incosta comme for the first time since epstein's new york arrest. the crimes committed by epstein are horrific. with the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that epstein go to jail, register as a sex offender. now that new evidence and additional testimony is available, the new york prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice. but an attorney who says he struck financial settlements with epstein for three alleged victims holds accosta personally responsible for what he calls an awful deal. >> mr.saccosta' office

categorically kept us in the dark. they failed to inform any of my clients what deal that they werg attemp to cut. >> reporter: his clients, he said, felt they were taken advantage of twice. by a predator and a broken system. >> so, stephanie, this deal has been widely criticized by democratss as wellstein's accusers. is anybody else speaking about? >> yeah, there is. we spoke to the former police chief inal pbeach. he helped lead the initial investigation into epstein all those years ago. he's critical of that 2008 deal and says that the victims and their families deserve an apology from someone in authority. >> all right. stephanie gosk, thank you. and as stephanie just reported, there are growing calls by democrats for alex accosta to resign as labor secretary. and tonight president trump is weighing in. nbc's peter alexander oas that partthe story from the white house. >> reporter: despite those calls for alex accosta's resignation, tonight president trump is praising him. >> i can tell you that for 2 1/2 years he's been just an

excellent secretary of labor. he's done a fantastic job. >> reporter: the president says he first metta costa when he nominated him in 2017 years after accosta worked on that controversial plea deal for billionaire jeffrey epstein. now president trump says histi administra will examine accosta's handling of that case. >> i feel very badly, actually, for secretary accosta because i've known him as being somebody that worked so hard and has dono such a job. i feel very badly about that whole situation. but we're going to be looking at that and looking at it very closely. >> reporter: but the white house had already announced last march that accosta's role as i u.s. attorn epstein's plea deal was under review, though no update has been provided in the >>nths since. hether it's a u.s. attorney or an assistant u.s. attorney or a judge, you go back 12 or 15 ars ago or 20 years ago, look at their past decisions, i would think you'd probably find that they would wish they maybe did it a dferent way. >> reporter: and two officials here tell nbc news that some top

aides have been dissatisfied with accosta, even before this, frustrated that he hasn't shown more urgency to roll back regulations. but ultimately accosta's fate, lester, will be up to presiden trump. >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. next a shocking murder case outside phoenix. police say a 17-year-old was stabbed t death at a gas station because he was playing rap music. now anger over the case is spilling onto social media. let's get more from nbc's ron allen. r eporter: the murder of elijah el alminit igng the #justice for elijah, some say it was a racially motivated murder. the teen stopped at a gas station playing rap music. stabbed in the neck allegedly by michael adams who police say he told them the music made him feel unsafe. >> i don't understand. and -- it's just too much. >> reporter: his mother serena said his son loved rap, even

wrote lyrics. a high school senior heading home from work. >> this is the worst feeling ever. no parent should ever go through this >> reporter: murder and music like in 2012, jordan davis also 7, killed in florida after an argument about loud music with michael dunn, convicted of first degree murder. in arizona, adams now facng bei the same charge. a suspect released from prison two days before the alleged murder. >> knowing that he suffers from autism, adhd as well as potential other mental illnesses -- >> reporter: adams' attorney arguing he's mentally ill. >> he waswa perfectly are of what he was doing. therers no way. ths no way. >> reporter: the suspect now held on a million dollars bond. in the kilng of a teenager, playing his music that the suspect apparently thought of as a threat. ron allen, nbc news. >> scary moments today in canada as emergency crews evacuated a hotel after a carbon monoxide leak was tected. dozens of guests were rushed to the hospital, some left in critical condition.

we get details from nbc's migu almaguer. >> reporter: when paramedics arved at the super 8 motel in wiipeg, canada, dozens were in trouble. an automatic alarm triggering the alert for carbon monoxide leak. 46 people were quick transported to local hospitals. 15 of them in critical condition. >> we saw the full range of symptoms ranging from moderate headache to nausea and vomiting, and weakness. >> reporter: with authorities scrambling to shut off t gas the building, high levels of carbon monoxide were discovered in different areas of the l.mo wearing specialized equipment, firefighters carried out the rescues. tonight still unsure how the leak happened. >> it's odorless, tasteless, colorless. >> reporter: carbon monoxide is known ss aent killer, but tonight in canada, a deadly disaster may have been averted because of an automatic alarm. miguel almaguer, nbc news.

