York. The only mom on the cup team, number 22, jessica mcdonald. We begin the hour with the labor secretary. We are told we will hear a statement from him in just a few hours. Epstein, of course, now under new indictment on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. New york prosecutors make no secret they believe the case was botched on acostas watch. Abby Philips Joins us live from the white house. What are we expecting to hear from the labor secretary as he fights to keep his job . Clearly, the pressure is building on this situation which has prompted acosta to take the matter into his own hands and explain himself and try to get a handle on this situation. But we are hearing from our sources that he is not expected to resign at this press conference. Its happening over at the department of labor where he is still the secretary of that department and it sounds very much that the white house is preparing to mount a defense of alex acosta. It all started yesterday when President Trump defended him saying that he has been an excellent cabinet secretary, talking about how long ago these allegations are, that acosta orchestrated what critics are calling a sweetheart deal for Jeffrey Epstein. And even this morning, the chief of staff suggested the defense in that case, Jeffrey Epsteins defense tried to get alex acosta kicked off the case because he was so aggressive in prosecuting that case. But we will find out if we will hear more of those arguments from acosta himself. He started this processed by cheating that he welcomed the new york investigation. But it remain toes be seen, does he even take questions this afternoon . Will he answer some of these concerns about his role in creating this deal for Jeffrey Epstein that a lot of people look at and say was exceptionally leentent given the crimes that he was accused of. All of this seems to be damage control mode for acosta, damage control mode for the white house. This is up to President Trump. He is known to change his mind at any minute about things like this and it could only take a bad news cycle or a series of days of bad news cycles for the tables to turn on alex acosta. So well see what happens this afternoon, john. Well see what happens. Well watch the statement. And, of course, as you just noted, the president s reaction to that statement is the most significant things we will watch. As we track that, another big developing story here in washington, the resignation of the British Ambassador to the united states. Kim derroch stepping down just days after his leaked criticism to President Trump calling his administration inanticipate and clumsy. Derroch writing in his Resignation Letter today, since the leak from this embassy, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding my position and the duration of my role. I want to put an end to that speculation. The Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like. The president is getting a big wish here. Three days of attacks, most of them on twitter and the Ambassador Says im going home. Going home in the middle of a big leadership test election in his own country and going home embarrassed after a 40 plus Career Service to his country. Thats right. And i dont think that this was a surprise to many other ambassadors here in washington who know that their job depends on meetings that they can have at the white house. How effective they can be. Truthfully, Foreign Policy in this administration is driven by the white house. So even though the state Department Said that they had received no orders to turn down meetings with the ambassador, he wasnt going to be able to go to the white house. But despite the fact that trump said he wouldnt meet with him, other ambassadors told me they thought he could keep doing the job if he had the confidence of his home government and obviously, that was what was at stake yesterday when Boris Johnson who is expected to be the future Prime Minister said that he wasnt necessarily going to bam back him continue to go be the ambassador here in washington. That was kind of the final straw. And lets play that moment. Because we can focus on the ptd, his conduct and his behavior and the president s long power. If you like me, i like you. If you dont like me, i dont want you around. Well come back to that. Prime minister theresa may, there was a debate to replace her and to kylies point, Boris Johnson didnt exactly answer the question. It is vital that our Civil Service is not politicized by ministers leaking what they say. Whoever leaked that deserves to be eviscerated. Just answer the question. Tell us if youre keep the ambassador in washington. I will keep him until hes due to retire. And i think we would like to know if you would. Im not going on be so presumptuous. Okay. Take that that was a punt. Im not going to be so presumptuous to say the question was if you get the job what would you do . That was taken by the ambassador and by others as a please get out of the way. Well, that was and certainly the question of how these cables came out is something that i think was also at may here. Somebody allowed those things to leak out and theres speculation that that was as a result of some sort of unrest within the Foreign Office and, obviously, youd had to have been an opponent of sir kim to want those to get out. These are the sorts of things that when you talk to people who work in the embassies, ambassadors of