the president announcing that labor secretary alexander acosta is resigning and announcing it with alexander acosta standing right by his card. there's been mounting calls for acosta's resignation because of skrut any of his plea deal with sex offender jeffrey epstein a decade ago when he was the attorney. the president was standing right by him today. >> the fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. and i actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to say it to the press. but i just want to let you know, this was him, not me. because i'm with him. >> but there is more to it than that. let's start with cnn sarah west wood. she's in milwaukee where the president is headed right now. the president says that he didn't want to see acosta go. what are you hearing from behind the scenes. >> well, kate, this is sort of a remarkable turnaround from the president earlier this week voekly praising his labor secretary saying that he planned to stand by his secretary, to announcing the resignation of a

this multimillionaire. >> growing calls this morning for president trump's labor secretary, alexander acosta to step down over his handling of sex abuse allegations against multimillionaire jeffrey epstein when acosta was the u.s. attorney for florida's southern district a decade ago. a newly unsealed indictment charges the hedge fund manager with operating a sex trafficking ring where he is accused of sexu sexual sexually abusing dozens of young girls in his home. epstein pled not guilty. >> he was well aware that many of his victims were minors and not surprisingly, many of the underaged girls that epstein allegedly victimized were particularly vulnerable to exploitation. >> according to the new york indictment, epstein ran a trafficking enterprise between 2002 and 2005. the 66-year-old paid hundreds of dollars in cash to girls as young as 14 years old to have sex with him at his homes in new york and palm beach, florida. prosecutors say a search warrant executed on his manhattan townhouse uncovered a vast trove of lewd photographs of young looking women or girls. the indictment is a direc

. >> alexander acosta who's now the secretary of labor for the trump administration.

alexander acosta has been defending it. here's how he explained some of it back in 2007. >> based on the evidence, professionals within a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally and that guarantees other outcomes, is a good thing. >> so that was him there talking back in 2017 and he continues to defend himself against this plea deal. but no matter how you look at this, you have to -- questions are going to continue to be raised as to how epstein was able to get this kind of a deal. so much so that when you look at what the southern district of new york did here yesterday, it's an entire rebuke of this plea agreement. they went ahead and found a way to bring charges against him for exactly pretty much the same thing, what he was going to initially be charged with in florida. here, they're saying it's really all about the victims. the victims never had an opportunity to be heard, and now what the prosecutors here want is for these victim

the labor secretary, alexander acosta, has resigned.plea deal that he led for known sexual predator, jeffrey epstein a decade ago that has come into much more stark focus this week as the southern district of new york has brought new charges against epstein for essentially running a child sex trafficking ring for years and years. all of our correspondents are with us. kaitlyn, the president apparently thought that acosta did a good job defending himself in the press conference on wednesday. he said this morning it was acosta's decision to resign. what is your opinion on what seems to be a change of heart from the president himself? >> so the president was the one who had the idea for alexander acosta to come out to defend himself, something he felt that he needed to do on his own from the labor department. and initially he was pretty receptive to how that has gone. he had a calm demeanor and took a lot of questions. it didn't go as poorly as a lot of people thought it could have gone. but then there started to be a shift in the presiden

i will say this and i say it again and loud and clear, alexander acosta was a great secretary of labor. what he's done with plans and you see the plans coming one after another. he's just about done with the 401(k). things that nobody would even think of. it's very sad, but at the same time he wants the focus to be on accomplishments, not on what you're talking about. [ inaudible question ] >> alex believes that. i'm willing to live with anything, john. i think you know me. i've lived through things that you wouldn't believe. alex felt that way and he also felt we're doing so well, the economy, the stock market just hit the highest point yesterday in the history of our country. our unemployment numbers are the best they've ever been. if you look at specifically certainly groups, african-american, asian, hispanic, the best unemployment numbers in the history of our country. there's so many good things and he didn't want to distract from that. and i understand that 100%. [ inaudible question ] >> what? [ inaudible question ] so paul ryan was not a talent. he wasn't a leader. when the peo

that is looming large today over the white house and over secretary alexander acosta as the spotlightsecuring what's been called the deal of a life time for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein back in 2008. acosta was then the u.s. attorney who resolved the case and now that epstein is facing now charges over sex trafficking, over really the same allegations,

