but it comes as you've reported on security at the mar-a-lago.er heavy scrutiny the woman who snuck in may abspy. cindy yang who has appeared there many times with the president many times, accused of selling access to trump and his family through mar-a-lago, all of this possibly tied back to china. >> that's right. it's certainly interesting timing for this news to come out. is it politically motivated as mr. gao has suggested? maybe. i think we'll know more and obviously we will follow this story to find out what federal authorities do know about mr. gao if anything or if he has been caught up in the investigation you mentioned, the ongoing investigation into possible espionage at mar-a-lago. >> which of course seems to have some very serious security issues. thank you very much. sarah. i appreciate your time. and next, the president's fbi director says the russians are attacking america. is the president of the united states taking this threat seriously at all now? plus president trump see as din tread spirit in britain's new tough talking pri

underaged girls at mar-a-lago? >> no, i haven't seen any evidence of it. my understanding is that this is something that's pretty hard to verify because it involved a father of a young girl, and i'm sure that he doesn't want to go public and admit that jeffrey epstein had hit on his daughter. so that's something that's pretty hard to verify unless a person would voluntarily come forward. >> let's talk about acosta. the sort of line from acosta both today in the tweets and generally when he has been forced to talk about this, and it hasn't been much was we did the best we could with the evidence we had. we couldn't make the case. that an accurate characterization to your mind? >> well, let's put it this way. if you don't feel like you have enough evidence in a case, you go find the evidence in the case. and i know for a fact that the fbi was working toward that and that they had a lot of good leads, including leads in new york that he was likely doing the same kind of sex pyramid scheme involving young girls in new

if you've got $200,000, you can join mar-a-lago too. you can be one of them. >> you can buy your way to class? >> exactly. >> wonderful. thank you, megan twohey. lawrence, great respect for you. lawrence leamer. >>> up next, the householding william barr and wilbur in criminal contempt for stonewalling congress on the census controversy. you're watching "hardball." maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. we're the tenney's and we're usaa members for life. call usaa to start saving on insurance today. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you and we're usaa members for life. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget

kicked him out of mar-a-lago -- said he kicked him out of mar-a-lago. sort of a synchronicity and they were comfortable with one another. taylor: a story that is developing. i'm sure we will have you back in a few week's time. in china, car sales show signs of struggling. inventoryto clear out before new emissions rules kick in. british airways faces a landmark $230 million fine over computer attacks that exposed customer data. it is the first time these regulators have filed rules for companies to implement anti-hacking measures. they said they haven't found any evidence of fraud on accounts linked to the theft. the women soccer team wasn't the only winner at the world cup. the audience for the game was higher than last year's men's final, in the u.s.. that is your business flash update. says he doescvey not see a recession. he spoke with bloomberg's erik schatzker in an exclusive interview. henry: i think the market to dovish on the fed. the fact that they would do 50 ease -- 50 basis points in terms of easing in july. i think the fed sees low-inflati

the woman in question who has been photographed at mar a lago in the company of the president who is a republican party fund-raiser in the trump era, she is the original owner of a string of massage parlor where the owner of the new england patriots football team, robert kraft got caught up in a prostitution sting. he and more than 20 other people were charged with prostitution offenses related to that massage parlor. he pled not guilty, but the charges are pending. here is mr. kraft having dinner at the president's table at an event honoring the amir of qatar. i don't know if there were massages at that event, but you feel like you have to ask. now this federal judge issued the short order, giving prosecutors the go ahead to file classified evidence with the court in a related case. the president's mar a lago club massage parlor prostitution ring cash for access scandal is now affirmed to also have a nexus to a counter intelligence investigation that's current under way to president trump's mar a lago club in particular. that nexus gave rise to this order from the federal judge allo

nbc has uncovered archive footage of donald trump and jeffrey epstein partying together at mar-a-lago back in 1992. here is how mika brzezinski described the interaction on "morning joe." >> later in the footage, trump is seen talking to epstein and another man as women are dancing in front of them. trump alternates between dancing and pointing out women to epstein and the other man and telling epstein about the cameras. though exactly what they say is difficult to understand as they discuss the women and their appearances, trump gestures to one and appears to say to one, look at her back there. she's hot. and then trump says something into epstein's ear that makes him double over with laughter. >> footage was shot by nbc for profile on faith daniels' talk show a closer look. trump's behavior in the rest of the talk show hasn't aged well. >> i saw you at the celebrity chef dinner here in new york. >> and what a kiss. >> you kissed me on the lips in front of the paparazzi and i said that will cost you. i'm booking you on the show. true story, correct? >> was so good and open and nice.

