>> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. jeffrey epstein had it all.is hedge fund made him a fortune. he fostered friendships with powerful people, including two presidents, but tonight he stands accused of sex trafficking and abusing dozens of girls as young as 14. epstein probably thought he'd put his legal troubles behind him with a plea deal in florida 11 years ago, but as mola lenghi reports, federal prosecutors in new york now have a different idea. >> reporter: dressed in prison blues after spending part of the weekend in jail, multimillionaire jeffrey epstein plead not guilty to charges that he enticed, recruited, and molested young girls at his homes in new york and florida. in a filing, prosecutors referred to epstein as an alleged serial predator. u.s. attorney geoffrey berman. >> this conduct as alleged went on for years, and it involved dozens of young girls, some as young as 14 years old. >> reporter: epstein was arrested saturday night after his private plane from paris landed in new jersey. f.b.i. agents broke into his manhattan townhou

i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. late today, hurricane watches became more urgent hurricane warnings, as evacuations began along the gulf coast of louisiana. tropical storm barry could become hurricane barry before making landfall tomorrow night or saturday. astronauts aboard the space station posted this ominous view of the storm that is now gaining strength in the gulf. barry's biggest threat is torrential rain, as much as two feet in new orleans and parts of mississippi. now, we're going to start tonight with lonnie quinn, chief weathercaster at wcbs tv in new york. lonnie, what it is looking like for landfall? >> well, it's going to be borderline whether it's a hurricane or not. and it's funny, we all get tied into-- we get wrapped up with the wind speed, because the wind speed dictates whether it's a hurricane or not. it may be a strong tropical storm; it may be a low-grade, cat-1 hurricane, but it's going to be a big water maker. there's going to be a lot of rain associated with thi

there is no other place that i would rather be. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. the storm that could become the year's first hurricane to hit the u.s. appears to be bearing down on the gulf coast tonight. late today hurricane watches were posted along the southern coast of louisiana, but the storm threat stretches from texas to florida. more than half a foot of rain fell on louisiana today, and there could be much more to come, up to another foot and a half by this weekend along with a surge of seawater. manuel bojorquez is in new orleans tonight. >> reporter: morning storms unleashed up to eight inches of rain within three hours over parts of new orleans, flooding neighborhoods as well as streets and businesses along the historic french quarter. there was even a waterspout spotted on lake pontchartrain, and some were left to navigate streets by kayak. paula griffin snapped these photos before ditching her car in rising waters. how did you get out? >> i pushed my door open, and the water rushed in. >> reporter: how high was it? >> i w

and, a moving tribute for a fallen angel. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. barry came ashore as a hurricane, the first of the year, and while the storm system has lost a little of its kick, tonight, tropical storm barry continues to hammer the gulf coast. barry is packing winds of up to 65 miles per hour. torrential rains and flash flooding remain a major problem. states of emergency have been declared in louisiana and in mississippi. the storm came ashore just before 2:00 this afternoon eastern time near morgan city, louisiana, 85 miles west of new orleans. less than an hour later, it was downgraded to a tropical storm, but this is still a fierce weather system. david begnaud begins our coverage tonight from morgan city. >> reporter: it's been non-stop rain all day, jim, but the wind has become the story. the mayor says we all thought this was going to be water event-- so far, it has been a wind event. downtown here in morgan city, it is a ghost town. but the mayor says 90% of people decided to stay here, refusing to leave. we are on the river wall. this pr

>> i was just, like, thrown by just that word. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. forecasters say tropical storm barry continues to gain strength and should be a hurricane when it strikes the gulf coast tomorrow morning. it's on track to punch louisiana square in the mouth of the mississippi river, which has never been as high as it is right now during a hurricane. combine that with a chance of more than two feet of rain and a surge of seawater, and that's why the national hurricane center is warning of life- threatening flooding. lake pontchartrain, just north of new orleans, was starting to kick up late today. and those who did not get out of new orleans by this evening are now advised to shelter in place. we'll have the latest on the track and timing of the storm in just a moment, but we begin with david begnaud in st. mary's parish where barry is expected to make landfall. >> reporter: that is storm sur flooding grand isle, louisiana, which is near the tip of the bayou state. mayor david camardelle wanted to show us why tropical sto