two days ago in the press conference, alexander acosta said it's 10 years later.e view things differently now. not so much. julie, thank you so much for your reporting. thank you for joining me. victoria, congressman, basil, thank you. you don't want to miss this. thank you. you don't want to miss this. but we're also a cancer fighting, hiv controlling, joint replacing, and depression relieving company. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. from the day you're born that i won the "best of" i casweepstakes it. and i get to be in this geico commercial? let's do the eyebrows first, just tease it a little. slather it all over, don't hold back. well, the squirrels followed me all the way out to california! and there's a very strange badger staring at me... no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. uh-huh, where's the camel? "mr. big shot's" got his own trailer. ♪ wheeeeeee! believe it! geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. the business of family time... ...and downtime. ...and you t

the past has come back to haunt president trump's labor secretaryy alexander acosta he's announced hisesignation on friday this over itsts handlingf a sex crimes case. involving financier jeffrey steve this when mr cost was a federal prosecutor. and turkeyey him membeberf nato has been begun taking delivery of an advanced russian missile defense system on friday. it's a move that could dririve a wedgdge into thehe hearts of the western military allnce. hell on earth that's how many describe their lives in libya's migrants detention centers france twenty four has spoken to one woman whose journey began in her

that man, alexander acosta, is now trump's labor secretary. new york prosecutors say their case is not bound by that deal. house speaker nancy pelosi has called for acosta to resign.n. attorney general william barr said monday he has recused himself from the case because his former law firm kirkland & ellis has represented epstein. he did not mention that his father, the former headmaster of new york's private dalton school, hired epstein to teach there in the 1970's despite his not having a college degree. prosecutors are asking that the judge tonight epstein bail, as he may b be a flight risk. we'll have more on this story after heheadlines with thehe mii herald's casey frank. attorney general william barr says the trump administration has found a pathway to add a cicitizenship questionon to the0 census that would be accepted by the supreme court, though he did not offer any further details. the justice department also announced monday it was replacing members of the legal team charged with arguing the administration's case. experts say it's

despite a growing chorus of democratic voices calling for alexander acosta resignation, president trump is standing by him. calling him an excellent labor secretary. the president adding he, quotes, feels very badly for acosta. acosta is under scrutiny for having cut as u.s. attorney in 2008 when critics are calling a sweetheart deal for the politically corrected multi-millionai multi-millionaire jeffrey epstein for a trafficking ring involving minors. prosecutors picturing a vile sexually exploited and underage girls and using them to recruit others for himself and his friends. a judge ruled in february of this year that acosta violated federal law by keeping the 2008 plea deal secret from epstein's victims. an award winning "miami-herald" story notes that acosta allowed epstein lawyers unusual freedom in dictating the non-prosecution agreement and now federal prosecutors in north korea a prosecutors -- in new york are charging him. and now as kaitlan collins reports, president trump after calling epstein terrific in 2002 today said he had a falling out and not a fan. >> he's done a fa

abusing dozens of underage girls, the president secretary of labor, former federal attorney alexander acosta is under fire for his handling of an earlier indictment. >>he's been just an excellent secretary of labor has done if it had president trump's standing by his secretary of labor alexander acosta as democrats call for his resignation, if he refuses to resign. should fire in 2008 a cost oversaw a plea deal that allowed epstein to work from home 6 days a week while serving 13 months in the palm beach county jail. do it. that question has been answered. but it be great to have the answer why did he allow this guy to get away with what. >>it's just a horrible crime, it's not just democrats even the president's strongest supporter expressing doubt sounds like there's more misconduct so find out what's going on out for his part cost a tweeted that he was pleased new york prosecutors are moving forward based on quote new evidence, the 66 year-old hedge fund manager was arrested this week on the basis of what agents say they found in his $85 million manhattan home. his rolodex of friends inclu