other countries, many of them will say privately about President Trump. But the idea that they and its the job of an ambassador to convey those things. They are considered a view of who the president of the country that they are representing, their home country to is. But the fact that these things leaked out really does raise questions about who had the agenda in the uk to make that public and that, i think, more than anything else, along with the comments that were not an endorsement of him from Boris Johnson made him feel like he couldnt be effective any more. Its a critical point we make that in the sense of the the 2 1 2 years of this administration, whether its the president s steps that many europeans view as undermining nato, whether its direct attacks on the german chancellor, the british Prime Minister, trade tensions with the chinese, trade tensions with the japanese, trade tensions with the allies. This is what the ambassador wrote, some of the emails that got him in such trouble when they became public. The scene from here, we dont believe this administration is going to be substantially more normal, less dysfunctional, less unpredictable, less diplomatically clumsy and inept. I dont think this administration will ever look competent. I think everyone at this table has had similar conversations with people from other embassies who have had a hard time adjusting to had disruptive and unorthodox president and the way he does business. Its not only people from other embassies, but its people inside the administration who say the same thing. The ambassador did nothing wrong. He was providing guidance back to his government about how to effectively work with and communicate with this government and with this president. But theres no question, i think, that after all of this stuff that was intended to be private guidance became public commentary, he could no longer effectively do his job. And that depended on having private social interactions and conversations with people close to the president. Much has been made of the socializing that sir kim did. That is what made kim good at his job. Those people would no longer be seen in public socialize, the administration. And if you think about the content of these cables, he talks about how the president is thin skinned and is very sensitive. You could see from the way the president responded on twitter to these leaked documents, that he skort of is playing that role of saying, you know, ive never met the ambassador, i dont know who he is, hes a pompous fool. And because of the fact that the president is very sensitive to criticism and lashes out when he sees people criticizing him, the ambassador was not able to be effective any more and sort of providing his role to the government. And to that point, does it have an impact . The new Prime Minister will pick a new ambassador to the united states. Special relationship at a very important time, the uk trying to figure out how to deal with brexit. The uk trying to figure out how to negotiate unilateral trade deal wes countries around the world, including the united states. But to your point about the president , if youre in another foreign capital and your ambassador is coming home, what do you do when you think if it gets out that you said something unfavorable, the wacky ambassador to the uk is not someone were thrilled with. A very stupid guy. He should speak to his country about the failed administration and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled. I told theresa may to do the deal but she went her own foolish way. As the president is criticizing this ambassador for being undiplomatic, hes not exactly the leading candidate for Diplomacy School here. Loyalty is a oneway street for this president. This is a president who has been very willing to be undiplomatic in talking about our allies, but if someone speaks negatively about his administration, it sort of becomes a major story for him. So this is clear that this is the way the president operates. Which is why to me the reaction is fascinating in the sense that they have a hot and cld, mostly cold relationship during her tenure. They have tried to paper it over at moemtsd when its in their interest and say things are going okay. Her days are numbered. If youre jeremy hunt and youre trying to be Prime Minister, if youre Boris Johnson, you handle this carefully. Theresa may, listen to her. Mr. Speaker, this morning i have spoken to sir kim derroch. I have told him that it is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave this position as ambassador in washington. The whole cabinet rightly gave its full support to sir kim on tuesday. Sir kim has given a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. Shes taking sides there. She is. And shes a short timer, she can afford to do that. I think the real question is what happens with the next ambassador . Will he or she feel freely to speak with the Trump Administration, how to communicate with them, how to anticipate what theyre going to do. The uk doesnt want to be in the position where they have an ambassador who is seen as ineffective, who is seen on the outs with her own president. So i think it will be a real challenge for them to figure out who is going to get this job next. I suspect next ambassador may use the phone or code. Speaking freely is one thing, but writing is another issue. We joke about it, but it is a bad thing if an ambassador feels they cannot speak freely to the folks back home. Up next for us, diplomacy of a different sort. Here at home, nancy pelosi try toes make peace within the democratic family. 