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Controversial deal or express any regrets and even made a point of throwing Florida State prosecutors under the bus. A state grand jury brought that single completely unacceptable charge. A state official allowed epstein to selfsurrender. I wanted to help them. That is why we intervened. We did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. He needed to go to jail. There was value to getting a guilty plea. You can always look at a play after the fact and say, should it have been the safe play or should you have gone for the big score . Well, tonight the white house saying acosta still has trumps support, but the question is for how long. I want to bring in now susan glasser, juliette kayyem, scott jennings. Good evening, one and all. So good to have you on. Mr. Jennings, im going to start with you. So we saw the embattled labor secretary alex acosta defend the epstein plea deal he oversaw. The president ordered him out there. Will he keep his job . You know, honestly, im not sure because there are two issues for secretary acosta right now. The epstein issue, which is a huge distraction for the white house and for the president and his agenda, and then you have a number of people in the white house who do not believe he has been properly executing the president s agenda as secretary of labor. Thats a cabinet where a lot of deregulation issues need to occur. Theres a lot of people in the white houses policy stream that dont think secretary acosta has done right by President Trump and what he wants to see happen at the department of labor. Ultimately the epstein thing, though, is a huge distraction, and when you serve in one of these jobs, ultimately you serve at the pleasure of the president , and if you become a major headache and distracts for the president , honestly, i think you have a duty to resign so that someone who isnt a distraction can take over. Chris ruddy told me last night he thinks it will be a matter of weeks. What do you think . Yeah, it sounds to me like chris ruddy i think is it could be shorter than that, honestly. I think i think acosta had to do what he did today, and i know there are people who say some of the things he said today were not entirely accurate, but it strikes me hes on the shorter independent of the stick right now. Susan, katie rogers over at the New York Times acted act acosta what makes him so confident that the president will keep him on. This is acostas answer. Watch. I am here to talk about this case. Im doing my job. If 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. I thought yesterday he was kind and he showed great support. But we have to remember we are here because we are part of an administration that is creating jobs, that is creating growth, that is really transforming our economy and focussing it on, you know, the forgotten man and woman. So, susan, step one to keep your job, praise the boss. Did he do enough of that, you think . Well, i dont know. It wasnt over the top, as sycophantic flattery goes. You know, there is this is a new factor, i would say, in my years in washington, the kind of audience of one factor played out on national television. It really has been a striking aspect of the last few years, that, you know, increasingly you have senior officials in the government not just in private but in public basically appealing to the boss and only the boss, but, you know, tonight, don, im struck by listening to your previous segment and then comparing it with this. Were in a situation in the washington where you lose your job for telling the truth in a secret diplomatic cable to your own government if youre the ambassador to britain because when President Trump doesnt like it, but you keep your job if you give a sweetheart plea deal to a sex offender. I mean, you know, the juxtaposition of this particular news cycle is just one of those jarring moments that suggests that weve moved pretty far away from what we would previously consider under any administration, democratic or republican, to be a normal situation. Juliette, one Senior Administration official put it this way to cnns jim acosta. He said one day youre working for the president , one day youre not. Weve seen how this can sometimes play out with other cabinet secretaries. Sometimes youre even fired by tweet, you know . Yeah. Its true. I mean, who would have thought that secretary purdue of the Agriculture Department would be the last man standing at this stage . But he may outlive all of us. Look, i view this as sort of not just a trump internal, you know, whos in, whos out story from the perspective of just making the government function. Im not even talking about sort of trumps policy agenda. It relies on consistency, continuity and trust. Thats what it is. You know, whether its, you know, the state Department Working with its allies or the defense Department Working with other military, or, for example, the department of Homeland Security working with its state and local partners. So the sort of whos in, whos out and we dont know tomorrow undermines that consistency and continuity that leads to good governance. So just looking at new orleans state. New orleans is already flooding. It is going to get hit likely with the hurricane. We do not have a secretary nor a nominee for secretary of Homeland Security because of trumps not liking the last the last one. We dont have a head of fema. I mean, thats the kind of thing where its just, you know, they cant even get the basics right. That a citys about to flood and we dont even know who is in charge. Scott, listen, heres the playbook, okay . A controversy swirls around a cabinet official, ethics violations flying on private planes or just not liking the guy, and the president offers a luke it lukewarm response. Watch this. How about your interior secretary . Were looking at that, and i want i do want to study whatever is being said. Is he in jeopardy . I think hes doing an excellent job but we will take a look at that and well probably have an idea about that in about a week. Scott prosecute uitt is doint job within the walls of the epa. Were setting records. Outside hes being attacked very viciously by the press, and im not saying that hes blameless, but well see what happens. Im very disappointed by the attorney general, but well see what happens. Well see. Hes a very fine man, but were going to make a decision some time tonight. I felt very badly because secretary price is a good man. I mean, scott, we get that well see response a lot, dont we . Then you have secretaries zinke, youve got price, pruitt, youve got attorney general sessions, theyre all gone. Yeah, in some of those cases, don, those people were actually executing the president s agenda. I dont think there is any doubt that pruitt was doing exactly at the epa was donald trump wanted. The difference for acosta is a lot of people who are inside the oval office with the president talking about his agenda daily do not believe acosta is even doing that. And now you pile the epstein thing on top of it, it strikes me that his enemies here in the personnel stream are stacking up, and with an administration thats got, you know, a little bit of time left in the first term. You dont know whether youre going to win reelection or not. Theres a lot of regulatory issues they want to get accomplished at labor and they feel like in many cases acosta and hes people have slowwalked it, quite frankly, maybe not honest with the white house about slowwalking it. These are archean things that arent in the news every day, but vital. Secretary price was forced out only a few hours after the president s well see. This can happen sometimes happen quickly. Well, look, this happens in any administration. There is often expressions of support for the doomed official up until the immediate moment when there isnt. Im remembering juliette talked about fema. Remember heck of a job brownie, so, you know, President Trump is not the first president to, you know, express support for somebody right before he chops their head off. I think the thing that we should also note, though, about this particular case is that there is clearly an ongoing weakness and usually when you get dumped is when you already had some internal rivals or political trouble in an administration. Number one. Number two, President Trump is uncomfortably close himself to this particular scandal. Remember that the president doesnt want us talking a lot about Jeffrey Epstein, with whom he had a longterm friendship and close relationship. Lets be real. As a parent of a 14yearold, this is a horrific story. You know, we are talking about the president of the United States, he now says he hardly knew him, but, you know, a previous life was a close friendship and often apparently in private settings with Jeffrey Epstein and these young women. And so were going to be talking about that as long as there is this ongoing controversy involving a senior official in the Trump Administration and whether he gave a sweetheart deal to this exact same alleged sex offender. So, you know, its a pretty horrible story that involves trump himself. Juliette, does this administration have a vetting problem . Is that what you call it . Yes. It does. Its just clear that nobody is going look whats happening over at the defense department. I didnt even mention them, right . We dont have a secretary of defense. I think some of the services i think three of the four services dont have a lead. Now the deputy or the vice chair of the joint chiefs has a Sexual Harassment allegation or actually i think a retaliation issue going on. His nomination i think is going to be pulled. And so, you know, theres two problems. One is there it no vetting. The other problem is ive never seen so many disgusting men up for big jobs. I mean, youre vetting, right . So that you catch something. How how are people like this serving at the highest levels of government . I mean it. I mean, just the sort of the Sexual Harassment, the corruption and everything. So its not such a vetting process as it is sort of, you know, i guess ethics issue as well. That these people are getting nominated. And i have to say just going back, why i dont understand the acosta how he became secretary. Im very curious about that for the same reasons as susans saying. Theres a lot of connections going on here that im sure trump doesnt want us to talk about but acosta as head of labor was not an obvious pick and i think trump may very well want acosta to go away. That will have to be the last word. Thank you, but interesting. Thank you all. I appreciate it. The spotlight shifts when Robert Mueller finally testifies before congress in just one week. On live tv with americans from coast to coast watching. Im going to talk to one of the lawmakers who will be questioning, asking some questions, and that is congressman jaime raskin. Hes here and hes next. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. Discover elvive protein recharge leavein conditioner. Our heat protecting formula, leaves hair 15times stronger. In just 1 use elvive revives damaged hair. Burger i want a sugar cookie i want a bucket of chicken i want. Its the easiest, because its the cheesiest kraft. 