the past has come back to haunt president trump's labor secretaryy alexander acosta he's announced his resignation on friday this over itsts handlingf a sex crimes case. involving financier jeffrey steve this when mr cost was a federal prosecutor. and turkeyey him membeberf nato has been begun taking delivery of an advanced russian missile defense system on friday. it's a move that could dririve a wedgdge into thehe hearts of the western military allnce. hell on earth that's how many describe their lives in libya's migrants detention centers france twenty four has spoken to one woman whose journey began in her native ivory coast before. being s stopped s short in one h ceer will briri you her story later in the show . it's ten pm here in the french capital thanks for watching france twenty four now will start to this evening in the u. s. where the labor secretary alexandra costa said. on friday that he is resigning at this follows questions over his handling of a two thousand and eight secret plea deal. with wealthy financier jeffrey epsteiein who's beenn accused of sexually abusing d

donald trump labor secretary alexander acosta resigns over his handling of the jeffrey abstains sex scandal. and hope on the horizon in the battle against aids off to a pharmaceutical giant announces an experimental h.i.v. vaccine. turkey says its defense minister has spoken to his u.s. counterpart on the telephone to discuss his nation's controversial purchase of the russian s 400 missile defense system lucy a call reportedly told. that the deal does not made turkey is changing its strategic orientation it came just hours after the 1st consignment of the s $400.00 system arrived at the base near the capital ankara but several more delivery scheduled over the next few days a car also reportedly discussed america's offer to supply its own patriot missile system which does the same job as the s $400.00 the us earlier warned it's ready to impose sanctions so as a threat to stop supplying turkey with its f.s.a. 5 fighter jets well the s 400 will give turkey a significant advantage over its neighbors in terms of the system's missiles can track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers aw

abusing dozens of under age girls, the president's secretary of labor former federal attorney alexander acosta is under fire for his handling of an earlier indictment of epstein kron four's vicki liviakis reports. >>he's been just an excellent secretary of labor has done if it had president trump's standing by his secretary of labor alexander acosta as democrats call for his resignation, if he refuses to resign. in 2008 a cost oversaw a plea deal that allowed epstein to work from home 6 days a week while serving 13 months in the palm beach county jail. >>why did he do it. that question has been answered. but it be great to have the answer why did he allow this guy to gen away with what. >>it's just a horrible crime, it's not just democrats even the president's strongest supporter expressing doubt sounds like there's more misconduct so find out what's going on out for his part a cost a tweeted that he was pleased new york prosecutors are moving forward based on quote new evidence, the 66 year-old hedge fund manager was arrested this week on the basis of what agents say they found inis85 million

. >> labor secretary alexander acosta is facing new calls to resign over his role in a 2008 plea deal that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution for allegedly molesting teen girls. >> president trump is expressing sympathy for acosta but now is distancing himself from epstein, a man he once called a terrific guy. trevor ault has the new details from washington. >> reporter: yeah, so the source goes back 11 years when jeffrey epstein struck a deal to serve less than two years in prison and avoid a possible life sentence in an investigation involving 40 teenage girls and this deal was orchestrated by a now prominent member of the trump administration. against labor secretary alexander acosta, president trump standing by his secretary for now. >> you're talking about a long time ago and again it was a decision made i think not by him but by a lot of people. >> reporter: top democrats and multiple presidential candidates calling for acosta to resign in the wake of indictment of disgraced financier jeffrey epstein charged with sex trafficking girls as young as 14. some of the new allega

explaining why he allowed a controversial plea deal for jeffrey epstein all those years ago, alexander acosta now resigning. what the president said standing right beside him. >>> yet another round of earthquakes in the west tonight. this time, shaking felt in seattle. and then in southern california. the ground moving again. >>> the major headline tonight on the hill. jon stewart with 9/11 first responders by his side. the effort to make sure money for their treatment never runs out. what just happened. >>> r. kelly under arrest. surrounded as he was walking his dog. >>> the massive fire in hawaii. residents and tourists evacuated. planes diverted. d thfamily emergency. their newborn stopped breathing. the deputy who frantically works to get her to breathe again. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a very busy friday night. we begin with a life threatening storm about to hit the gulf in hours. the outer bands already hitting. the roads covered in water. driving conditions worsening. look at the flooding already. this could make landfall in louisiana as a hurricane. the levees

secretary alexander acosta job is still n intact, but for how long? chumer will call for his resignation. nancy pelosi called for him to resign overnight. acosta is under fire for his role getting a sweetheart plea deal for jeffrey epstein. he was