>> we are keeping a close eye tonight on the gulf coast and the potential for a tropical threat over the next several days. al roker is following it all. al, what are you seeing? >> lester, we are already seein heavy rain in florida. sarasota seeing flooding so we're watching the the system developing even as we speak. in fact, bothmodels, the american and european model, bring the system into the gulf and up and makes landfall according to the european model as a strong tropical entity sometime saturday afternoon or evening. it's stronger and further east. the american model weaker and further west. whatever happens, we're talking about tons of rain. at least 7 inches in some places may pick up a foot. we're watching it very closely. lester? >> al, thank you, sir. now to details of the shocking death of a toddler on the docked cruise ship in puerto rico, her family is now saying the cruise lin is to blame. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: tonight the family of 1-year-oldhloe is disputing

initial accounts from police that she slipped through her grandfather's hands. >> i do think that there is goin o to be blamethe cruise line, and i will do every ting i cano hold them accountable for what appears to me to be negligence. >> reporter: police in san juan, puerto rico say they fell sunday royaln 11-story window of caribbean freedom of the seas landing on a dock. the family attorney michael winkleman now says chloe's grandfather sam had placed her on a railing by a window but had idea it was open. the toddler was used to pressing up against glass back home, watching her brother's hockey games. >> why in the world would you leave a window open in an entire glass wall of windows in a kids area? why would you have that kind of hidden danger without any warning? >> repter: they are assisting local authorities but not specifically commenting on any allegations of possible negligence. in a a previous written statement, the cruise line said it is deeply saddened by the tragic accident. the family remains in puerto rico.k meanwhile, bac home in south bend, indiana, where chloe's

father ts a police officer, community is raising money for them. >> even though that is not immediate family, it's still our family. so a part of our heart breaks just as much as anybody relse'. >>orter: what was supposed to be an unforgettable family vacation, now an unthinkable loss. gabe, gutierrezbc news. >> there is newly released video showing the tragic moment of impact when aour helicopter collided with a small plane over the italian alps.un moted go pro cameras captured the deadly crash in january. our tom costello has more on the increasing questions about safety in the tourist industry.p >>orter: it was a beautiful chopper ride over the alps that suddenly turned deadly. a tourist plane carrying three pilots learning alpine flying crashing mid-air into the helicopter that had just lifted off. the chopper coming apart and crashing to the ground. five on board the chopper dead, two on board the plane also killed. the video just relsed by the

search and rescue team, it comes amid a string of accidents involving tourist aircraft. six passengers kille when two tour planes collided in alaska. two chopper crashes in hawaii. three dead. five tourists killed in new york when their chopper went down in the east river. >> this is really ber beware. you as the customer have to do your research to determine the safety level of this company because they don't operate at the same more consistent robust standards as a major airline. >> reporter: search google or the faa or ntsb website. is the operator certified as an air taxi? are the pilot's licensed to the minimum standard or required to have more experience? have there been accidents? if so, what happened? if it doesn'tsa sound fe, don't go. tomo, costellbc news, washington. >> one of the more colorful characters ever to run for president of the united states has died. ross perot, thefl semade texas billionaire who tried to reach the white house twice as ain plain-talkg independent. andrea m american original.n

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the racend still winning nearly 20% of the vote. the bushes long blaming perot for their loss to clinton. and the nafta trade deal. >> this is not good for people of the country. >> reporter: and running for the president. ross was inspired by winston churchill. >> never give in. never give in. neve never, never. >> reporter: and by his never-ending love for the lone star state. >> i was texas born, texas bred, and texarka raised and when i e, i'll be texas dead. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> ross perot was 89. a medical breakthrough en struckling w with infertility. also the price you pay, big ways to save if you still need to book that summer vacation. then tennis star serena williams rsening up about one of her biggest controveies on the court. stay with us. ♪

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