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One of the lawmakers who will be questioning mueller is with me tonight, and thats congressman jamie raskin, a member of the house judiciary and oversight committees. Congressman, thank you for joining us. I appreciate it. Good to be with you, don. Absolutely. There is one week until muellers testimony but so little time for questions. You told our manu raju today that democrats need to resist the impulse to editorialize. Explain why thats so important. Well, what we need to do is just to be a vehicle for communication for the special counsel. Whose words in his report have been distorted and misstated repeatedly by attorney general barr and by donald trump. You know, with their idiotic mantra of no obstruction, no collusion, theyve cast a cloud of propaganda over the whole country. So we just want to give special counsel mueller the chance to come and to dispel the fog of propaganda, you know, on pages 1 of 2 of the report, he says i dont deal with the question of collusion, which is not a criminal law concept, its an antitrust law concept, and, in fact, he details more than 150 episodes of interactions between the Trump Campaign and various russian nationals. So there is plenty of evidence of collusion in the everywhere knack vernacular. Do you you actually think you can get politicians to not editorialize . Thats a big ask . I think given the time constraints were going to be very disciplined. Okay. Were going to follow a script and were going to try to work as a team. Weve gotten some practice doing it in some of these hearings, reading off the same script, and i think we need to give him a chance to speak to the country. There is so much evidence of president ial obstruction, we just need him to state it in his own voice, in his own words. Okay. You chair the House Oversight committee on kids in cages. I just want to play some of the emotional testimony that you heard today. This is from a migrant woman speaking through a translator, okay . Here it is. Translator my name is jasmine juarez. My daughter and i fled guatemala seeking asylum in the United States. We made this journey because we feared for our lives. The trip was dangerous but i was more afraid of what might happen to us if we stayed. So we came to the United States where i hope to build a better, safer life for us. Unfortunately, that did not happen. Instead, i watched my baby girl die slowly and painfully just a few months before her second birthday. Powerful testimony. What are you trying to accomplish with these hearings . Well, that was jasmine juarez, whose 3yearold daughter died after contracting a serious respiratory ailment. When she arrived there at the detention center, the ice box, she said that they encountered lots of kids who were coughing and sneezing and clearly sick and it was just a matter of days before her daughter, maria, got sick. And yet there was no medical attention and we had testimony also from a doctor today, dr. Gutierrez, who said there are all kinds of doctors who want to come in and help. Theyre not allowed to come in and there is not sufficient medical attention at all. So, you know, ms. Juarez testified about how she would wait in line all day long and then not be seen by a doctor and finally they gave her some tylenol. And by the time they got out of the detention center, it was too late for her daughter. They went to the hospital and they couldnt save her. Yeah, listen, i want to ask you i got to get this in before we run out of time. The House Oversight Committee Also asked the embattled labor secretary alex acosta to come and testify later this month about the sweetheart plea deal he gave Jeffrey Epstein when he was a District Attorney in florida. What more are you hoping to hear from acosta . Well, first of all, we want to give an opportunity to the victims of all these sexual assaults who are now young women who were then girls, 13, 14, 15 years old, the opportunity to testify about what this has done to them. Acosta oversaw essentially a double system of justice. While theyre putting lots of people away in jail or prison for marijuana offenses, for example, theyre letting the wealthy and wellconnected Jeffrey Epstein off after having committed dozens of sexual assaults against girls. These are rapes and sexual offenses, and he got a really sweet sweetheart deal where basically he spent half the day in some kind of mellow incaration a incarceration and then he could go do whatever he wanted and that was related to the plea of the least serious offense of the 17yearold girl involved and they decided to describe it as soliciting prostitution, so they basically labelled her a prostitute instead of dealing with the realities of his offenses. After a storm of outrage about this, the prosecution is happening. Better late than never. In new york, but acosta ends up with egg all over his face and hes a terrible poster boy for this double system of justice under this Trump Administration. Were out of time. We look forward to both of these hearings and see how you guys conduct it. Thank you so much, congressman. I appreciate your time. Thanks for having me, don. Well be right back. 