i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. the calls are growing louder labor secretary alex acosta to resign over his handling of the secret plea deal that gave the wealthy investor jeffrey epstein an uncommonly light sentence in a sex trafficking case 11 years ago. acosta was a federal prosecutor in south florida at the time. today president trump weighed in saying acosta's "very good at his job," but mr. trump did add he will take a closer look at the case. and in the oval office, paula reid had a chance to ask the president about his relationship with epstein. >> reporter: president trump once considered jeffrey epstein a friend, but today he distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. >> i was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. >> reporter: but mr. trump told "new york" magazine in 2002 that epstein was a "terrific guy" and shared his interest in "beautiful women," though he noted epstein's preference for those on the younger side. but now mr. trump says the two haven't spoken in ye

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and, a moving tribute for a fallen angel. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. barry came ashore as a

have a good night. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> axelrod: on the "cbs evening news" this thursdayface its worst flooding since katrina, as barry heads for the gulf coast. >> the central gulf coast bracing for potentially devastating flooding. louisiana is already under a state of emergency. >> here in the city, all eyes are on the mississippi river. >> we're going to get heavy rainfall, heat, every single warning. >> axelrod: the president says he's found another way to ask his citizenship question. >> i will be issuing an executive order. >> axelrod: we're in greece as new information emerges in the murder of an american scientist. >> an ohio hospital system says it's firing 23 more employees after investigating excessive painkiller d.

to the fullest. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> axelrod: on the "cbs evening news" this friday, newld see record rainfall as barry bears down. >> it is a dangerous and life- threatening storm. >> tropical storm barry threatening as much as 20 inches of rain and dangerous storm surges along the louisiana coastline. >> that river is high. >> r. kelly has been arrested on new federal sex crimes charges. >> he's accused of 13 counts including child pornography. >> axelrod: we go inside a former nazi bunker in greece where an american scientist was found murdered. >> this place can only be described as an underground maze. >> axelrod: labor secretary alex acosta resigns over the controversial plea deal he

is defending his role in a 2008 plea deal for jeffrey epstein. >> facts are being overlooked. >> axelrod.v.f. mix-up. a california couple sues after their baby was born to a stranger in new york. >> we just looked at each other and cried all day. >> axelrod: an american

see you then, good night. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> axelrod: on the "cbs evening news" thist trump's cabinet is now in the crosshairs over the deal he worked out in jeffrey epstein's sex trafficking case. >> labor secretary alex acosta standing in defiance after a firestorm of calls for him to step down. >> it is now impossible for anyone to have confidence in secretary acosta's ability to lead the department of labor. >> detectives are gathering evidence after a toddler fell to her death from a cruise ship. >> the girl's grandfather apparently lost his grip while holding her near a window. >> axelrod: battening down as a potential tropical storm bares down on the gulf coast. >> beaches along the mississippi

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that's why we invited him to meet us with our hidden cameras rolling. >> my name is jim axelrod.cbs news. i want to ask you questions about this contract you have. you recognize the name of the client? >> i certainly do. >> this appears to be a court order. same name of the client. one problem, john. this is fake. it's fraudulent. it's phony. >> okay. >> reporter: can you explain to me? >> i didn't file that never seen it before. >> reporter: you're going to look me right in the eyes and tell me you had nothing to do with this? >> i did not submit that document. >> reporter: is this a technique you would ever use? >> no. >> reporter: i'm trying to figure out how the same links that are in this contract that you were paid $7500 to remove end up in a fake court order with the client's name. >> i'm telling you, i don't know the answer to that question. >> reporter: you understand how this works, right? >> i do. i appreciate your time, but there is nothing else to discuss. >> reporter: we followed up with rooney after the meeting, but he had nothing more to say. google declined our r

so david axelrod mentioned suburban women, he got 52% of the white women's vote.ge is very bullying. so women around the country of all colors are trying to teach their kids about anti-bullying. you've got the leader of the free world saying bullying-ish knee and row thal comments and you could be friends with a guy and disagree with what he's saying. at the end of the day, i hate the litmus test, you have to be 100% switched on for trump or otherwise you are not in his camp that is a bunch of nonsense. so it reminds me of mayor koch if you agree with me nine out of ten times vote for me but if he agree with me most of the time you need a therapist. but you know better and you're tweeting now they are not racist comments but you're snickering to yourself when you are tweeting them in the first place because you know it is going to trigger people on the left and it is frankly going to trigger people that like you, like myself, that want to support you but are not going to stand there after what happened to my grandparents a hundred years ago or 90 years ago and put