the video shows the two partying together at mar-a-lago in 1992. and here's abc's kyra phillips now. >> reporter: the video shows them partying like pals. president trump and jeffrey epstein at mar-a-lago in a room full of cheerleaders. the video shot by nbc in 19292, unearthed by them today. >> donald, donald, donald. >> reporter: trump seeming to point one woman out on the dance floor. >> she's hot. >> reporter: the future president making epstein double over with laughter. in a 2002 profile of the financier, trump called epstein a "terrific guy." adding, "it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as i do. and many of them are on the younger side. no doubt about it, jeffrey enjoys his social life." six years later, dozens of women accused epstein of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers. but a controversial plea deal landed him in county jail for just 13 months. now he's back behind bars facing federal sex trafficking charges, and the president is distancing himself. >> i haven't spoken to him in probably 15 years or more. i

footage that we're going to show you of president trump partying it up with jeffrey epstein at mar-a-lago. this is video from back in 1992. >> he never liked him, right? >> yeah. so they're doing something here that kind of is relevant. we're going to explain what the president was doing back then with the man he now says he was not a fan of. >> willie was wearing that jean shirt. >> a lot going on there. >> you see who's behind -- this is very interesting. there's a lot of different players here. >> guess what they're talking about mika. >> you're not going to believe what they're talking about. isn't that -- okay. >> i thought he didn't like him. >> we'll see. it looks like the whole set up is there. that's coming up in just a few minutes. we begin with the democrat controlled house. it's passed a resolution condemning president trump for his quote racist comments about four progressive democratic congresswomen of color. after a raucous debate on the house floor, just four republicans and one independent lawmaker joined 235 democrats to vote in support of the measure. the resolution con

at a party with a crowd of young women at trump's mar a lago club in the early 90s. you may have seen that footage on msnbc this morning. we will add with more footage, including an interview with donald trump that accompanied that footage when first air and the interview i will warn you may curl your hair a little bit. you have the tape that you most likely have not seen. the epstein thing is happening tomorrow. we don't know how unsettled the president is about his relationship with epstein and what may emerge from the case, especially as that continues to attract more cooperating witnesses and more victims and more people talking about their time with epstein in the initial non-prosecution agreement that he benefitted with in florida. part of that non-prosecution agreement signed off on by alex acosta who lost his job because of the epstein scandal. one of the elements is that federal prosecutors would not go after alleged coconspiritors of epstein. this is a different prosecution now. they are not bound by that agreement if there are other people who were aware o

by the way, epstein lived close to mar-a-lago. went to mar-a-lago in palm beach.et's be clear, the president's association with epstein, it ended many, many years ago. watch this. >> well, i knew him like everybody in palm beach newman. people in palm beach knew him. he was a fixture in palm beach. i had a falling out with him a long time ago. i don't think i've spoken to him for 15 years. i was not a fan. i was not -- he had come a long time ago. i would say 15 years. i was not a fan of his. that i can tell you. i was not a fan of his. >> sean: the president did not elaborate on why he cut all ties to epstein, author james patterson who recently wrote a book on the palm beach predator, providing more details during interview with dana perino earlier today. let's take a look. >> president trump said earlier that he had a falling out with epstein about 15 years ago. you know what that was about? >> well, i know that there were some complaints about epstein at mar-a-lago and also i spoke to the head of the spa there and she said -- i said, did you ever meet epstein?

