Open. What she hopes others will learn from her emotional experience. Its wednesday, jewuly 10, 2019. Heres your eye opener, the world in 90 seconds. There is storm around financier jeff epstein. They call on acosta to resign. Epsteins arrest is raising new questions about how much his highpowered associates knew about his alleged criminal behavior. I never met any of these women. The British Ambassador to the United States resigned. This is after he called the Trump Administration inept. We owe him an enormous debt. The Affordable Care act called unconstitutional. Millions of lives, nothing less, is on the line. Delta Airline Passengers forced to make an emergency landing. Video shows the aircrafts engine had a problem. A helicopter collided with a small plane over the italian alps. New york city saluting the champions. The u. S. Womens soccer team honored with a ticker tape parade. C. Krchc. Sebathia will com. He leads the field to a rouzirouz i rousing ovation. C. Krchlc. Sebathia is calli quits. Cleveland, ohio is the center of baseballs universe as the best and brightest gathered for the allstar game. Hes got him struck out the side. And the American League has now won seven straight. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. When the announcer just said the American League won, is that good . Welcome to cbs this morning. Were starting with a big yuck. Pressure is growing on the labor secretary to step down amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. They are blasting Alexander Acosta for making a plea deal for the man. Epstein has been in jail and often released during the day after being accused of abusing dozens of teenage girls. Epstein now faces federal child sex trafficking charges in new york city where prosecutors say a raid of his home turned up hundreds of lewd photos. Ben tracy is at the white house. Ben, is secretary acostas job on the line . Reporter well, acosta serves at the pleasure of the president , and so far the president is standing by him. But mr. Trump, who has his own history with Jeffrey Epstein, is giving himself plenty of room to maneuver if he decides secretary acosta has to go. I feel very badly, actually, for secretary acosta because ive known him as being somebody that works so hard and has done such a good job. Reporter on tuesday President Trump defended his cabinet secretary while also saying he believes many judges and attorneys wish they could have handled things differently years after the fact. I would think you would find maybe he could have done it a different way. Reporter thats because of a plea deal acosta signed off when he was a u. S. Attorney in miami. Epstein was tried in a state court where he was given a sentence that even allowed him to leave jail and go to work six days a week. Acosta made an agreement with epsteins attorneys to keep the plea deal secret from epstein. They ruled that prosecutors violated the law by not telling epsteins attorneys about the deal. They gave a sweet deal to a child molester. Reporter people in government are now calling for acostas resignation. He defended himself on twitter saying, with the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that epstein go to jail. They said acostas fate is up to the president and the focus should be on epsteins crimes. There is no question that the accusations against epstein are horrendous. Reporter the billionaire financier was once friendly with mr. Trump, who sometimes socialized with epstein at his Maralago Club in florida. I knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him. Reporter in a 2002 article, mr. Trump said, ive known jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. Hes a lot of fun to be with. It is even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. On tuesday the president said something different. I was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. I was not a fan of his. Reporter the president now says he had a falling out with Jeffrey Epstein about 15 years ago, but he wont say why. Meanwhile the author James Patterson who has written about epstein said mr. Trump kicked epstein out of maralago after there were some complaints about his behavior with young women, but the white house will not confirm that. Tony . All right, ben, thank you very much. Alan dershowitz, one of epsteins former lawyers, is talking about the charges in his first tv interview since his indictment. He defended him against allegations in florida more than a decade ago. One of his accusers said she was forced to have sex with dershowitz as a part of epsteins sex trafficking regulation. Cray is now suing him for defamation. We spoke to dershowitz at his apartment, dershowitzs apartment. What did he have to say . Reporter he vehemently denied the allegations. He had no idea the extent of the allegations when he took on his case back in 2008, but he says defending controversial clients is just part of the job. Did you ever see mr. Epstein with underage girls . Oh, no. If i had ever seen Jeffrey