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A system designed to strengthen america is instead undermining it. No country can import large numbers of people who hate it and expect to survive. Reporter omar hit back, calling carlson a racist fool. Its really quite disappointing to see fox news give a nightly platform to the white supremist rhetoric that is coming from the likes of him. Reporter now a new skirmish in the immigration debate. Make America White again. Reporter with carlson tapping into a frequent theme on the right. And with his critics accusing him of fearing a powerful woman of color. On wednesday, reaction to his rant getting a supportive retweet from President Trump. On the other side, progressive activists renewing their calls for advertisers to black list carlsons show. We dont only welcome immigrants, we send them to washington. Reporter omar is both a historic figure, the first somali american elected to the u. S. Congress, and a lightning rod of controversy. A frequent target of foxs rightwing shows. Think about it. Omar wears a hijab. Is her adherence to this islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to sharia law, which itself is antithetical to the United States constitution. Reporter Jeanine Pirro was suspended by fox after that rant. Now carlson is invoking omars history as a refugee. Resettled by the u. S. When she was 12 years old. And now living an american dream. After everything america has done for omar and for her family, she hates this country more than ever. Reporter no, omar responded on twitter. Carlson is lying. She loves the country and resolves to make our union more perfect. It wasnt long before i arrived that i noticed that a lot of americas promise wasnt extended to everyone. Reporter her critiques of america not living up to its ideals, particularly for people of color, are common and wellreceived on the left, while on the right people like carlson react with disgust. Its one of the usual topics on his show. Democrats, he says, wants you to believe america is an awful place. This time carlson is taking omars concerns and making a huge leap, saying immigrants with views like hers are dangerous. Were importing people from places whose values are simply antithetical to ours. Who knows what the problem is but there is a problem. Reporter that rhetoric is being denounced by some on the right as well as the left. Of the atlantic saying carlson divides america and betrays core american values, and omar is saying this. I truly believe he is a racist fool who is quite weeping about the fact that we have an africanborn member of congress. Reporter omars message and now he gets to call me a congresswoman, im sure pisses him off. Brian stelter joins me now. She and aoc really get under his skin or the folks at fox. Yes, as much as the fox talk shows in prime time are protrump, theyre really all about being antidemocrat, especially when it comes to these women of color who are new members of congress. Omar said there should be an ad boycott, advertisers should not respond to carlsons show. Carlson responded by saying she is trying to shut me up but fox has my back. He says i am not a racist, but what he does promote is a form of white identity politics, an attempt to take back time, to go back in time. Of course thats not going to happen, but thats what he promotes on a daily basis and he does that by targeting and demonizing ilhan omar. I want to bring in an oped writer for the New York Times. Good evening, sir. Youve been following this, im sure. You say carlsons words are White Nationalist talking points and carlson is helping to mainstream them. Explain that. Yeah, i mean, if it talks white a White Nationalist, if it behaves like a White Nationalist, if it tweets like a White Nationalist, its Tucker Carlson. Dont take my word for it. The leading White Nationalists have said that Tucker Carlson is their guy. Thats Andrew Anglin of the daily stormer one of the leading neo nazi websites. So you have to ask yourself, why are the advertisers supporting a man who mainstreams and supports white supremacists, not even White Nationalists, don, white supremacist conspiracy theories. Remember last year he said that south african white land owners are being oppressed. That was a completely debunked Conspiracy Theory. Even have it was debunked, guess who promoted it, Tucker Carlson. He calls immigrants invaders, repeating a talking point, another white supremacist Conspiracy Theory that was mainstreamed by donald trump. So this is the feature, its not the bug, and im not being rhode island here in calling him out as a White Nationalist. This is who he is. Just look at the words, look at his own clips and then compare them to the talking points and rhetoric of leading White Nationalists. Its exactly at the same time, he also says he welcomes immigrants. He just wants them to like america, not to hate america. So hes able to employ these rhetorical devices to say bring on the immigrants. Lets bring in millions of people. But then he attacks immigrants like omar because he claims she hates america. I dont think hes willing to listen to her actual critiques of american policy and understand where shes coming from. But, brian, does he believe this or is this something is he out is he selling what people are buying . Which one is worse . I think the second one may be worse. I think people say carlsons changed a lot over the years. He was on cnn and msnbc in the past espousing a very common form of conservative politics. What weve seen on his show and other shows in recent years in the trump years is a more extreme version of this rhetoric, antiimmigrant rhetoric. Its a classic chicken or egg question about whether theyre following trump or trump is following this. Don, may i just say this . Sure. I think were giving him a pass. None of us are ben carson. We dont know whats in Tucker Carlsons heart. If Tucker Carlson repeatedly shows you who he is for the past two years, if it was a oneoff, we would be outraged. But this is consistently. That is coded