may not be mar-a-lago. welcome back to "morning joe." it's thursday, july 18th.e have national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann. white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan la mir. white house correspondent for pbs "newshour," yamiche alcindor. and joining the conversation, former u.s. senator and now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. and political writer for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, robert costa. he's the moderator of "washington week" on pbs. >> john heilemann, we've all heard now, have been talking about it over the past hour, about the "send her back" chants. put that in perspective. where does that put us as a country? where does that put our politics? >> well, i think in an incredibly depressing and you know, i think dangerous place, you know, it's not just that -- i mean, this week has been -- i think you said in the 6:00 hour, joe, that it was the low point for the trump presidency, i think last night, and there have been a lot of low points, but last night, i think, real

he was a member of mar-a-lago.s sent out to do a tour kind of defending him, and that's what he's doing. i don't think we should put any stock in what patterson says. they will uncover whatever they uncover, and men like trump will be implicated. >> thanks to you both. >>> the crisis at the border putting a spotlight on u.s. customs and border protection. we're going to speak with a former border patrol agent turned immigrant rights activist. that's interesting. next. activist that's interesting next hilda, i like the new do. got some layers in there, huh? the more, the merrier. got to have this stuff in the morning. oh, that's too hot. act your age. get your own insurance company. carlo, why don't you start us with a little bit of cereal? you can spread it all around the table. and we're gonna split the warm hot dog. and i'll have a glass of grape juice to spill on the carpet. oh, uh, do you want some to spill? act your age. get your own insurance company. oh, uh, do you want some to spill? they feel like they hav

and trump requested they throw the party at mar-a-lago. so george knew partners with trump, rounded up girls, 28 to fly down to mar-a-lago and george said he was shocked to find out the only other guest at this alleged vip party would be epstein. he also said epstein was someone he had known over the years from these events he threw and knew he had problems with younger women and said he warned donald trump about that at the night and at the time saying i can't have him going after younger women. he's a problem. i had to bar him from events and trump just waved it away saying i'm not going to have a scandal. don't worry about it. so trump was aware of epstein, had seen it, had been to his palm beach mansion, and wasn't really bothered by it until it became a problem, and he publicly made sure to very publicly cut ties with him and saying he banned him from all of his clubs. he was friends with him until it was no longer useful to be friends with him, and then they had this falling out. >> i've read charlie sykes and annie's reporting with

. >> out of mar-a-lago, exactly. >> there are allegations about things that happened at mar-a-lago. >> two things, one was that a member had complained because his daughter had been approached by epstein. >> 15-year-old. >> another was i interviewed a woman who had run the spa there and i said did you know about epstein? did you know epstein i asked. she said, yes, yes, yes. he would come over to the spa occasionally, he was inappropriate. she said i went to mr. trump and trump threw him out. so that's interesting just in terms of when people start linking -- i don't know about that, and obviously with president clinton, we talked to several -- two of the pilots and they said there was nothing, you know -- >> clinton is your collaborator on another book. >> yes. absolutely. that doesn't matter. >> right. >> i don't care about that. but i also don't think -- and i'm positive smart people around him, they are not going to say that he went on four airplane rides if he went on 27 with somebody. it isn't going to happen. >> what did epstein had to say about you writing this book? there's r

from the relationship with jeffrey epstein he had in palm beachecades ago in the 1990's at the mar-a-lagolub. paula asked president truat about elationship in the oval office earlier this week. let's see that. >> mr. president -- >> ok. anybody else. >> do youe think a terrific guy? >> i knew him like everybody in palm beach kne him. people in palm beach knew him. he was a fixture in palm beach. i had falling out with him a long time ago. i don't think i've spoken for hifor5 years. i would say maybe 15 years. i was not a fan of his. that i can tell you. i was not a fan of his. robert: the president's words "not a fan." t what is the real history here? >> back in 2002, f a profile, the president was quoted as saying he thought epstein w a terrific guy and the two had been friends for 15 years. the president noted that they shared a taste for beautiful women. but he even noted in that article that epstein tend to like them on the younger side. it's interesting here earlier this week, yeah, i don't really like the guy. we had a falling out. but what so strange is that he would not answer ear

that's not usually what happens at mar-a-lago. >> that's because he said it's open to anyone. >> that's right. >> what if he has implicitly said it's really only open to people who are my supporters? >> then i think you would be talking about a different kind of case, your honor. >> but why isn't that this case? >> because the president didn't say that initially. the president opened this to everybody, there are 50 million followers to this account. there are -- >> so having done that -- well, dee factor and a jury having said nothing about who can participate, he has no ability, then, to limit this forum that he has -- i will say unwittingly, i'm not sure it is, but unwittingly created. >> on the basis of viewpoint. now, if the president tomorrow decided that he wanted to institute some viewpoint-neutral time, place and manner restrictions on the account, i don't think those would necessarily raise first amendment concerns. the reason this case raises those concerns is that the president blocked these individuals because they criticized government policy and that is t that is stipulate