Epstein in any inappropriate situation withen underage girl, i would have terminated my relationship and turned him in. No way. Youre obviously surprised by the allegation. We were shocked by the allegations, but as a criminal lawyer, being shocked by an allegation doesnt mean that i wont defend somebody. Reporter Alan Dershowitz helped negotiate what many have criticized as a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein in 2008. Dershowitz denies the deal was a bargain, instead arguing prosecutors lacked the evidence to indict epstein for federal sex trafficking charges. They thought they would lose they made a deal. They got him to be a registered sex offender, to pay vast amounts of money to all of the women, and to get him to plead and go to jail and expose him for the world to see as a sex offender. I think the feds thought it was the best they could do. Reporter an indepth investigation by the miami herald in november uncovered Police Records alleging epstein assaulted dozens of underage girls. One article saidgirls claiere overwhelming. Obviously this was happening because of his wealth and power. Do you think others would have gotten the same deal . I think people without the power and wealth would have gotten a better deal. His prominence, his fame, made it clear that the prosecution would work very hard to get the best possible deal they could. Look, wealth is a twoedged sword. It helps you put together a very good legal team, but it also puts you in the public eye in a way that makes the prosecution work very hard. But this deal was kept very much under wraps. I had nothing to do with that part of it. But legal, ethical, you would go back and make the same deal and you would think it was all squared away. I would try to get a better deal. The job of a criminal defense attorney is to get the best par immunity left civil charges to be brought against mr. Epstein. Aspec a how much money was paid aspects. Im a criminal lawyer, not a civil lawyer. But as i know, several millions of dollars were paid out to accusers. Dershowitz fought to throw out a lawsuit of someone who claimed to have been abused by epstein. I have someone who said they had dinner with bill clinton and al gore. Records show that was made up. This is a woman who might have been lying for money. Reporter the women accusing Alan Dershowitz disputed his motion to dismiss her lawsuit. Suit says dershowitz is lying to discredit her and intimidate her into silence. Dershowitz is also saying these are politically motivated charges against him. We should remind people that a court said that plea deal was illegal, in part because victims were never notified about it. Im also curious about his definition of a better deal. What were hearing was a pretty good deal. It was weak evidence but not about an innocent client. In the next hour, an attorney for the dozens of accusers responds to his clients in the case. A Tropical Storm is likely to become Tropical Storm barry by the weekend. Wbbm is tracking what could potentially turn into a second named storm in the atlantic this year. Megan, who needs to be on alert . Good morning. Focusing all of our attention on the gulf of mexico right now would where weve got a possible tropical system brewing. You can see where we have the bright blues in the gulf of mexico. Rather disorganized at this point. But moving through time, we do expect to see some consolidation of this system, some strengthening as well. We may be looking at a system that could push even a surge event on shore in parts of louisiana, including new orleans all the way to florida as its gaining steam, maybe making a landfall as a Tropical Storm. Barry would be the name of this one, and that could happen sometime this weekend. Very, very warm waters across the gulf of mexico right now, and our model guidance is focusing along the coast of louisiana, but we could see a landfalling event as far west aztecs teca as texas and as far north as florida. We could see upwards of a foot of rain in spots by monday. Anthony . Megan, thank you very much. We have breaking news from washington where the British Ambassador to the u. S. Who called the Trump Administration inept in leaked memos says he is resigning. You may recall President Trump called kim darroch a pompous fool after his opinion appeared in a tabloid. Reporter he writes the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like. Now, he was expected to serve through the end of his term, through the rest of this year, but clearly hes resigning. Now, in these memos that were leaked by the daily mail, he wrote, quote, we dont really believe Trumps Administration is going to become substantially more normal, less dysfunctional, less politically clumsy and inept. And in another, he said president , quote, radiates insecurity. The president shot back on twitter calling the ambassador a, quote, stupid and wacky guy he would no longer deal with. We have new reaction from the administration. The president s chief of staff says he believes