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>>.ng up this morning on "cbs this morning," in our "morning rounds," the new cdc warning about a new virus that primarily strikes young children. dr. tara narula has details. >>> plus serena williams is opening up about her struggles after last year's loss. >>> and in our "earth matters" sooer series, why beaches are closed because of a toxic algae bloom. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> taking a live look from our salesforce tower camera, looking at the bay bridge and beyond. a foggy start. a >> thank you for joining us this wednesday i'm anne makovec and for michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi it is just about 12:30 let's check in with mary for the forecast. >>> it is a foggy start to the day in many locations. we have the moisture in the atmosphere, and you can see on the golden gate bridge camera, just how foggy it is starting off the day. temperatures are severa

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my name is jim axelrod. i'm with cbs news. want to ask you some questions onout this contract you have. you recognize the name of the client. >> i certainly do. >> reporter: this appears to be a court order. same name of the client. >> uh-huh. p reporter: one problem, john-- this is fake. it's fraudulent. it's phony. >> okay. >> reporter: can you explain it to me? >> i didn't file that, never seen it before. >> reporter: you're going to reok me right in the eyes and tell me you had nothing to do with this. >> i did not submit that dcument. id reporter: is this a technique you have ever used? >> no. >> reporter: i'm trying to figure out how the same links that are in this contract that you were paid $7500 to remove end up in a fake court order with the client's name. >> i'm telling you, i don't know the answer to that question. n. reporter: you understand how this looks, right? >> i do. i appreciate your time. but there's nothing else to discuss. wi reporter: we followed up with rooney after the meeting, but he had nothing more

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jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> that's "the overnight news" for the fourth of july. for some, the news continues. for others, check back later on. you don't want to miss "cbs this morning." i'm david begnaud. thank you for watching. i'll see you tonight on "the cbs evening news." >>> this is "the cbs overnight news." >> welcome to "the overnight news." i'm nickki battiste. today is the fourth of july, independence day, when we celebrate the founding of the united states of america. the declaration of independence, was adopted on this day in 1776. 15 members of congress signed the document. since we were at war with britain at the time, they signed their own death warrant. john hancock, president of the congress, pushed to the front of the line and signed his name nice and big right in the middle. these days, july 4th is celebrated by baseball games and parties and parades. there will be a b parade in washington, d.c. major garrett has a >> welcome to the hot and humid steps of the lincoln memorial. you see the band, part of the pageantry here. to my left, you see one

joining us is exfiles host, david axelrod. they are pretty close in terms of poim issues and surroulicy i. >> that's why i don't expect them to go at each other. i think what you'll see and i'm hesitate to predict because we're so close to the debate but i think you'll see the moderates saying to bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, how will you pay for everything you want to do. they're going to try to differentiate themselves that way. the moderates who are at maybe 1% in the polls from the liberals saying i also don't think you are the people who can beat donald trump. that's the friction i really expect tonight. >> david, do you think that too. warren and sanders are supposedly friends. >> they are friendly. they do agree on most. the differences between them are really tiny and narrow than between them and the rest of the stage. as gloria was saying the outside folk, the more moderate may make policy differences but i think it's that electability piece that will be so much more. they are stepping on this debate stage as t

just listen to obama strategist david axelrod lay out his theory.e a look. >> if you listen to what other strategists are talking about they want to paint a portrait of the democratic party as a far left socialist party for open borders and so on, so these women, these young members of congress have now taken that place.ak and i think that he saw a chanca in the fight between pelosi and them to elevate them. and i think that they believe votess out there that they did not get in 2016 in their base and that if they turn up the temperature that they can mobilize them even further. >> sean: also get this congresswoman ocasio-cortez tonight is also out there promoting her radical green agenda. using this summer's heat imagine that, heat in summer as evidence of climate change. you can't make this up. i take a look. >> there a lot of times that people will say climate changege does not affect me as we are sweltering hot. [laughter] in the middle of d.c. summer. in new york, we are about to -- and when i head back to new york, we are about to landnd in on

