she really has broken open the jeffrey epstein child sex abuse case. labor secretary alex acosta was the u.s. attorney and federal prosecutor leading the epstein case. a federal judge ruled at acosta and his office broke the law when they gave epstein this non-prosecution agreement without ever telling epstein's victims. one of the things i had a hard time following in this story is the question of why acosta offered this plea deal to jeffrey epstein in the first place. he's defended it vaguely. he's called it a point of pride. he's never answered questions as far as i can tell about why he kept this deal he did with epstein secret from epstein's victims. do you have any insight into that? do you think this is a knowable thing? >> well, he's given a lot of different reasons over the years. none of them which address the key points, the key things that have disturbed the victims, one of which was the confidential agreement that was designed -- you can see it in the e-mails that they -- that he and out prosecutors passed between epstein's lawyers. it's c

attorney in miami and signed a deal with jeffrey epstein that allowed epstein escape federal chargestate charge that carried a sentence of 13 months in the county jail. and during that sentence, he was allowed to spend six days a week at his office in palm beach, florida. it's unclear what's next for them. joining us now, one of the country's leading experts on the laws covering sex crimes against children, and a former federal prosecutor is still with us. and professor hamilton, i want to get your reaction to the judge's ruling today, this is an extraordinary case that we cannot think of anything like it happening before. >> well, it's refreshing to see that 40 girls could actually been vindicated after a group of men essentially cut a secret deal. what's really amazing about the facts in this case from where i'm sitting is how often the prosecutors -- acosta's people, asked epstein permission whether or not they could talk to the victims. it really is -- it's a great decision. >> and when i got this decision today in the front it says opinion and order and so when there's an order

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we believe acosta was here is how president trump answered questioned about the handling of jeffrey epstein's you have any concerns about the epstein case. >> i don't know too much about it, it seems like a long time ago, but i know he has been a fantastic labor secretary, that's all i really know about it. >> when we come back, what is next for donald trump's labor secretary and jeffrey epstein. only verizon was ranked number one by rootmetrics, number one in three opensignal mobile experience awards, number one in video streaming according to nielsen, and number one in network quality according to j.d. power. we're proud to be the only network to win in all four major awards-- not because of what it says about us, but what it means for every one of our customers. choose america's most reliable network, and get apple music, on us, when you do. make us better people.istening has the power to change us, with audible, you get more. two audible originals- exclusive titles you can't find anywhere else. plus a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. all with our

miami's top prosecutor and accepted a deal called a non-prosecution agreement, which allowed jeffrey epsteines in state court and get immunity from federal charges. the deal also protected epstein's accomplices meaning if ever well-known influential people were also having sex with minors they would not be prosecuted. and to top it all off, the alleged victims had no recourse. in fact, the victims' attorneys say it's as if acosta allowed epstein to write up the agreement. but now a federal judge in florida says prosecutors led by acosta broke the law by signing the deal with epstein without notifying his sex abuse victims. the labor department is now defending acosta's actions saying the decisions, quote, were approved by department leadership and followed departmental procedures. three house democrats jackie speier debbie wasserman schultz and lois frankel on calling on president trump to demand acosta's resignation and today the president said. this watch. >> i really don't know too much about it i know he has done a great job as labor secretary. and that seems like a long time ago, but i

we were just talking about jeffrey epstein. democrats are now calling one of the president's cabinet members to resign after a judge ruled that alex acosta broke the law by giving the billionaire a sweetheart deal in his sex abuse case. we'll talk more about that. also, senator elizabeth warren vows not to attend fundraisers or take phone calls from wealthy donors. is that even realistic? en and the oscars have everyone talking today. while diversity was on display, the best picture wins did not get the same praise. we'll discuss that. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. ♪ ♪ t-mobile will do the math for you. right now, when you join t-mobile, you get two lines of unlimited with two of the latest phones included for just one hundred bucks a month. this is the avery's trying the hottest new bistro.ery's. wait...and the hottest taqueria? and the hottest...what are those? oh, pierogis? and this is the avery's wondering if eating out is eating into saving for their first home. this is jc... (team member) welcome to wells fargo