epstein by his own words was a fixture in palm beach, where mar-a-lago is located.y. i think it's a reasonable inference, and i'm speaking as a seven-year former federal prosecutor. >> let's talk about the race. let's talk about where we are right now. cnn's latest poll has the president's approval rating amongst republicans at 89%. why do you think the president's approval rating, support amongst republicans remains so high? >> among republicans and the republican state committees, those organizations are the trump campaign in each of those states so obviously i'm not going hunting for ducks there. i'm not going to try to charm them as much as they can charm me. i found one interesting thing on the stump. i get very good response when i make my case. a lot of people are democrats and they're not even conservative democrats. some of them are liberal democrats. they say we're going to come vote in the republican primary for you, for bill weld, so we can vote against mr. trump twice instead of throwing a dart into the air in the democratic primary, we're going to vote

but he was banned from mar-a-lago in 2007. attorney for the trump organization telling the "washington post" the ban was over the criminal charges against epstein. yet the president continues to stand by his labor secretary. for now anyway. sources telling cnn that acosta's future in the cabinet could come down to the news coverage of the scandal and just how loud the calls for his resignation become. which is probably why the secretary tweeted today. okay? he said, "now that new evidence and additional testimony is available the new york prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice." that's quite something. coming from the man who could have brought epstein more fully to justice more than a decade ago. then there's the continuing saga of the british ambassador and those leaked diplomatic cables. the president, who's not known for his thick skin, doubling down today. calling ambassador kim darroch wacky and a very stupid guy. all because the ambassador in cables that were supposed to be privat

in fact, i think the great james patterson, a member of mar-a-lago, made a statement yesterday that many years ago i threw him out. i'm not a fan of jeffrey epstein. >> all right, so, alex acosta is gone as a result of epstein. we also know that bill clinton was a close associate of jeffrey epstein, who on his private jet a number of times. and then in 2011 the manhattan district attorney's office, cy vance, democrat come in 2011 asked for jeffrey epstein's sex offender status to be reduced to the lowest possible. so there's still a lot of questions, harris, to be asked and answered about jeffrey epstein and his connections to rich, powerful people and people in the legal world. >> harris: i saw you kind of go back and forth there. it does get confusing. convicted predator, accused trafficker, all of it bad. >> well, he's accused again of being a sexual predator. >> harris: john roberts, thank you very much. i want to bring in marc lotter, former special assistant to president trump. he is currently the strategic communications director for the president's reelection campaign. marc, alwa

"new york times" today about the calendar girl party that trump and epstein hosted together at mar-a-lago >> we'll leave it there. phil rucker, thank you. michelle, always good to have you. >> thank you. >>> right now on capitol hill, lawmakers are grilling department of homeland security officials over what's being called a massive unwarranted intrusion. the use of our driver's license photos without consent for facial recognition scams. we're going to explain how the fbi and i.c.e. may be using your photos. photos l. the patented blend of protein, fat, and carbs is part of a balanced formula that's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. in fact, it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake and contains only 1 carb choice. enjoy the balanced nutrition of boost glucose control as part of a healthy diet. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> happening right now on the left side of your

you write about an exclusive party in mar-a-lago in '92. talk you also through the years-long relationship and the idea that the president seems to know the past relationship could be a liability for him. >> reporter: they had a severe falling out about 15 years ago and haven't spoken sense. back in the day in the '90s and early aughts, they shared homes nearby in palm beach, they were part of the same circuit in manhattan. i had an interview with george her rainy. gamblers would vote on who won with these girls. george flew down girls to mar-a-lago. they were going to stay at the club. and he gets there and the only two guests are donald trump and jeffrey epstein. they spent time together. he said he warned trump about his pro cliffities for younger women. he knew his history with women. it didn't bother him until it did. until epstein started having problems with the palm beach police. and he tried to solicit a woman who worked at mar-a-lago, and trump cut ties with him after that. and notably he was very aware epstein had become a liabil

