this is the labor department, there we go. we re waiting to see the labor secretary, alex acosta. the labor secretary now, a decade ago he was u.s. attorney in florida who declined to prosecute jeffrey epstein on federal charges of sexual acts that s come under renewed scrutiny now. will he continue to defend himself and his actions or lack there of in his deal of a lifetime from 11 years ago, how will he respond despite the growing calls for his resignation as trump s labor secretary? we re stay iing put and keeping close eye on these pictures of the labor department. quick break, we ll be right back. hey! i m bill slowsky jr.,
power. i believe he thinks he s in a situation where he s not accountable to anybody. that nobody can can tell him what to do and if he kopts to bring home a point that people will start to believe a man in some respect, that s true. and that is what s very sad about this whole situation. we know what donald trump s all about right now. we all know what he s about. what s disappointing for me is those folks were still supporting him not because of the policies that he s pushing forward. but in light of all the lies and the misinformation that he puts out day in and day out, erin. you know, i don t think he hasn t had any sort of penalty at this point. almost with every team, violence, he hasn t had any p l penalty to pay. he almost is proving that he can be unaccountable, nothing has happened to him. at this point, his supporters seem to be stay iing with him.
of this seems like a fluke anymore. donald trump really is at a resilient and now pretty long-standing secure position at the top of the polls. this is not one of those weeklong flirtations like a few candidates had in 08 or even in 2012. this isn t newt gingrich s mini surge after that one good debate, right? this isn t the brief 999 madness of herman cain presidential runner. donald trump is at the top and appears to be stay iing at the top. and just as indelibly it looks like now guys like chris christie and rick perry and bobby jindal but particularly guys who are supposed to be real contenders, they re also really not moving anymore and it s one thing to survive a brief plunge in the polls, to rocket down to the small single digits, because you re a low spot. it s another thing to become a permanent part of this distant third tier of candidates that regularly polls at 2% or less.
arlington virginia at a small business there. he ll talk about the need to create more clean energy jobs. let s get more on the president s speech coming up from nbc s mike viqueira live at the white house for us. so, mike, certainly curious to see the president s comments on these new numbers regarding unemployment in this country. reporter: right. a couple of things going on. first of all yesterday the house of representatives passed a bill worth $15 billion that was intended to create more jobs. this is something democrats as a political matter as well as a practical matter to get people back to work have been pressing the president to do as health care takes up the political oxygen here in washington. it also comes on a day, of course, as we ve been reporting here on msnbc where the unemployment figures for february were announced. good news/bad news stay iing steady at 9.7%. many people expect it had to tick up to 9.8% or more due in large part to the fact the government took th