david axelrod.you anticipate between them? how do they thread this need zblool they say this they will be friendly, allies. they may be forced to be allies tonight because the moderate left on right on the stage -- you have the two progress he was center stage. that's an oxymoron. but they are trying to lead the debate in the democraticic party. could big and bold way more liberal than barack obama and more than bill clinton and win the election. they say in the age of trump the rules are broken. do medicare for all. new green deal process. free college tuition. do more on the liberal agenda. trying to sell any one of those things, barack obama would have said can i win? david axelrod said o would have said sir i don't know if you can win. they bet the rules change. one of the moderates needs to break out does one pile out or they all break out? but sanders and warren defend the progressive agenda a big untested risk for the democratic party. doesn't mean they are wrong. but there is no data to back

like david axelrod is a senior political commentator.e is a pattern here from this president. i mean, there is -- you can argue people will argue about how to define the words but this is part of a pattern. >> it is. here is the thing. trump attacks everybody. he's mean. he's rude. you say okay, why are you guys upset? he attacks people of color in a particular way. you know, if it's an s-hole nation. it's a black city, it's a crime infested city. if it's a leader of color, go back where you came from. listen, he's rude, he's mean but there is a particular kind of pattern here and i think that's why people are so upset. part of the danger we're in now is you can't let this stuff go and can't spend too much time talking about it because i think he likes being seen as this racial provoker standing up to these people. it's a lose lose situation for a country to have a president like this. >> senator santorum -- >> i don't see it that way. i agree with van that the president is crude and rude and combative with anybody who attacks him and he

joining us now katelyn collins, david axelrod and susan glasser, staff writer at "the new yorker" and cnn global affairs analyst. david axelrod i want to begin with you in what we are told is the new or different joe biden we are going to see on this debate stage. we are told by his campaign staff that biden watched video of his performance from the first debate and realized he needs to be more aggressive. so two questions. one is his analysis right? and two, what do you make of the mere tell graphing we're getting from biden in his campaign that he's going to be more aggressive? >> yes, i think his anal s is right. everyone came to that conclusion on the night of the debate. and after he seemed unresponsive to the attacks of kamala harris. he didn't seem very energeting in that debate. and that's particularly important for a candidate is up in years. i think joe biden needs to prove he's up to it. it is vitally important he bring a different kind of countenance to this debate. he was trying to rise above in the last debate, but you also have to show when people come at you you're goi

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we are joined by david axelrod. gloriaer. and john king. we haven't heard from you.interesting listening in the run up to this all the division and expectations put on vice president biden. he has to look forward and be able to defend his record. he has to to be able to attack but attack trump also. there is a lot riding on him. >> there is a lot riding on it. deep in the rear view mirror but joe biden run twice before and both times sputtered at the cross road. s in a giant test for him. he has to know that in his personal history. i would argue last night raised the stakes. the stakes tonight were already high for biden. last night raised them more. here is why. first the performance challenge. in the first debate he was lackluster. kamala harris outhussled and debated and it was about crime and race issues. set that aside a minute. is he big are than that in the heir apparent to barack obama, he has the graph i tas. taking on trump. if the new or younger candidates debate you how do you make the case you are better than trump? he has to perform tonight. the issues

axelrod, after the initial attack on elijah cummings, tweeting the following.if he loses the election 2020, this is why. every day he has a stream of ugly, divisive bombast. it's exhausting, unworthy of a potus, and it would only get worse. four more years? this?" 2020 democrat julian castro weighing in as well. saying that the benefit is basically stoking racial tensions. listen. >> this guy is the biggest identity politician we have seen in the last 50 years. he engages in what's known as racial priming. basically, using this language and taking actions to try and get people to move into their camps by racial and ethnic identity. that's how he thinks he won in 2016, and that's how he thinks he's going to win in 2020. >> julie: meanwhile, the democrats appear to be putting up a more unified front amid the president's criticism. at least in photographs, anyway. here's how speaker nancy pelosi with new york congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez all smiles after their face-to-face meeting last friday. congressman, let me remind everybody that the same woman to th