florida businessman says he was tasked with organizing an exclusive calender girl competition at mar-a-lagoanizer told "the new york times" that he was surprised to learn that there were only two extra guests who were invited to attend a party with the more than two dozen girls who were in the competition. it was the 28 girls, 28 women from the competition and only two other people at the whole party, donald trump and jeffrey epstein. over the past few weeks, pictures have emerged of donald trump and jeffrey epstein hanging out at mar-a-lago. here is them in 1997. here is them in the year 2000. in this later photo you see donald trump standing by melania, who was his girlfriend at the time and would become his wife. next to them are jeffrey epstein and a british socialite who now stands accused by several of epstein's alleged victims of having recruited the underage girls who were basically groomed to have sex with epstein. she has denied any wrongdoing. there is also the "new york" magazine professor of jeffrey epstein from 2002 in which donald trump talks about what great pals they are an

nbc enurged footage of donald trump welcoming epstein in his mar-a-lago estate in 1992. donald trump knew the cameras were there. in the video he makes a point to draw epstein's attention to them. the video captures donald trump and epstein chatting while watching a group of women at the party dance. it's not an image that matches trump's declaration that he was not a fan of epstein's. the other potential dilemma from the president, news earlier today that the campaign finance investigation out of the southern district of new york, the one that helped send trump's one-time personal tore michael cohen to jail is done. you will recall cohen's sentencing documents from that investigation that described donald trump as, quote, individual one and implicated him as a co-conspirator in an illegal hush money operation. a judge in that case announcing today that critical evidence will be unsealed tomorrow. evidence related to the raid of cohen's home and offices last year that so infuriated trump, he would describe them as an attack on our country. it's evidence the government wa

also on tonight's show, what jeffrey epstein was doing at mar-a-lago, congress suspend nas chaos and why the russians now have your face. so let's catch up on today's headlines. let's kick it off with the trenld that is going viral. faceapp, the app that lets users see themselves as old people and the reason why your instagram mow looks like tinder only, it it does a crazy good job of showing how you could look if you were old. we tried it on the democratk candidates tand is pretty insane to see, right, this is what kamala would look like when she's old, right? there is what mayor pete would look like, yes, yes, and when we tried it on bernie, the system crashed. but while we're all having fun with the latest social media fad it it turns outside faceapp might not be harmless fun. >> security concerns over a face-aging app is getting new attention because of celebrities and sports stars, you have probably done it to yourself, it turns out the developer of the app is based in russia and that is raising concerns that private information could fall into the wrong hands. >> trevor: bravo

you mentioned what happened at mar-a-lago. author, on our show yesterday. he was with dana perino in the afternoon, talking about that. what he reported was that they went to the manager at mar-a-lago. he took care of this. that is one donald trump, then a private citizen, told him to leave. >> that's right. patterson is the best-selling author in the world. i wish i were, but he is. he has got some credibility. he wrote a book about all this, which i imagine is going to start going off the shelves, but yes, this president did that. good for the president. we are going to see the singeing and burning of a lot of people. i expect most of them democrats. we are going to see it manifest at some point. all the people on those planes, it is just horrible and ugly. it is just so ugly. and in this day of #metoo that this could be covered up by political allies when you're talking about young girls, 13, 14, 15 years old, there will be a price to pay. the public will want some serious vengeance. >> bill: based on that answer, you belie

things happen at mar-a-lago that might be official actions, but that does not change the fundamental nature. >> tell me there is a situation where there is a robust nation dialogue on matters of transcendent public importance, and what the blocking does, and correct me if i am wrong, is subtract from that discussion points of view that the president does not like. why isn't that just quintessential first amendment violation? >> i take issue with several of the things that were said. it is important to keep in mind all the things that people who are blocked are capable of doing. >> i know what they're capable of doing. >> in the case where they were excluded they would not -- >> that is a defense of viewpoint discrimination. >> i am not sure i understand. >> the fact that someone can go down the street and express a point of view is not a defense to government expressing a point of view in a forum -- >> i think that underscores the overall point, which is that the account is not a forum at all. this is an attempt to analogize this to a town hall that has been opened by donald trump, i