if jeffrey epstein had been a poor african-american without a fancy lawyer who knew the u.s. they worked together in washington, would he have gotten this deal? and, you know, upon first blush, it looks like, no, no, he wouldn't. let's hope that opr can have an investigation, flush it out and secretary acosta agrees to be interviewed because that will be his decision. that the other lawyers agree -- if they don't work for doj, opr can't force them to talk to them. so everybody agrees to be interviewed and we can get some kind of report which will then go to congress and be accessible to all of us and not just some kind of secret report. we need that for our justice system. >> cynthia and pete, thanks to both of you. >>> what a week it's been and will be for elizabeth warren. the senator starting the week again addressing the controversy she can't shake while preparing to end the week by officially kicking off her presidential campaign. >>> we're going to talk about how this could impact her chances of getting the nomination and if that's just where the president wants her, to

in miernlings he has prosecutors broke the law while cutting an extremely generous deal with jeffrey epsteine accused of abusing over 30 underage girls at his man shun. >> do you know about the jeffrey epstein case? >> i know acosta has done a great job as labor secretary and that seems like a long time ago. ( audience reacts ) >> trevor: yes, you heard that right. 11 years ago, the man who is now trump's labor secretary basically let a billionaire off the hook for abusing underage girls, and president trump's response is that seems like a long time ago. yeah. look, that thing was 1 years ago, folks. by now, all those underage girls are over age, problem solved. i also like how the president is, like, i haven't been following the storks i was too busy watching spike lee at theos camplets yeah! think about how crazy this is. there's a member of trump's cabinet who helped a billionaire sex offender sweep a scandal under the rug and this story is it flying almost snreet complete under the radar because there's another billionaire having a different sex scandal at the same time also in florida.

agreement for more than 30 underaged victims sexually abused by billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epsteinosta who was the u.s. attorney for southern florida declined to prosecute epstein under federal sex trafficking laws allowing him to quietly plead guilty in state court to two prostitution charges and serve 13 months in county jail. thursday's ruling said acosta's team violated the crime victims rights act by concealing their actions from the victims who were mostly between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time stripping them of their right to object and misleading the girls into thinking federal prosecution was still a possibility and by sending letters to the victims requesting their quote, patience with the investigation, even after the government entered into the non-prosecution agreement. unbelievable. the deal received renewed attention after a series of investigative articles by the miami herald's julie k. brown prompting ben sasse to prod the justice department to open a probe into all of these decisions. epstein's lawyer did not return a call from the herald yesterday and speaking

the president's labor secretary and his involvement in the plea deal for convicted sex offender jeffrey epsteinjudge ruling thursday that federal prosecutors led by acosta broke the law with that 2008 deal by not telling his victims about it. epstein was accused of assemb assembling underage girls using young female recruiters and then coercing these girls into performing sex acts. the plea deal concealed the full extent of epstein's dealings, the number of victims, the names of co-conspirators and shutdown an fbi probe into the gcase whie epstein could have spent life in prison. he pleaded guilty to two charges and served just 13 months in a county jail. as part of the arrangement, acosta agreed, despite a federal law to the contrary, that a deal would be kept from the victims. as a result, the non-prosecution agreement was sealed until after it was approved by the judge, averting any chance the girls or anyone else might show up in court and try to derail it. this is a wow. it's money, power, politics. tom winter joins us now. tom, what exactly did the judge say about this deal? >> the judge

attorney in miami, he and his prosecutors violated the law while negotiating this deal with jeffrey epstein in 2007. he's the politically connected billionaire accused of sexually abusing more than 30 underage girls at his mansion in palm beach. what the judge says is that while the deal with epstein was in the works, acosta deliberately failed to tell the victims of -- or their lawyers about what was going on. so that meant, the judge said, that the victims had no opportunity to object before the deal was done. the one that allowed epstein to plead guilty only to state charges that brought him 13 months in jail and he spent much of that outside on work release. in fact, the judge said that acosta and his prosecution team misled the victims to believe that federal prosecution was still a possibility. now, the judge did not rule on whether the plea deal itself was improper. that was not the question before the judge. and this ruling is probably not going to have any effect on jeffrey epstein who served his sentence a long time ago. in fact, it's not clear what practical effect the ruling is