the questions in washington. >> reporter: tonight, with his job on the line, labor secretary alexander acosta defending his handling of the jeffrey epstein case while he was u.s. attorney in florida in 2008. arguing he stepped in when state prosecutors were going to let epstein off without jail time. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. he needed to go to jail. >> reporter: epstein was only in county jail for 13 months, and was allowed out to go to work six days a week. court documents show more than 30 women accused him of sexually abusing them as teenagers. the deal he cut with acosta's office allowed him to plead guilty to lesser felonies. >> i plead guilty to solicitation of prostitution. >> reporter: acosta asked if he would make the same deal today. >> we live in a very different world. today's world treats victims very differently. today's world does not allow some of the victim shaming that could have taken place at trial 12 years ago. >> reporter: but at the time, the plea deal was kept secret from epstein's alleged victims. courtney wild says she was on

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labor secretary alexander acosta defied calls by congressional wednesday leaders to resign over the lenient plea deal he gave to 2008 serial child sex abuser jeffrey epstein when acosta was the u.s. prosecutor in florida. the plea deal saw epstein serve a 13-month prison term, though he was allowed to leave jail six days a week to work from his private office. he would be picked up by his private chauffeur in return in the evening. it has been described as one of the most lenient deals for a serial child sex offender in history. the case drew renewed attention this week when epstein was charged in a manhattan federal court with sexually assaulting and trafficking dozens of underage girls between 2002 and 2005 at his homes in manhattan and palm beach, florida. he's pleaded not guilty. earlier this year, a federal court ruled secretary acosta's team violated the crime victims right back by failing to inform epstein survivors about the nonprosecution deal of 2008. speaking to reporters for nearly an hour wednesday, secretary acosta did not once apologize to epstn's ctims andefended his handlin

alexander acosta at the time was the u.s. attorney for the southern district so he had to oversee this deal. he to say okay with the team of attorneys. at the time he said they lacked the evidence to prove that he had violated federal lieu. there's been a lot of pushback on that since. well, the doj is investigating how the case was handle. we should also point out that in february a federal judge said this deal broke the law because the victims didn't know about it. the terms of this deal, which it's been said multiple times were basically dictated by epstein's attorneys, powerful attorneys, they didn't know about it. the deal was kept quiet and kept apart from the victims until a judge signed off on it. you can't do that. that broke the law. >> great reporting. obviously we'll be on this all day because he's going to be in court later this morning. let's talk about where this goes. former federal prosecutor is here. you are such a good voice for this because you have actually prosecuted sex trafficking cases before. one thi

prosecutor in florida, now trump's labor secretary alexander acosta, cut what's been described as one of the most lenient deals for a serial child sex offender in history. we'll have more on epstein after headlines. a new jersey family court judge is under fire after he denied a motion to try a 16-year-old for rape as an adult, justifying the decision by saying the perpetrator came from a good family, was an eagle scout, attended an excellent school and "is clearly a candidate for not just college but probably for a good college." judge james troiano also said he did not think the attack was rape, despite the attacker filming the assault on the 16-year-old intoxicated girl and sharing the video with friends along with a text message that read, "when your first time having sex was rape." the judge also rebuked the girl and her family for bringing charges that could have a devastating effect on the attacker's life. an appeals court has, however, reversed troiano's decision, citing his display of bias because of the teenager's privilege -- meaning the unnamed teen could now be indicted a

lead federal prosecutor who negotiated that deal, president trump's current labor secretary, alexander acosta. cnn is in the room where this press conference is about to begin. national correspondent erica hill is here as well. shimon, what are we learning already? >> the press conference is set to get underway in suft minutes. we'll be learning more information. the u.s. attorney here, jeffrey berman is going to take the podium. by his side will be the fbi, the head of the fbi new york field office and the prosecutors that have been investigating this for quite some time. and really what we learned today in this 14-page indictment was this network that epstein had set up, a network of underage girls that he recruited, that he used other girls to recruit. some as young as 14. we learned in this indictment that he had employees, associates, at least three employees, who would help him arrange these meetings, these encounters with some of these underage girls in florida and here at his upper east side mansion. all of this alleged in this 14-page indictment took place between 2002 and 2005. a lo