a 1992 party at mar-a-lago billed as a calendar girl competition. florida businessman who organized it tells the "times" 30 people attended this party. 28 girls, mr. trump, and mr. epstein. that's the entire party. >> all right. there are signs this may be the beginning of the end for obamacare. two republican-appointed judges strongly suggesting they back a texas legal challenge that could doom the law. chief justice john roberts famously upheld it in 2012 mandating it illegal for the tax. since congress eliminated the tax for you not buying insurance, it's believed the law is unconsume. it could wipe -- unconstitutional. it could wipe out health insurance for millions of americans, having a dramatic effect on a presidential race already focused on health care. >>> two of the three judges on the appellate panel in new orleans appear to be siding with a lower court judge who ruled last year the entire law should be struck down. >> if you no longer have the tax, why isn't it unconstitutional? >> because it is possible to still understand this as a pr

he was photographed with trump in 1997 and 2000 at the president's mar-a-lago estate, also in palm beach florida. in a 2002 new york magazine, he said, i've known jeff for 15 years. fun to be with. he likes young women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side. just this past sunday the president was asked if he had any comment on epstein or the case and he said, i don't know about it. christine, dave? >> thanks. >>> an attorney for the trump organization has said there was no relationship between trump and epstein. jeffrey epstein also has connections to another president, bill clinton. clinton spokesman said the former president took a total of four trips on epstein's private jet in 2002 and three including stopts in connection with the work of the clinton foundation. clinton knows nothing about epstein's terrible crimes. >>> a plan to let you see drug prices on tv ads nixed by a federal judge. the judge of washington, d.c., vacated the health and human services measure. the judge said responsibility of driving down drug prices lies with congress. putting prices in ads w

he was photographed with trump in 1997 and 2000 at the president's mar-a-lago estate in florida. a 2002 new york magazine epstein profile trump said of him, i've known jeff for 15 years. terrific guy. he's a lot of fun to be with. it is even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. now just this past sunday the president was asked if he had any comment on epstein and/or the case and he said, i don't know about it. christine? dave? >> miguel, thanks. we should add a trump attorney for the organization said there was no connection to jeffrey epstein. epstein has connections to bill clinton. he took a total of four trips on epstein's private jet in 2002 and 2003 including stops in connection with the work of the clinton foundation. mr. clinton has not spoken to epstein in well over a decade. he knows nothing about epstein's terrible crimes. >>> seeing drug prices on tv ads was mixed. they vacated the health and human services measure ruling the agency overstepped its authority. the responsibility of driving down drug prices lies with c

they are not asking to live a lavish life and be a member of mar-a-lago. they just want to know that their prescription drugs are not going to bankrupt them. they want you to be straight. they want honesty and the -- in their politicians. they want equal opportunity in their own lives. >> [indiscernible] rep. swalwell: you know, it was fun. it was a lot of fun. it was fun to have my two-year-old and my 8 month-old out with me. in some of these living rooms, you walk in, and they immediately jumped up to take the kids. they are measuring and weighing your kids as much as the candidates. if i have any regrets, it is that my kids will not remember this at all. proud of whyey are i ran and what it meant to other families who wanted a champion on gun safety. " livehington journal every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we will talk with attorney david ripken about the constitutionality of including a citizen is it -- a citizen -- citizenship question on the 2020 census. the cdo report will be discussed. on toa reporter wil

. >> yeah, that was in 1992 in mar-a-lago. there's an excellent "new york times" report that details the relationship between donald trump and jeffrey epstein. it does get into that night when it was you the two of them and a bunch of quote, calendar models at mar-a-lago. it sounds like there was a falling out was more over business than it was over anything personal. meanwhile, there are calls for the resignation of labor secretary alex acosta, and they continue to intensify, but so far on the democratic side. he's being newly criticized in his role for a 2008 nonprosecution agreement that allowed epstein to forego the possibility of a heavier jail sentence for sex crimes involving minors and served a 13 month jail term with much spent in work release. multiple top democrats say acosta needs to go, including all the senate democrats who voted to confirm him in 2017. no republicans in congress have joined them. that includes senator ben sasse who vocally demanded an investigation into the justice department's handling of epste