jeffrey epstein in 2008, accused of having sex with dozens, dozens of underaged girls.ral investigation seeks to shed new light on the plea deal that was reached in this case and investigators are looking specifically into the lawyers who handled epstein's case. one of the attorneys under investigation, alexander acosta who is currently serving as president trump's labor secretary. during the time of the investigation, he was an attorney for the southern district of florida. we have more now nor details in the studio. this is a twisted story from the beginning. >> it is complex. and this investigation was championed and called for by senator ben sass. >> a republican. >> that's right. and actually was supported by 14 lawmakers from across the aisle. so in that sense, you know, it is not politically motivated. it does have the potential to touch on the trump white house, and of course, to hugely impact the women who took such a risk to come forward with these allegations. >> multimillionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein ran in powerful circles and encountered peopl

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they say he offered an illegal plea deal to jeffrey epstein who is accused of paying for sex with hundredsrl epstein reached with prosecutors was remarkable based on the number of possible victims and the fact that he was facing up to life in prison. instead he spent half a day behind bars. epstein, who is 66, made a fortune in finance, buying a huge home in new york city, a private island and mansion in palm beach. police first began investigating him in 2005 when allegations surfaced that he paid a 14-year-old girl to strip and massage him for $300. an under cover investigation found evidence that dozens of under age girls were paid for sexual encounters for epstein and his friend. he never went to trial. his lawyers reached what the miami herald called the deal of a lifetime. epstein plead guilty to just two state prosecution charges sentenced to 18 months in prison. he had to register as a sex offender and pay restitution to some of the victims. now a federal judge ruled the department of justice broke the law by hiding that agreement for more than 30 young victims. the judge wrote, pa

acosta was a federal prosecutor in florida when the justice department reached a plea deal with jeffrey epstein, a palm beach billionaire accused of sexually abusing as many as 36 underage girls. thursday it was ruled that they broke the law by not discussing the plea with victims as required. >> and acosta gave epstein the deal of a lifetime, no trial, just 13 months in prison. the plea agreement effectively shut down an ongoing investigation and granted immunity to any potential co-conspirators. earlier this month republican senator ben sasse says the justice department says they opened an investigation into how doj handled that case. >>> north carolina board of elections voting to order new elections in the ninth congressional district. mark harris was under scrutiny for hiring a political operative that was accused of election fraud. the board investigated claims that leslie mccray dallas ran an illegal scheme forge mail-in ballots. the candidate now says that he favors a revote. >> knowing what i know now and hearing what i've heard, it is very concerning and i would have obviously never g

jeffrey epstein's attorney has put out a statement. he said it was anything but a sweetheart deal.t to jail, served adperiod of probation, lived up to every obligation under the agreement and has fully conformed his conduct to the flfor the law fo years. this is about investigating whether it was handled in the right way. that's the direction of the investigation. i guess what we can say is if they find there were mistakes made, for example, then perhaps we can learn for the future. i know that's not the best possible answer but i think that's where we're at. >> kier simmons, thanks as always, sir. >>> there is fear and concern this morning in a washington state county because of a measles outbreak there. the worst outbreak in more than two decades. the state's health department says there are now 51 confirmed cases of the serious illness, all but one in clark county, washington. more than half of those infected are children under the age of ten. clark county, washington, has a large anti-vaccine population. the cdc says 10% of consisten r kindergartners in washington not vaccinate