. >> that as a scandal is growing tonight over the labor secretary, alexander acosta. can he keep his job? should he keep his job? critics are outraged over his role as a u.s. attorney in 2008 in cutting a sweetheart deal for jeffrey epstein. jeffrey epstein is the multimillionaire with friends in high places who has now been charged with having operated a sex trafficking ring in which he allegedly sexually abused dozens of underage girls. and the president says this. >> i feel very badly actually for secretary acosta because i have known him as being somebody that worked so hard and has done such a good job. i feel very badly about that whole situation. but we're going to be looking at that and looking at it very closely. >> he feels badly for acosta. a man who cut a sweetheart deal for an alleged sex trafficker. it's interesting the people the president feels very badly for. >> i feel very badly for paul manafort. he worked for ronald reagan very successfully. he worked for john mccain. he worked for bob dole and many others for many years. and i feel badly for him.

labor secretary has resigned becoming the latest advisor to neve the us president's cabinet alexander acosta has faced fierce criticism over a secret deal in negotiating a decade ago with jeffrey epstein the billionaire accused of sexually abusing under-age girls. when all the stories were following fierce battles in northwest syria have killed more than 120 people in the past few days government troops were forced on the defensive after a coordinated attack by rebel fighters in hama province say a honda reports. syrian government forces and their allies are struggling to take ground from the opposition their offensive in northwest syria has been costly and difficult instead of advancing they have been defending their territory in the face of a coordinated and fierce counter offensive launched by rebel factions but both sides have suffered heavy casualties in the battle for one town house of the village in northern hama more than 100 soldiers and rebels are believed to have been killed according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says that in more than 2 months of fighting nearly

in november the miami herald reported when alexander acosta was a u.s. attorney in florida he gave epstein 13 months in prison for pleading guilty to two state prostitution charges even though they had identified 36 under age victims. >>> an historic opioid trial coming to a head in oklahoma. drug maker johnson and johnson asking a judge to toss out the case saying the company has been made a scapegoat. the judge is giving both parties an hour this morning to argue their case. a court spokesman says to expect vigorous arguments. johnson and johnson vigorously denies any wrongdoing saying it followed the law and acted appropriately in the marketing and promotion of opioids. oklahoma's attorney general accuses the drug maker and subsidiaries of costing them millions. >>> kevin spacey may come face to face in a massachusetts courtroom today. the hearing will focus on the cell phone the accuser used to text his girlfriend, even send a video during the alleged assault. prosecutors say they downloaded data from the phone and returned it. spacey is saying they'

labor secretary has resigned becoming the latest adviser to leave the us president's cabinet alexander acosta has faced fierce criticism over a secret deal negotiated a decade ago with jeffrey epstein a billionaire accused of sexually abusing under-age girls. and other stories we're following a somali official is saying that at least 10 people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the port city of kismayo the victims include 2 journalists but he said when the death toll rises fighting is continuing inside the hotel between government and security forces that an officer said most of the victims were patrons of the hotel which is often frequented by lawmakers and local officials. have claimed responsibility for the attack. members of the u.s. house of representatives have called the trump administration's treatment of migrants a policy of dehumanization it's part of the testimony given at a congressional hearing looking into the state of migrants at federal detention centers they've described deplorable conditions after visiting these facilities mike hanna has more from washington. presid

. >> alexander acosta is still secretary of labor acosta. there have been calls for him to resign but it appears at this moment donald trump and members of his team have faith in him. that the change in coming days or weeks. >> at some point the president decides that i am not the best person to do this job i respect that. that is his choice. i serve at the pleasure of the president. >> alexander acosta defended himself in front of cameras for an hour this afternoon after days of mounting pressure, you sustain miami, he gave jeffrey epstein a sweetheart deal that included 13 months of prison. acosta said was the best he could do, blaming local officials. >> the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let him walk free, no jail time. >> reporter: the state attorney who worked on the case fired back in a statement to fox news calling acosta's version of the story, quote, completely wrong. he says, quote, if mister acosta was truly concerned with the case and felt he had to rescue the matter he would have moved forward with the 53 page

