Hello and welcome to world news today. President trumps labor secretary, alex acosta, has announced his resignation. Hed come under pressure following the latest arrest of the billionaire financierjeffrey epstein. Mr acosta, who is the former us attorney for southern florida, agreed a plea deal with mr epstein in 2008, granting him immunity from federal prosecution. Earlier this week, the wealthy financier pleaded not guilty to new charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. The president has tried to distance himself from jeffrey epstein, saying he wasnt a fan. Mr trump has praised mr acosta as an excellent labour secretary. Mr acosta and President Trump spoke to the media earlier. Heres what they had to say. He was a great labour secretary. Not a good labour secretary. He has done a fantasticjob. He is a friend of everybody in the administration and i got a call this morning early from alex and i think he did a very good job yesterday under a lot of pressure, he did a fantasticjob
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Being s stopped s short in one h ceer will briri you her story later in the show. Its ten pm here in the french capital thanks for watching france twenty four now will start to this evening in the u. S. Where the labor secretary alexandra costa said. On friday that he is resigning at this follows questions over his handling of a two thousand and eight secret plea deal. With wealthy financier jeffrey epsteiein whos beenn accused of sexually abusing d dozens of underage g girls acosta made the announcement of his resignation. Alongside the u. S. President s lets take a listen. I do not think it is right and fafair. For this Administration Labor department they have seen as the focus. Rather than the incredible economy that we have today. It would be self pay for me to stay in this position. And continue talking about a case of twelve years old. Rather than about the amazing economy we have right now. And so i submitted my resignation to the president. No for more at one what is the lates
Please welcome back suzanne p. Clark, president and ceo of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. I am trying to decide if i should say good morning or good afternoon. I have lost track of the time i think, but hello, thank you so much everyone for being here today. It is a historic day for the United States and for the u. S. Chamber of commerce. As you know we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of u. S. Can yet diplomatic relations that a marking the first stage visited by an african president since 2008. I think we can all agree that 16 years is far too long, but we are hopeful president rutos time and washington it will usher in a new era of regular state visits by african leaders. On top of that today we brought together senior government officials, business leaders, and Industry Partners as we observe world trade month and on the eve of africa day. What better time could there be to illustrate the importance of partnership between the United States and kenya . What better platform to el
Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pursuant to section 3z of House Resolution 5, the house stands adjourned until 2 p. M. On tuesday, may 28, 2024. Vice chair and president of microsoft. We are joined as well by his excellency the prime cabinet secretary and secretary for foreign and Diaspora Affairs and their respective witnesses to finalize a series of signing agreements. We are joined as well bring the c. E. O. Of g42. This letter of intent of 1 billion investment will be led by g42. To build a state of the art Green Data Center in okaria, kenya. Congratulations on this 1 billion letter of intent. [applause] lets give that another round of applause. With this last signature we conclude the m. L. U. And deal signing ceremony. We celebrate the Partnerships Forum today and Bright Future ahead and we thank his excellency for being a witness of the power what this partnership can bring and being a critical partner in making this possible. Thank you very much. [applause] in ke