. >> reporter: jeffrey epstein is the politically connected palm beach billionaire, who struck a 2008horities, who uncovered evidence of himselfly abusing dozens of teenaged girl, labor secretary alex acosta allegedly met up with a lawyer for epsteen and assured the legal team that the prosecutors would not contact the identified individuals, witnesses or claim ants as the two sides hammered out an agreement, that meant that epstein avoided trial and federal judges and only spent 13 months in a county jail after pleading guilty to two state prostitution charges. a judge ruled that process was illegal, violating victim's rights. >> they felt elated that finally, someone, you know, of authority, conceded that they had violated the law, and that they had treated these girls unfairly. >> julie brown exposed the hidden agreement in a november story for the miami herald. she's interviewed several victims who detail their abuse. >> everything down to how to be quiet, be subservient, give jeffery what he wants, and you know, before you know it, i'm being lent out to politicians, and to academ

acosta was a federal prosecutor in g florida when the justice department reached a plea deal with jeffrey epstein, a palm beach billionaire accused of sexual abusing as many as 36 underage girls. thursday it was ruled that they broke the law by not discussing the plea with victims as required. >> and acosta gave epstein the deem of a lifetime, no trial, just 13 months in prison. the plea greagreement effective shut down an ongoing investigation hand granted immunity to any potential co-conspirators. earlier this month republican senator ben sasse says the justice department says they opened a review. >>> and now there will be new locations in the ninth congressional district. mark harris was under scrutiny for hiring a political on which differenwhich -- on which difference beingop accused of fraud. hair rigs says rris scissors ha it, but he now favors a revote. >> knowing what i know now and hearing what i've heard, it is very concerning and i would have obviously never gotten into this. >> thr through the testimony and i have listened to, i believe a new election should be called. >> this is a

accosta and other federal prosecutors collaborated with lawyers of hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein to arrange a sweet, sweet, sweetheart plea deal. dozens of under age girls say they were sexually abused by epstein in a sex trafficking ring. but the deal granted immunity to epstein and many of his unidentified accomplices, really rich guys. the deal also concealed all charges. victim information and shutdown an ongoing fbi probe into the case. epstein pleaded guilty to just two state charges of prostitution and he spent only 13 months in a county jail. but yesterday the judge stopped just short of overturning the entire deal. and now there is growing focus on accosta's role in all of this. accosta now heads an agency with oversight over human trafficking and child labor, and he has yet to explain why he sealed the deal with an accused child sex trafficker. the today the white house says it is, quote, looking into the matter. i am joined now by the "miami herald" investigative reporter julie brown who is i am eternally grateful for the unbelievable reporting on this majorly importan

the case in question involves will be financier jeffrey epstein, who faced up to life is he sexually molested dozens of underage girls at his palm beach mansion after they were hired to give him massages. epstein never went to trial. his lawyers reached with the "miami herald" called the deal of a lot of time with the cost is prosecutors. a judge found they failed to discuss the arrangement with more than 30 young victims. the resident was asked about acosta in the oval office this afternoon. >> i really don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as labor secretary, and that seems like a long time ago. >> epstein's deal allowed him to plead guilty to just two state prostitution charges and registered sex offender status. he had to pay restitution to some of the victims, who were kept out of the loop during negotiations. florida federal court judge kenneth morrow wrote thursday, "particularly problematic was the government's decision to conceal the existence of the agreement and mislead the victims to believe that federal prosecution was still a possibility while the go

30 underage victims. >> nawaz: the plea deal a decade ago for billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epsteinuced charges of federal sex crimes, wienth a pal life sentence in prison, to lesser state chaorrges of soliciting a m and just 13 months in county jail. epstein was accused of building a vast network of underage girls, some as young as 13-- girls he sexually abused in his florida mansion, and allowed other adult men to abuse as well. in2011, acosta wrote that was not aware of the full extent ofn epstein's abuse w struck the plea deal. many of the details only came to light late last year, when the "miami herald" published an extensive investigation, including interviews with dozens of victims. the work was led by reporter julie k. brown, who was awardeda the george pord earlier this week. and.ulie k. brown joins me n julie, welcome to the "newshour". it's an extraordinary piece of reporting. it boggles the mind, though,why it took so long to come to light. so just start theusre. telow did you first learn about this story? why did you start to dig at i the way you did? >> well, you know