donald trump's labor secretary alexander acosta has resigned following criticism of his handling of a sexual abuse case in 2008 as a u.s. attorney he made a secret lenient plea deal with wealthy financier a jeffrey epstein who's accused of sexually abusing dozen roll of underage girls whose found this to be. police in afghanistan say a child suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding killing at least 5 people and injuring 11 others the dead include a commander of a pro-government militia so far no one has claimed responsibility the taliban deny they were involved. to levanon now where authorities have declared illegal a number of refugee camps near the syrian border residents in the affected camps all of them from the war torn neighboring country have even been forced to demolish their own homes lebanon has taken in more syrian refugees than any other country relative to its population now many of them are on the move again. it's back breaking work in school shooting heat college muito and his neighbors demolished the grooves under which they've lived for 6 years the refugees from sy

about a trump cabinet official, the first of what could be many calls from the labor secretary, alexander acosta came overnight from the house speaker, nancy pelosi. secretary acosta must step down. as u.s. attorney he engaged in an unconscionable agreement from jeffrey epstein kept secret from courageous young victims preventing them from seeking justice. >> as u.s. attorney in south florida, acosta negotiated a plea deal that sentenced epstein to 13 months in county jail while allowing him to work from his office six days a week, 12 hours a day. epstein had been facing life in prison. late last year ben sass asked the justice department to investigate its treatment of epstein. sass now commenting on acosta's future but does say this about epstein. >> this guy victimized dozens, probably scores of little girls and the sentence he got was pathetic and every mom and dad in america, frankly not just moms and dads, but anybody with a heart should be heart broken by what happened to those girls. government ought to be doing a lot more of this. this isn't a time for people to say oh, is a republican

a short time ago, president trump was asked about his labor secretary, alexander acosta, as calls forre now growing. the president had a lot to say. it's part of the fallout over the arrest of bombshell indictment of billionaire jeffrey epstein. you are watching "outnumbered overtime" now. and harris faulkner. critics calling on labor secretary acosta to move on over a past plea deal he cut as a u.s. attorney with epstein on sex trafficking charges in 2008. but the president defended acosta. watch. >> i knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him.

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explaining why he allowed a controversial plea deal for jeffrey epstein all those years ago, alexander acostang. what the president said standing right beside him. >>> yet another round of earthquakes in the west tonight. this time, shaking felt in seattle. and then in southern california. the ground moving again. >>> the major headline tonight on the hill. jon stewart with 9/11 first responders by his side. the effort to make sure money

. >> alexander acosta who's now the secretary of labor for the trump administration. ential legal outcome for acosta right now? >> it is highly unlikely. if he were bribed, he got something from epstein in order to give him the non prosecution agreement then we would have a charge. more likely he did not bring this charge because of some sort of political pressure. he describes how hard it was to do battle with defense lawyers and how they were pressing him he was not aggressive enough. southern prosecutors are very aggressive. they may have just given up. >> all of this talk about someone having a lot and tons of money and great lawyers or whatever. >> it made a difference, no questions. >> these are some great teams defending him. can you imagine you can be running a u.s. attorney or alliance system. does not matter. you have these kinds of aattorneys coming in and meeting you and saying i want to run this boo the department of justice and this plea agreement, why won't we run this by? for some people they cave. that's what the inspector is going to look at. what's t

alexander acosta has been facing intense criticism for giving a very lenient deal to an accused childffender, jeffrey epstein. acosta was a u.s. attorney. he and the president tried to downplay the case. it would be selfish for me to stay in this position and continue talking about a case that is 12 years old rather than about the amazing economy we have right now. >> he made a deal that people were happy with and then 12 years later, they are not happy with it. you will have to figure all that out. he has been a fantastic secretary of labor. reporter: acosta is the latest ago. this president has had more turnover than any other president in modern pet -- presidency. he has replaced the secretary of defense, has and human services, interior, the attorney general of the justice department, the secretary of state, veterans affairs, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, and now the labor secretary. to scandals. some facing allegations of corruption. bill snyder says it won't impact the president support. >> his base, even if he doesn't deliver what he promises, they see him as fight

that nonprosecution agreement was arranged by epstein's legal team and current labor secretary alexander acosta who served as u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida at the time. epstein's victims were kept in the dark and could not object. brad edwards, an attorney representing a young woman in the case, spoke to cbs news' jericka duncan in december. >> local victims have said when they were 14, 15 years old, they brought 25, 30 girls to him. that's just one person. nobody has really had the opportunity or ability to see how deep this goes in any other >> reporter: federal agents searched epstein's home last night. he's scheduled to be in court monday where we'll learn whether he'll be granted bond. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >

right now pressure is growing on the white house as calls mount for labor secretary alexander acosta s back to that sweetheart deal acosta cut when he was a federal prosecutor over a decade ago in miami. dubed the deal of a lifetime for multi-millionaire now accused sex trafficking jeffrey epstein. he avoided years in prison despite the fbi identifying dozens of sexually abused underage victims. on monday federal prosecutors unsealed two new

