Good morning live from r. T. Internationals main new center here in moscow is kevin owen with a with his 30 minute world news update just turned 10 am moscow time 1st on the sex trafficking and child abuse trial of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is spilling over into the white house President Trump said to defend his labor secretary alex acosta when i was a u. S. Attorney in miami way back he signed off a plea agreement in an earlier case involving epstein which critics say was far too lenient. Its been a great really great the secretary of labor. The rest of it will have to look at we have to look at it very carefully but youre talking about a long time ago and again it was a decision made i think not by him but by a lot of people so were going to look at it very carefully Jeffrey Epstein a registered sex offender is accused of trafficking and luring dozens of underage girls to his mansion if found guilty may face up to 45 years in prison now the democratic leadership is putting pressure