." >> reporter: jeffrey epstein is the politically connected palm beach billionaire who struck a 2008ence of him sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls. the u.s. attorney at the time, a current member of president trump's cabinet. labor secretary alex acosta allegedly met up with a lawyer for epstein and assured his legal team that prosecutors would not contact any of the identified individuals, potential witnesses or potential civil claimants as the two sides hammered out an agreement that ultimately met epstein avoided trial and federal charges and only served 13 months in a county jail after pleading guilty to two state prostitution charges. a judge has now ruled that pledge not to inform any of epstein's accusers of the plea deal was illegal. violating victims' rights. >> they felt elated that finally someone, you know, of authority conceded they had violated the law and they had treated these girls unfairly. >> julie brown exposed the hidden agreement in a november story for the "miami herald." she has interviewed several victims who detail their abuse. >> everything down to ho

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last day or so as federal judge recently ruled prosecutors who investigated or negotiated the jeffrey epstein plea deal broke federal law or at least the law in this case. acosta was a u.s. attorney involved in the deal which led to the billionaire epstein only spending 13 months in jail, despite being accused by dozens of teenage girls of sex abuse. criticisms have renewed that the florida judge, the prosecutors, including acosta at the time, kept the alleged victims in the dark while moving ahead with that plea deal. now earlier this morning i asked white house press secretary sarah sanders for her reaction and why acosta should be trusted to hold a position of his power? this was her response right here. watch. >> my understanding is of the very complicated case, something we're certainly look into. but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time. but again that is something we're looking into. we'll keep you posted as we -- >> still confidence in the labor acosta? >> we're looking into the matter. i'm not aware of any changes. reporter: here is s

jeffrey epstein spent time in jail. we have a statement from jeffrey epstein's attorney. he tells nbc news it was anything but a sweetheart deal. mr. epstein went to jail, served a period of time in jail and has conformed to his conduct to through well often years. what is possible is that the process itself will be investigated and questioned. and maybe there will be some lessons for the future. >> that sounds like that's what congress is looking into. >> exactly. >>> five buildings were destroyed after a gas explosion in san francisco on wednesday. massive flames, thick black smoke shot high into the air from a hole in the ground. officials say the fire erupted after a construction crew ruptured a gasoline and prompted evacuations within a one mile area. the gas company cut off the flow of gas two hours after the fire started and that led to a lot of questions why the gas lines had not been shut off earlier. an investigation is now why areway. >> we'll switch gears and turn it over to mr. roker for a check of the weather. >> thank you for getting your first weather from

until the nominations were announced bns right. >> and then it's all we're think being. >> rob epstein, jeffreyfriedman, thank you both. >> thank you. >> this is >> this is pbs newshour weekend, sunday. >> sreenivasan: we've justeard from co-directors rob epstein and jeffrey friedman about their oscar-nominated netflix film, "end game" and their approach to something every living person on this earth will inevitably have to face: death. it's an intimate look at end-of- the-life choices, with terminally ill patients, their families, and medical personnel. here's an excerpt from "end game," with patient kim anderson and how she is choosing to live are rest of her life. am. i'>>thdom >> have you heard of palliative care before. >> sure. >> we have palliative care at home. >> request i under swhat you understand palliative care to be. >> end of life c>>are. yeah, but do think of pal where tiff care helping people live as well as possible for as long as possible. wetoork ther, doctors and nurses and social workers and chaplains fosed on not just the disease but the whole person to really had help pe