. >> los abogados de multimillonario y alexander acosta quien ahora ese secretario de trabajo del presidenteactaron el acuerdo en que las vÍctimas fueron informadas. epstein ha tenido muchos amigos incluyendo a trump y tambiÉn al expresidente bill clinton. sabemos que cuando Él estuvo purgando la condena de 13 meses en prisiÓn en la florida tenÍa trato privilegiado y lo dejaban salir de la cÁrcel para hacer sus labores como asesor financiero. tambiÉn se reporta que tenÍa un ala privada en la carcel y a su propio equipo de seguridad. Él pudo haber enfrentado una cadena perpetua pero sÓlo fueron 13 aÑos en prisiÓn y se acabÓ. borja: es un hombre muy conocido en las altas esferas y el presidente trump se referÍa a Él como un hombre muy jovialcon quien era muy bueno compartir y tambiÉn le gustaban mucho las mujeres, compartir y hacer grandes fiestas. >> pero dijo que eran las mujeres jovencitas y una de las evidencias que tiene la fiscalÍa de manhattan fue que cuando el sÁbado lo arrestaron fueron a su departamento en la ciudad para hacer una pesquisa como parte de la investigaciÓn y encontraron

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state court to soliciting a single under age victim that deal was put together by his lawyer and alexander acosta who defended his decision. secretary acosta has not responded to nbc news inquiry. tomorrow the 66 years old epstein is expected to appear in federal court. kathy park, nbc news, new york >>> president trump issued a new warning to iran late today after officials there told the world they have taken a major step that could bring iran closer to developing nuclear weapons ali arouzi brings us this report >> reporter: they'll enrich uranium to whatever levels they want and reach those levels bf the end of the day iran says they need the increase to run the power plants. the u.s. and allies say it puts them one step closer to a nuclear bomb president trump today warning teheran again. >> iran better be careful. you enrich for one reason and i don't tell you what that reason is >> reporter: the pentagon has merged additional thousands of troops to the region it was two weeks ago that president trump ordered and cancelled unlimited strikes on iran in response to their wninof a u.s. drone. o

especially when they involve children. >> reporter: embattled labor secretary alexander acosta talking about the plea deal in 2008 that allowed jeffrey epstein to avoid federal sex crime charges allegedly involving dozens of underage girls. amid growing calls to resign, acosta said he obtained the best deal he could. the former u.s. attorney putting the blame on the then-state attorney. >> the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free, no jail time, nothing. we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. he needed to go to jail. >> reporter: the former state attorney blasting those comments arguing acosta pushed for the lenient deal. mr. acosta brokered a secret plea deal that resulted in a non-prosecution agreement in violation of the crime victim's rights act. mr. acosta should not be allowed to rewrite history. >> are you saying you basically feel you did everything you could, you got the best deal you could get and you have no regrets? >> we believe that we proceeded appropriately. >> reporter: adding, he believes there was insufficient

. >> can you explain, erica, the role alexander acosta had at the time. now he's labor secretary. by the way, part of his mandate as labor secretary is oversee and prevent trafficking, which is what epstein is accused of. >> a little irony. at the time he was u.s. attorney. the way it's described and laid out, as you point out this fantastic investigation "miami herald" did that was published in november, was that the torrey pines went to him, said, hey, we want to have this conversation. we want to talk about this deal we can't to have. "the miami herald" laid out e-mail chains not only for the terms of what they wanted to see in this agreement for epstein but also the lengths at which they wanted to go to to keep this out of the press so that fewer people would know about it. acosta said, even when he was asked in senate confirmation hearings, he said, quote, a good thing, because there was jail time served and because he would have to register among, and i'm quoting here, other outcomes, that made it a good thing for federal prosecutors to, in fact, go with this deal that none