my mistake, this is mar-a-lago and squefry epstein is the guest. and there's a whole bevy of women who have been it seems flown in for this very occasion. donald trump is commenting on their looks. and you had said earlier that the white house is aware of this, and basically just -- i mean donald trump has already said after this he had a falling out with jeffrey epstein. but are they concerned that this is somehow a har bingbinger of stuff to come? >> well, this is quite a bit before the falling out but people in the white house are aware it is possible there could be more footage just like this, more photos more images, more interviews illustrating the relationship donald trump and jeffrey epstein did actually have at a time when donald trump was known to be a playboy, known to be the type of person who would attend parties with lots of women. i mean, this was not at the time unusual for him. and so one of it reasons why all of this blew up with jeffrey epstein and one of the president's cabinet secretaries alex accost was caught up in it, it was

i asked him whether the khomeini would come to mar-a-lago, and he said he doesn't leave. definite problem there. when you talk about the revolutionary guard, it is by no means clear that he would control them. that also makes it difficult. he's in the position of being the author of this deal, a bit like john kerry was. it is very much a deal between those two men. vonnie: he mentioned that rouhani's government is looking at the narrative between trump and mexico and seeing how that is playing out, and learning lessons from that. are there similarities? john: they think there are, and this is actually really interesting. when trump did his deal with mexico, at least to begin with, you could argue that that bought some sort of hope with a brown. tomp makes a big -- hope iran. the iranians a way back in. but what is interesting on this is that they point out that trump did the deal with mexico, and barely a few months later, he chucked it in the air because of the issue of immigration. if you are iran, that is really threatening. imagine you do a new deal with trump which f

[laughter] john: would you go to mar-a-lago, though? mr. is not a question of political opportunity. it is a question of moving forward. we did not leave the negotiating table. my colleagues were meeting with brian hoke until april of 2018. it was the united states was abruptly decided to leave the unite negotiating table, maybe even surprising brian hoke. john: do you feel bad about this? if you look at trump, trump is prepared to go to pyongyang. even your worst critics will say in many ways, a democracy, certainly with north korea, he of theared to go to one most violent regimes on earth, but he will not come to iran? isn't that a big failure of iranian diplomacy, if you cannot get that? mr. zarif: not really cured it is not that we did not have negotiations. it is not that we did not try. we had hours and hours and days and months of negotiations. we broke records, for two foreign ministers, secretary kerry and myself, to continue meeting. we worked out not a two-page document but it was hundred 50-page document. it is based on mistrust

epstein allegedly also recruited one of his victim from mar-a-lag oshlmar-a-l mar-a-lago, the estate.te that he'll likely distant himself shortly, the president telling "new york" magazine, "i've known jeff for 15 years. terrific guy. he's a lot of fun to be with. it's even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side. no doubt about it, jeffrey enjoys his social life." it's been reported that after these allegations came up, president trump banned jeffrey epstein from his mar-a-lago resort. that's not epstein's only connection to the white house. he also apparently was very friendly with former president bill clinton who flew on his private jet many times including to his private island in the caribbean. epstein was also a major donor to the clinton foundation and to other prominent democrats. perhaps, a person who has seen the most pressure come from this case is, as you mentioned, labor secretary alex acosta. the white house was asked about this situation and the confidence that president trump has in his labor secretary back in february wh

i stopped by mar-a-lago. >> jimmy: did you smoke pot at mar-a-lago?ou didn't go in in the bathroom and sneak? >> no, i wouldn't do that. >> jimmy: i know you're a big rule follower. this is something else. when will this be open, th >> listen. we're going to have another festival. we had the last festival, we only stayed for 4,000. we have 7,500 people came. and we hadn't prepared. we're going to be prepared. in october we're going to have one. god willing we can get a guy like drake, cardi b. >> jimmy: willie nelson would be fun. >> he's a good contributor of marijuana smoking. >> jimmy: he's done a lot to help. >> i would love to smoke with that guy. >> jimmy: i would love to be there while you are smoking with that guy. let's make that happen. >> [ bleep ]. >> jimmy: we get willie in that lazy river, who knows what will happen. >> it's beautiful, man. >> jimmy: if you want to see mike live and in person, planet 13 here in las vegas, april 13th, tyson ranch cannabis. we'll be right back with iggy azalea. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is how dri