in miami, he and his prosecutors broke the law while cutting an extremely generous deal with jeffrey epstein, the politically connected billionaire accused of sexually abusing more than 30 underage girls at his palm beach mansion. >> he was just talking to people on the phone. when he flipped over, that's when he said, okay, you can go ahead and take off your shirt and pants. >> reporter: the government spent untold hours negotiating with epstein's lawyers, the judge said, but scant information was shared with the victims, a violation of the federal victim rights law. that meant the victims had no opportunity to object before the deal was done, allowing epstein to plead guilty only to state charges that brought him 13 months in jail. the judge did not rule on whether the plea deal itself was improper and the ruling is not likely to have any effect on epstein. the judge is asking both sides in the case now to suggest what should be done as a result of the ruling. as for acosta, the labor department said the plea deal was reviewed by the justice department leadership and followed the rules. sa

kelly new england patriots owner robert kraft and billionaire jeffrey epstein all making headlines recently over their misadventures involving sex trafficking in law enforcement we hear and watching the hawks found another story buried in the headlines there is just a shocking but lacks the star power to push it to the top of your newsfeeds it's a little known reports surfacing in hawaii that is the foot in the doorway of a much bigger less talked about problem in the horrific and tragic world of sex trafficking the report is titled sex trafficking and why the stories of survivors and it details and it features details testimony from many of hawaii's victims of this heinous industry including and rather disturbingly finding out that law enforcement officials throughout the criminal justice system have not been effective in addressing the crimes of sex trafficking and have been complicit in allowing and participating in sex trafficking one anonymous vick. them interviewed for the report actually stated quote the same people that are charging you for prostitution are the people turning around

kelly new england patriots owner robert kraft and billionaire jeffrey epstein all making headlines recently over their misadventures involving sex trafficking in law enforcement we hear and watching the hawks found another story buried in the headlines that is just a shocking but lacks the star power to push it to the top of your newsfeeds it's a little known reports surfacing in hawaii that is the foot in the doorway of a much bigger less talked about problem in the horrific and tragic world and it details and it features details testimony from many of hawaii's victims of this heinous industry including and rather disturbingly finding out that law enforcement officials throughout the criminal justice system have not been effective in addressing the crimes of sex trafficking one anonymous victim interviewed for the report actually stated quote the same people that are charging you for prostitution are the people turning around and buying it from you. and tragically my friends this isn't just a problem isolated to the beautiful islands of hawaii no no no no no no in fact it's only recently i

jeffrey epstein spent time in jail. we have a statement from his attorney who tells nbc news, it was anything but a deal adding mr. epstein went to jail, served a period of probation, lived up to each and every oblation under the agreement and has fully conformed his conct to the law for well over ten years. theink what's possible is process itself will be investigated and questioned and maybe some lessons forhe future. >> sounds like that's what congress tdid, what department of justice did. >>> fivegs build were destroyed after a gas explosion in san frcisco.e mass flames and thick lack smoke shot into the air. it prompted evacuations for a one-mile area. thankfully nobody was hurt. the gas company shutff the gas f two hours e results, well, they speak for themselves. why didn't you book your on a travel site?on at hilton.com, i get the price match guarantee. and i can choose from their 14 different hotel brands, so i get the right hotel for every member of my family. like a doubletree for my cousins who love their war

a plea agreement for more than 30 underage victims who accused billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein. attorney for the southern district of florida in 2007 declined to prosecute epstein, allowing him to plead guilty in state court to two prostitution charges and serve 13 months in county jail. thursday's ruling said acosta ruling violated the rights of the girls who were mostly 13 and 16 years old at the time, stripping them of their right to object and misleading them thinking federal prosecution is even after the go the deal received were new deeggs tension. and a series of vettive articles by the "miami herald" julie brown, and speaking for acosta, a labor department spokesman said the decisions were approved by the justice department and followed procedures. joining us now the investigative reporter who broke open the story, the "miami herald" julie brown and danny cevallos is back with us as well as. julie, as it continues, ch are the questions that still remain in your mind given all the work you have done? my questions are who are some of the other men who have joined epstein