language, brown, dark people, muslims who come from shole countries, that was a throwback to donald trump, by the way, lets not forget that Tucker Carlson supported and defended Donald Trumps comments when he said we dont want people coming from shole countries. So i think we in the media give trump and Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham a pass. Do they really believe this or are they saying it to rally up this base . Does it really matter, don. The detrimental effect is its dividing america. Thats why i said the latter part, if hes just selling what people are buying, thats actually worse because then its disingenuous. Because he knows better. Ilhan omar called him a racist fool. Shes not backing down. Do you think another people on both sides of the aisle are standing up against his bigoted rhetoric . No, there arent. I mean, donald trump retweeted it. Donald trump retweeted in april a photo of ilhan omar next to the burning towers that got her death threats. Donald trump retweeted britain first, an extremely rightwing antimuslim group. Remember those fake videos and it took him a year to bring them down. Look at ilhan omar, the West Virginia gop on gop day is in the State Capitol had a huge poster of ilhan omar next to the burning towers. This has been deliberately promoted by the rightwing media infrastructure. Both politicians and media personalities. What ill say is this, they are laundering their antiimmigrant, antimuslim talking points and Tucker Carlsons case, White Nationalist talking points through ilhan omar. Theyre laundering it. Theyre saying, oh, look, were just attacking her and her views. Who is she . A black muslim woman who wears a hijab and is a refugee. She becomes their pinata. No, no, no, youre attacking our free speech. Were attacking a democrat who is progressive and radical. I have to run. I know you have more to say but im out of time. Calls are getting louder for labor secretary acosta to resign. One of those calling for his resignation is president ial candidate and governor jay inslee. Im going to talk about that and his plans to curb the climate crisis. Thats next. Your mammoth masterpiece. And. Whatever this was. Because we make our meat with the good of the deli and no artificial preservatives. Make every sandwich count with oscar mayer deli fresh. Want to freshen your home without using heavy, overwhelming scents . Introducing febreze one. It eliminates odors with no heavy perfumes, so you can feel good about using it in your home. For a light, naturalsmelling freshness, try new febreze one. Na blend of quality probiotics. 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No, and the fact is this is consistent with the whole Trump Administration. It is an administration of, by and for billionaires. It is one that is accepts of moral turpitude. This sweetheart deal with a billionaire has a stench to it that you can smell all across the nation. There is no excuse for it, and i think its consistent with who the president is in coddling billionaires, a, and, b, theres something here that i think ought to be troubling to people, consistent with his sort of view of women. You will recall this is the president who said if youre a star, they let you do it. And now we have a labor secretary who basically said if youre a billionaire, well let you do it, in a sense. Thats not acceptable in america. This is consistent with a long going pattern of the president s moral turpitude. He needs to go. Still want him to go. Okay. Lets talk about this because i know Climate Change is a big issue for you. Mandatory vaccin mandatory evacuations are going to begin in my home state of new orleans, brace for a hurricane which could bring over a foot of water by the weekend. Alaska is in the middle right now of a record heatwave. Thats new orleans that were look at now, but alaskas in the middle of a record heatwave. This is a signature issue of your campaign. Whats your reaction to seeing all of these do you think its related to Climate Emergency . Many of these emergencies are made more frequent and more intense. That is a scientific reality. And my reaction is a mixture of sadness because i know the victims of the fires in paradise, california. I know the victims of the floods in the midwest. And anger at the Trump Administration for lying to the American People. And this is a dereliction of duty by the president , to lie to the American People. We have Current National security threats to the United States. We have americans whose homes are being burned and homes are being flooded and he is trying to convince them there is no problem here, but its also mixed with a view of optimism. Look, im offering a plan to the American People to put 8 Million People to work. To mobilize the u. S. Economy. To build a clean energy economy. To lead the world in job creation. We are capable of doing this. So it has to be a mixture of all of those passions. We need a leader to spark this mobilization. Im up to that job. So do you think its some people say were at the point of no return. Weve already passed the point of no return. It is clear that there is a lot of this baked into the system. Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for a century. Wow. So we are going to be seeing changes, but this is our last chance to prevent the cataclysmic things that we otherwise will experience. I want to talk to you about this pipeline. Youre the first candidate to publicly oppose this proposed pipeline in michigan. Saying its important for safely providing heating oil, right . But look at that. It would replace a 66yearold line that leaders say is an environmental risk. Why are you against it . We recognize two realities. Number one, to stick another pipeline under the great lakes, which is a source of water for so much of our civilization, frankly, to put that risk under the water, the people of this region do not want to run that risk. Number two, we have to recognize science and people who argue with me and my climate plans are not arguing with me, they need to argue with science. And the science is very clear. We cannot be Building Infrastructure thats going to be here 50 or 60 years from now. If we continue to do that, the planets going to cook. Its burning right now. It is scientifically untenable to be building a pipeline there that you think youre going to keep burning oil and gas 50 or 60 years from now. We have to make some decisions now. I am the candidate who is saying this. That this has to be the top priority of the United States. And the science dictates this. So im looking forward to the next debate when we can see who has really got the muster on this. Before i let you go, i want to talk about this tweet that you tweeted, showing your support for megan rapinoe, the United States womens soccer team. I mean, look at that pose. Its familiar. Whats your takeaway from their message . I think that picture has exactly one worldclass athlete in it, its the one in the red jersey. Look, she has been so inspirational to people. Talk about this moment of darkness in the white house to have a moment of light from her is just wonderful. Its sort of the Jackie Robinson story of this century, that she has asked for the president to honor inclusion. This is a bright moment for the country. And fighting the battle for equity in pay, we feel very were kind of rhoadical. Shes a seattle person, right . Were radical in washington. 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Same time as Jeffrey Epstein. Earlier than i was. Okay. He had a reputation as an out liar yfs that . He was fired. Supposedly was a trader for five years. In the late 70s and 80s. When there werent really a lot of to trade. I knew he he got to as a result of teaching his son at the school where he was famously a teacher. And bill barrs father was the headmaster. He used his connections. To the one time head o get to him. Its not clear. How did he make his fortune . The biggest mystery on wall street. And nobody can really figure it out. Supposedly i have heard everything from shorting the british pound. To managing the billions of shul sultans and the alchemy of the structure. Over a market to make money. Money managers he didnt have a fund. He didnt have a hedge fund. Or private equity fund. Theres trace examples of anything his fund did or bought or sold in the stock market. Its a mystery. What have you learned since he was arrested . Anything . I havent learned a lot about his financial. How he made his money. I learned about his bad habits. Beyond whats in the news . No. I mean very much whats in the news. Just beyond whats being reported. People talk. The interesting thing is, he was a total out cast on wall street. He very much fit into certain social circles in new york. And people will vouch for him. That you never think would. In addition to working on wall street. You cover it. I want your thoughts on this fed chairman. Responding to his pointed question from House Financial Services chair. If you got call from the president and today and tomorrow. And said im firing you. Pack up. Its time to go. What would you do . Of course i would not do that. I cant hear you. My answer would be no. I said what intended to say on the subject. And what i have said is that the law clearly gives me a four year term and ill serve it. He is constantly criticizing him for not cutting Interest Rates. Its always been a political football. Most fed chairs ignore it. I give him credit today for ignoring it. And saying hes not going to fall for it. He may cut Interest Rates because thats what the president wants. Which is not the right thing. I want to talk about the book. Four friends promising living cut short. Old high school friends. Jfk jr. Hes on the cover of people magazine. People are talking about him now. What led you to write this. First of all, life is fragile. And these were four of my friend from high school. And i notice over the years unfortunately they were dying young and tragically. I sort of was collecting their stories. And i want to be able to both write a memoir of their lives personal to me and have a big reporting challenge. I have written about the collapse and golden sacks through the financial crisis. And the duke lacrosse scandal. In each case it was an effort to figure out what happened. To these firms and situations. Once again in this case i want to know what happened to my four friend. 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Kraft for the win win. Good evening, a minor part of the news tonight in washington is whether the president s labor secretary alex acosta will keep his job. The larger story is when he was back, he did all he could to put Jeffrey Epstein, a man he apparently believed to be a serial child molester and rapist behind bars and before we listen to any of his televised Public Accounting this afternoon for the decisions he made back then for the deal he cut, for what he did and didnt say to the accusers, the alleged teenage victims, i want to read you some of what the chief Palm Beach County prosecutor at the same just said about it tonight and im quoting, as the state attorney for Palm Beach County for 16 years, 1993 to 2009 which included the entire period of the epstein investigation, i can