it was a good thing the ambassador stepped down. The Affordable Care act and health care of millions of americans could see a major threat this morning. They ruled that a portion of obamacare is unconstitutional. When could we see a decision on this . Reporter anthony, we dont know when the Appeals Court will rule, but its clear whatever side loses this case is most certain to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Court Previously ruled that the Affordable Health care act is constitutional because congress has the power to tax people. It held that if people had to pay a penalty for not buying insurance, that was effectively a tax. But in 2017, congress eliminated the penalty, so now the court will decide if the rest of the Affordable Health care act is still constitutional. In december a federal judge in texas ruled that the law is unconstitutional without the tax. The Trump Administration agreed with that ruling and refused to defend the law. So multiple states with democratic attorneys general and the house of representatives stepped in to defend the law. Anthony, if the law is overturned, nearly 20 Million People could lose their health insurance. Children would no longer be covered until the age of 26 and it could affect people with preexisting conditions. All of this, of course, sets up a potential Supreme Court showdown right in the middle of the 2020 campaign. A lot at stake there. Paula reid, thanks. Customs Border Protection said it is looking at allegations of a 15yearold girl by a border officer. This took place in a facility in yuma, arizona. The teen from honduras said the officer put his hands inside her bra, pulled down her underwear and groped her during what was supposed to be a routine patdown. The agency said in a statement, u. S. Customs and Border Protection treats those in our custody with dignity and respect and provides multiple avenues to report any allegations of misconduct. We take all allegations seriously and investigate all formal complaints. Now, these allegations come amid reports of unsanitary and unsafe conditions and overcrowded border facilities in texas. The agency has asked for more resources. Congress recently passed 4. 6 billion in funding to ease the crisis. Passengers on a delta plane bound for maryland are safe after a midair scare. Dramatic video shows a loose spinner rattling in one of the engines of the 32yearold md88 aircraft. A helicopter warned them. The flight was en route from baltimore to atlanta on monday. The crew diverted the jet to North Carolina and the plane landed safely on one engine at raleighdurham international airport. No injuries were reported. Can you imagine looking out the window and seeing that rattle around . At 32,000 feet, no, thank you. The pilots didnt hear something . Just ask the guy in 17a. Hell tell you the plane is in trouble. Former president bill clinton is remembering ross perot as a unique figure in American Business and politics. The selfmade billionaire who ran twice for president against mr. Clinton died of leukemia early yesterday at his dallas home. He was 89. Perot entered the 1992 president ial campaign as an independent calling for significant budget cuts and capturing public attention with his folksy speaking style. He wound up with 19 of the vote and some republicans blamed him for president george bush losing his reelection bid. Perot ran again in 1996 but finished far behind. He then endorsed george w. Bushs president ial campaign in 2000. In a statement mr. Bush called perot a strong patriot who helped others around the world. The World Champion u. S. Womens soccer team is celebrating from coast to coast today. New york city is hosting a ticker tape parade to honor the teams world cup win before the players fly to los angeles for an event tonight. These girls are very busy. Tariqa duncan is at the start of the parade. All i can say is, go, usa. Reporter you can see this parade has officially kicked off here at battery park. We just saw the Coaching Staff go by, now youve got the players here on this float waving to the crowds, the fans that have been lining these barricades, starting as early as 6 00 so they can get a glimpse of these World Champions. This is a historic parade here in new york city. As you know, the route starts here in battery park and will go all the way to city hall where they will then be greeted by the mayor of the city, mayor bill de blasio, who will give them keys to the city. A ton of recycled paper is what is being used for confetti that will be seen going out of windows of businesses and homes. A very exciting time for this ticker tape parade. Very historic. Youve had people like Nelson Mandela and players of the new york yankees who have been on this historic parade route about a half mile long. Second consecutive World Championship for these women. A lot of controversy, of course, but today is all about celebrating a major good wednesday morning. A muggy start to the day. 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