so i understand, jeffrey, epstein has already pled and has done his time, if that's what you want toentioning any names, isn't it common knowledge in manhattan that he connected a lot of very powerful, rich men and just politically powerfully connected men with young women, some of them possibly underage. >> i'll tell you a personal story. i met jeffrey epstein at a business meeting once, a group of us were trying to buy new york magazine. i never met the man before in my life. during the break he said what kind of girls do you like? i go wa do you and what i understood, nothing ever came of it, is that he would engage with powerful men, get the women unbeknownst to the men, and he would own them. i remember very personally be very particular apaq fromming even though jeffrey epstein can't be tried again i guess because of double jeopardy, what about other men who have reportedly, possibly committed statua statuary. >> reporter: well, that's part of what so puzzling and shocking about the plea agreement with epstein is it seemed to agree they were going to sop investigating other peo

when you -- if you tie together these stories about rich man's justice in the case of a jeffrey epsteine crimes were, the tax cut which helped the plutocrats but left everybody with the bill, everything from the trade policies that are hurting soybean farmers but ar cher daniels midland have their lobbies so they have corn and everything, there is a growing sense that the system is rigged for the super rich and maybe even donald trump is in on it. i wonder if, you know, if an elizabeth warren gets sort of an advantage in the sense she really authentically over the course of going from being a republican to a democrat, came to this view and is that a message that democrats can embrace or do they get so attacked by this, you know, need for centuries m they get scared way from that? >> i don't know. i think senator warren's messages you point out is something whether you are a democrat or disaffected republican, is something that you can go towards, that sort of sings to you. another person who has that kind of message is south bend, indiana mayor, who the way he talks about the democratic

alexander acosta is back in the hot seat for a plea deal he struck a decade ago with jeffrey epstein who is accused of molesting 80 women and trafficking minors from overseas to perform at sex parties. epstein was facing life in prison but because of the plea agreement by miami's are prosecutors epstein and observing 13 months in palm beach county jail. the deal gave his victims no recourse. now a federal judge in florida says the agreement was illegal and some democratic lawmakers want donald trump to demand acosta's resignation. mike: thanks a lot. mere hours before the general assembly session ends a push by republicans to investigate one of virginia's top democrats. jillian turner has the latest on a controversy that almost got overshadowed and even forgotten. >> it's been two weeks and two women get forward to detail sexual assault allegations against virginia's lieutenant governor, justin fairfax, the state's republicans say until today there has been crickets from the democrats. >> we work diligently to create a bipartisan way to investigate, a special subcommittee would have

judge in florida ruled alex acosta violated federal law in 2007 with financier and sex offender jeffrey epsteinhey failed to inform dozens of his victims. jussie smollett makes they'll it is released and the superintendent expresses his fury over wasted resources. >> i just wish the families of gun violence in the city got this much attention. shannon: a member of a conservative organization punched in the face at uc berkeley. the attack has not gotten a lot of attention. our panel is here to weigh in. coming uh-oh! guess what day it is? guess what day it is! huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what today is? it's hump day. whoot whoot! ronny, how happy are folks who save hundred of dollars switching to geico? i'd say happier than a camel on wednesday. hump day!!! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter

the case in question regards jeffrey epstein who faced up to life in prison over allegations he sexuallyeach mansion after they were hired to give him massages. epstein never went to trial. his lawyers reached with the miami herald called the deal of a lifetime with prosecutors. who judge found failed to discuss the arrangement with more than 30 young victims. the present was asked about acosta in the oval office. >> i really don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as secretary and it seems like a long time ago. >> the deal allowed him to plead guilty to just two state prostitution charges for an 18 month sentence and registered sex offender status. he also had to pay restitution to some of the victims who were kept out of the loop during negotiations. florida federal court judge, kenneth morrow wrote thursday, particularly problematic was the government decision to conceal the existence of the agreement. and mislead the victims to believe the federal prosecution was still a possibility while the government spent untold hours negotiating the terms and implications of t