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david axelrod took me to a museum where i saw posters that sit in the museum now. apply." ed not the only jobs irish immigrants could find was janitorial jobs because no one would hire them. , that isn 30 years where the example of courage and organization lies. within 30 years, they elected the first irish-american president of the united states, john f. kennedy. [applause] mr. khan: it is that fast. i have seen throughout my travels to your districts, to many states, to many places how encouraged, how enthusiastic this nation is to get rid of this unconstitutional, illegal rhetoric, un-american practice. last election, 2018 election, you saw record number of people showed up to vote. and look at the result, look at the result. this is what is going to happen in 2019. [applause] mr. khan: i come from charlottesville, virginia. we are going to elect. theeed only one vote in virginia assembly. we are going to the virginia assembly majority. we are going to elect in 2020, we are going to repeat 2018, we are going to elect a majority in our senate and throw the demagogue out

democrat david axelrod, senior advisor to president obama, treated out at the end of this hearing, "this is very, very painful." let's bring in former independent counsel kenneth starr. he's also a fox news contributo contributor. ken, you are mentioned a couple times in this hearing. your thoughts on this day's testimony? >> one of the critical things, guys, is the very idea of book n exoneration is very unfortunate. bob mueller should not have written book 2. that came out very early on in the hearing. congressman ratcliff from texas was extremely clear in saying, "this is not your job." it's not just the focus on exoneration are not exoneration. it's the very idea they were going to lay out all this evidence with an opportunity to respond on the part of the president. that it's fundamentally not only unfair, and the fact that it's fundamentally unfair is why this report was read dramatically tot over again, it simply not appropriate. so i'm going to be very blunt -- bob mueller did not give a good reason for why he wrote, and his staff wrote, the second volume. which is what this hear

and i went into metallica so i had to pull the one of bobby axelrod war and billions i thought i'd be going to finally see if i got a photo i got the photo and she said to me if you i also if you can get me an interview christopher john called i said yeah but if you ever see him you've got to wear a suit. the building i went to interview brian contends and i thought well i'm going the road with him so i put on a motel. they're going to get another photo while i was. just trying khalid turned up and i was like i told him what happened has done i said can we get a photo and he said jeff so we went out to do the photo and then brian and chris which i was so much more i said let's go get our jackets so they would have cut their jackets and called it was like to be serious so i put my devil horns although this would be an iconic photo i was like the tattooed head teacher where a metal head and the regulators but the real story in this is that they're very open minded they want to talk about this they're interested in big corny and they're not all stuffy suit guys like they care about what'

jim axelrod went to tucson, arizona where it's being made. >> for all of human history, people have beenskyward at night, studying the stars and wondering what could lie beyond them. well, soon scientists will have a powerful new tool at their disposal, and its focus is, well, out of this world. it is certainly a peculiar place for a state-of-the-art laboratory, but under the football stadium at the university of arizona -- >> this one we started just about 18 months ago. >> reporter: patrick mccarthy heads the international group building the largest optical telescope in the world, the giant magellan. >> one of the biggest discoveries in astronomy in the past 20 years is 97% of the universe, we have no idea what it is. >> reporter: but mccarthy says the giant magellan project is working to change that. >> that is a chunk of glass. >> yeah you feel it's pretty heavy. this is pretty dense stuff. it takes about 20 tons of these to make one mirror. >> reporter: using special glass which makes up the telescope's seven 27-foot circular mirrors that is shipped in from japan, and then melted do

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jim axelrod. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm mola lenghi. labor secretary alex acosta says he will not resign for his role in the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking case. epstein faces up to 45 years in prison on federal charges brought against him this week in new york, but he faced similar allegations a decade ago in florida and got off with what many considered to be a slap on the wrist. that plea deal was negotiated by acosta when he was a federal prosecutor, and the latest charges against epstein have acosta right back in the spotlight. >> to go to jail. >> reporter: for almost an hour, labor secretary alex acosta defended his actions as u.s. attorney in miami when he oversaw the controversial plea deal with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. >> reporter: acosta says the state charges would have meant epstein would have got off, so acosta agreed to a federal plea, which led to a watered down jail sentence of 13 months.