the network dug up footage from back in 1992 of a mar-a-lago party that transfer through featuring nflepstein is one of the guests with narration. >> a tape in the nbc archives of a mar-a-lago party shows trump giving epstein his personal attention. exactly what they say is difficult to understand as they discussed the women and their appearances. donald trump adjusters to one and appears to say to epstein, look at her back there. she's hot. howard: german now, culture editor at the federalist, emily, no media of the party has ever gone to a party and says a woman is hot.this is from 1992, more than a decade before donald trump says he and jeffrey epstein had a falling out. so what does it prove? chris said thing is an important distinction here and that something can be newsworthy but this is not a game changer it is not damning footage for trump that was framed even though it was damning but at the same time as confirmation of what we know that they had a personal relationship that was either business or social both. then they had a falling out which also is suggested to be true. it

that's what he's been opening his doors to. >> jewish americans were allowed into mar-a-lago becauseesident trump. he's been praised by jesse jackson for being a friend to the black community. and it only changed, by the way, when you at cnn and others started calling him a racist, that is false. it is untrue. >> not when he said obama wasn't born in this country. not when he said good people on both sides. not when he told brown lawmakers to go back where they come from. >> again, taking him out of context one by one by one. >> here's your problem, jennifer, the facts are clear. i like having kaylee on the show. she's a benefit to the campaign. calling out the facts isn't going to be enough. the coback test is even if this president said he was a racist, he might still support him if the alternative was you. how do you counter that and win? >> i think, first of all, the strategy of trying to paint the democrats as these four women which clearly he's trying to do -- >> effective. >> call all democrats socialists. >> effective. >> i don't know. it's effective with his base. but he can

epstein used to be a member at mar-a-lago, according to reports. here's what now president trump, then businessman donald trump said way back in 2002 talking about epstein for a profile of epstein in "new york" magazine. i've known jeff for 15 years, terrific guy. he's a lot of fun to be about. it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. no doubt about it, jeffrey enjoys his social life. that's a quote from 2002. now president trump speaking about his then friend jeffrey epstein. will any of this matter in the political sphere or more importantly should it matter in the political sphere? >> that's the unknown question. obviously that is a very ripe quote for being taken and used to say, hey, look, donald trump is close to this guy. but i think that sort of highlights the issue here. this is a guy who as you pointed out was close not only to trump who was powerful, in the sense that he was wealthy and a businessman, close to bill clinton and that's what makes this "miami herald" report a g

they're not asking to live a lavish life and be a member at mar-a-lago. they just want to know their prescription drugs aren't going to bankrupt them. they want honesty in their politicians and equal opportunity in their lives. >> was it fun? >> it was fun. it was a lot of fun. it was fun to have my 2-year-old and my 8-month-old out there with me. in some of these living rooms, they jumped up to take the kids. if i have any regret, it's that my kids won't member this at all, but i hope they're proud of why i ran and what it meant to other families who wanted a champion on gun safety. >> is all of this picking at one another doing more damage? >> we need a candidate who's tested, i'll tell you that much. because donald trump is the best political puncher ever in american politics. whoever we send to that debate stage with president trump is going to have to be able to take a punch, throw a punch and unite the country at the end of the campaign. that's going to be a very special person. so i think this is okay. this is needed. weaknesses will be flushed out

are not asking to live a lavish life and be a member of mar-a-lago. they just want to know that their prescription drugs are not going to bankrupt them. they want you to be straight. they want honesty and the politicians. they want equal opportunity in their own lives. >> [indiscernible] it wasalwell: you know, fun. it was a lot of fun. it was fun to have my two-year-old and my it month-old out with me. in some of these living rooms, you walk in, and they immediately jumped up to take the kids. they are measuring and weighing your kids as much as the candidates. if i have any regrets, it is that my kids will not remember the at all. but i hope you're proud of why iran and what it meant to other families who wanted a champion on gun safety. >> the democrats -- [indiscernible] this -- is it doing more damage? rep. swalwell: we need a candidate who is tested. i will tell you that much. donald trump is the best ever inl puncher american politics. whoever we send to that debate stage with president trump is gone to have to be able to take a punch, throw a