acosta violated federal law when they reach an agreement in 2007 with financier and sex offender jeffrey epsteiny failed to inform dozens of his victims. jussie smollett makes bail and was released, the chicago police superintendent expresses his fury of the wasted resources submitted asked city crime epidemic. >> i just wish the families had gotten this much attention. >> shannon: a member of a conservative organization punched in the face at uc berkeley, the attack hasn't gotten a lot of attention, where's the outrage? our panel is here to weigh in. coming up. e bonds were definitely tested. frog leg, for my baby brother don't frogs have like, two legs? so they should have two of these? since i'm active duty and she's family, i was able to set my sister up with a sweet membership from navy federal. if you hold it closer, it looks bigger. eat your food my big sis likes to make tiny food. and i'm okay with that. navy federal credit union. our members, are the mission. what would it look like [if we listened more?] could the right voice - the right set of words - bring us all just a little closer

the department of justice found to have broken the law in the case of jeffrey epstein who was accusedrial abuser of teenage girls. they include ued some of the most vulnerable. a foster child who he promised new shoes for school or a run away, lureded to be a part time masseu masseuse. girls he paid to bring him nor girls according to the herald. his punishment, a plea deal which meant he only got 13 months in prison on lesser charges during which he could leave for work and no federal trial. just think about that. a federal investigation identified at least 36 underageded victims. 36. enough. as roxane jones wrote, this is systemic exploitation of yoing girls and women who are often poor, vulnerable, ignored and silenced. and i will say in the past two years, our collective conscious has been awakened to this as a result of allegations against hollywood's biggest names. or nfl owners or grammy award winning musicians. r. kelly and robert kraft have denied these allegations, but let me be clear. this story is bigger than these men. much birg. we should be focused on empowering and pre

attorney years ago, the case of jeffrey epstein, a billionaire in florida, who was part of the a pleaal arrangement for sex with underage girls, a lot of controversy about that and was the law broken in creating that plea arrangement that epstein signed and did serve some time, bringing scrutiny to alex acosta, who is now the labor secretary. so the president has had people who are in his orbit politically and personally who are under some intense pressure themselves when it comes to the dramatically different circumstances of alex acosta and bob kraft. but the president weighing in on all of that today. chris? >> i think when you realize he called him a fantastic labor secretary, anybody who thought maybe there was a chance that there was going to be something under way within the white house for there to be potential consequences in terms of him keeping his job, that would lead you to believe the answer is no. >> no sign of that at this point. we have seen at times the president would profess support foray cabinet official who later the circumstances change. but right now alex acost

. >> alexander acosta under fire for a 2008 agreement he broke with jeffrey epstein, president trump addressing the growing concern that yet another member of, of yet another member of his cabinet. >> i don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as a labor secretary. and that seems a long time ago. >> saturday, february 23. senator bernie sanders is running for president against. and bill maher is day dreaming about a bernie aoc ticket. >> 77-year-old jew and a 29-year-old former bartender. that's a dream ticket. in l.a., that's a third marriage. >> up with me this morning, christina, an associate professor at political science at ford university. and former prosecutor and nbc legal analyst. and senior politics editor here at msnbc. well, despite reports to the contrary, the special counsel is not finished with his investigation or report. a senior justice department official telling nbc news we should not expect robert mueller's report to be handed over to the attorney general this week. so the waiting continues, as we learn, michael cohen, president trump's former a

. >> so important to note here, jeffrey epstein is politically connected and does count donald trump said parties tell me what we should do? there isn't a remedy here and unclear if anyone will pay for this breaking of the law. >> not only did they not confer with the victims, they actively hid it from them. thanks very much. >>> turning the page here to hollywood's biggest night, the oscars sunday night. we'll talk about potential big winnersism this is the all-new chevy silverado. it's beautiful. beefy and mean looking. it's the strongest, most advanced silverado ever. the cab is bigger than the last generation. it's the first truck i've seen make you look small. but that's not all... whoo! oh my... whoa! the silverado has more cargo volume than any competitor. very impressive. now, during the chevy presidents day sales event, get 0% financing for 72 months on this all-new silverado. drive yours away this presidents day. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth? or one that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose. from crest 3d white. the whitening therapy collection. no