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jim axelrod. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs overnight news."the "overnight news." i'm vladimir duthiers. financier jeffrey epstein who owns his own island and one of the biggest houses in new york city is spending this night in a manhattan jail cell. he organized a vast sex trafficking ring. epstein faced similar charges a decade ago, but he was let off with a slap on the wrist. he pleaded not guilty to these latest charges which could land him in prison for the rest of his life. mola lenghi has the story. >> reporter: dressed in prison blues after spending part of the weekend in jail, multimillionaire jeffrey epstein pled not guilty to charges he enticed, recruited and molested young girls at his homes in new york and florida. in a filing, prosecutors alleged serial predator. u.s. attorney geoffrey berman. >> this conduct, as alleged, went on for years. and it involved dozens of young girls, some as young as 14 years old. >> reporter: epstein was arrested saturday night after his private plane from paris landed in new jersey. fbi agents broke

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jim axelrod. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm vladimir duthiers. a powerful tropical storm is gaining strength in the gulf coast, and it could blow into shore as a hurricane. communities along the gulf are bracing for potentially devastating flooding from tropical storm barry. it's expected to make landfall this weekend in louisiana. parts of the state have already been flooded by 9 inches of rain that fell in just three hours on wednesday. meteorologist lonnie quinn is tracking the storm. >> well, it's going to be borderline whether it's a hurricane or not. and it's funny. we all get tied into and wrapped up with the wind speed, because the wind speed dictates whether it's a hurricane or not. it may be a strong tropical storm. i may be a low grade cat-1 hurricane. but it's going to be a big water maker there is a lot of rain associated with this. here is the latest information from the national hurricane center. you've got a storm that has 40-mile-per-hour winds. so just barely a tropical sto

one more example, i was in chicago david axelrod took me to a museum where i saw posters the irish neednot apply. the only jobs immigrants could find was the janitorial jobs because nobody would hire them but within 30 years that is an example of courage they elected the first irish american president of the united states jfk. [applause] it is that fact that i have considered and i have seen throughout my travels to your districts and too many states and places how encouraged, how enthusiastic this nation is to get read of this un-american practice from the area 2018 election. you saw a record number of people showing up to vote. and look at the result this is what will happen in 2019. coming from charlottesville virginia, he will one - - we will elect the virginia assembl assembly. we will elect in 2020 and repeat 2018 and elect the majority in our senate and throw the demagogue out of the white house but that will require all of us to contribute to each and every campaign and i know among us i have met candidates. you are the hope. the organizers at the grassroots level. that is how w

. >> david axelrod noted harris's change in rhetoric tweeting it sounds like kamala harris is now taking something more like the joe biden position on school busing. what was the whole thing of the debate about? harris criticized biden at the debate for his comments about working with segregationists in the senate. she is also in iowa this july 4th. >> that was the subject of conversation for days on end. if he and his team weren't prepared for the topics i don't know what to say about that. >> biden admits the confrontation caught him offguard. other 2020 candidates are staying far away from the feud hoping to focus on beating donald trump. >> a public forum last week and haven't reached a resolution. this is one way folks talk about it so i'm running for president. >> a little before, biden, harris and other candidates on the debate stage and in detroit, july 30, 31st, the election 16 months away. a long time. those debates continue and arguments -- >> senator warren in washington cut it out. >> stand back and be an observer on the sidelines. fox news alert, shaky start to the fourth o

from the broadcast center in new york, i'm jim axelrod. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcomeo the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. there is a growing chorus calling for the head of transportation secretary alex acosta in the wake of the latest charges against disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. acosta was a federal prosecutor in south florida a decade ago when similar charges against epstein were essentially swept under the rug. epstein faced a possible life sentence charged with abusing dozens of underaged girls, but in a plea deal with acosta's office, he spent just 13 months in a legal jail and was allowed to leave for work six days a week. another part of the acosta agreement allowed so-called co-conspirators to walk free. the fallout from the case is landing on the white house. paula reid has more. >> reporter: president trump once considered jeffrey epstein a friend, but today he distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. >> i was not a fan of his. >> reporter: but mr. trump told "new york" magazine in 2002 that epstein was a terrifi

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