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If you are taking asthma medicines, do not change or stop your asthma medicine without talking to your doctor. Help heal your skin from within. Ask your eczema specialist about dupixent. Welcome back. House speaker nance sis pelosi making a remarkable plea for unity today at a private meeting of House Democrats, urging members to keep their differences in the family and to not engage in public disputes over Public Strategies and priorities. The speaker received an ovation for her remarks. The timing is more than noteworthy. Plus the speaker is fresh from one of those public spats shes trying to discourage. Four new Democratic Women in Congress Taking issue with the most powerful issue with american women in politics. Alexandria ocasiocortez proceeded to leave and they think shes too timid on impeachment, the speaker telling the New York Times weekend, the squad has, quote, their public whatever and their twitter world, but she went on to say little influence when it comes to shaping the house agenda. A key Pelosi Deputy today says kumbaya. Its all puppies and rainbows. The House Democratic caucus is a diverse family. We are a passionate family. We are a large family. We will remain united in the face of a common enemy named donald j. Trump. Cnns Phil Mattingly live on capitol hill. Phil, puppies and rainbows . Yeah. So you may have heard some laughter from the reporters when mr. Jeffries said that. And thats because anyone with a pulse understands that its been a difficult week for the House Democratic caucus. And its also why according to one member in the closed door Democratic Caucus meeting this morning, Speaker Pelosi gave the most forceful call for unity hes seen since the democrats have been in the majority. And the reason why, obviously trying to put the last couple of weeks behind them, but trying to wrangle in the entire caucus and the very different parts of the caucus before some substantial issues theyre going to have to deal with. Just this week, theyre dealing with their defense policy bill. Progressive democrats are upset that it spends so much money. Even though the administration has already threatened a veto for, that puts crosswise with more moderate members. Theres the democratic wage bill. Moderate members have been concerned about the impact on small business, progressive members dont want to hear that. On top of all of it, there is the budget and spending caps deal thats been going on for a while where all of these members are likely going to have to support the speaker in her thorough multi dimensional negotiation with the administration. What this all means, and i think part of it you can contribute to growing pains. Part of it you can contribute to new members who dont understand what other members are going through in their districts. And that im told from one person in the room is what the speaker was trying to make this morning. Those arent the districts that make the democrats the majority in the house. Those arent the district thats make the speaker the speaker of the house. So she basically said today, keep it all in the family. The reality is, john, if they cant kind of bring things back together right now, its going to get more and more difficult and its going to undercut them in their negotiations with the administration going forward. And i think everybody is aware of that. Well just have to see what happens going forward. Im going to stick can puppies and rainbows. Thats what im going to stick with, phil. Molly ball with time joinsous conversation. It is a fascinating moment for the House Democrats as they try to governor with the Republican Senate and the republican president. A lot of the members who make a majority from districts trump one or trump is competitive in, i want to read one things today. For them to become a target is meaning those members i take responsibility, you make me the target, but dont make the blue dogs and our new dems the target in all of this because we have important fish to fry. Mosey here herself, who was a young liberal from san francisco, now the Senior Leader trying to keep this all together, trying to manage these new members who are impatient. How is she doing . And lets not forget that Speaker Pelosi did start this spat. She was the one who made the comment about the new members that they were responding to. But yes, you could see this i see it as this oration to the caucus, the kickoff of a Political Campaign for pelosi. This has always been the biggest test she was going to face this year is could she get particularly these big funding bills and the debt limit, could she get those mustpass bills through the house by negotiating with the white house and the senate republicans. And that task is still ahead of her and shes saying you guys are my troops. You have to be behind me. I have to have my army to go into this battle. Another thing that she said according to a source in the room, she said some people came here to make a lovely pate. Were making sausage here. Shes saying, look, im going fight for every inch i can get. You can count on me to do that. But we have to settle for the best we can get and lets not make the perfect the enemy of the good. This is a big