Charges accusing of sexually exploiting girls as young as 14. The alleged behavior shocks the conscience. And while the charged conduct is from a number of years ago, it is still profoundly important to the many alleged victims now young women. And leaked cables reveal what the British Ambassador really thinks about President Trump saying he radiates insecurity, calling the administration inept. Sto secretary of state mike pompeo silent, but his british counterpart on damage control. I dont share the ambassadors assessment of u. S. Administration or relations with the u. S. Strakadministration. But i do defend his right to make that assessment. In thats d democrats are on after a new poll shows the President Trump riding a wave on the economy. And now at 44 . And at this point losing only to frontrunner joe biden among registered voters. This as kamt is about to appear in South Carolina today following bidens weekend apology there to a largely africanamerican audience for his past comments about working with segregationists in the 70s. Joining me is robert costa. And also dave wasserman. And welcome all. Robert, first to you. Talk about the New Washington post poll and your read of it. President trump feels good because of the state of the economy. And they know that they are under pressure to sustain these numbers for the economy. And that is why they continue to pressure the Federal Reserve chairman powell to try to get those Interest Rates low. At the same time, a real question as to whether that kind of pressure backfires or not, but democrats are on notice here. The president is riding this economic wave. And he is far more popular tan some people might have thought. 44 is still not great. It is still in the normal trading range of what weve seen his approval be. There have been some surveys that have had him at 45 , 46 . But it hasnt been 51 on the economy it is 51 on the aec. And has been as high as 56 reminiscent of another president in the 90s who had strong Approval Ratings with respect to the economy. And we all know the answer. Thats right. Bill clinton. Lets talk also about your analysis of the Electoral College. President trump could lose the popular vote by as much as 5 million voters when you look at california and new york and still win the electoral vote if you look at what could happen in north carolina, florida, new mexico, arizona. What states are you looking at . The big problem for democrats is that lot of them look at 2016 as a fluke and say it could not happen again. But they have a big geography problem. And the two key states that explain why he could lose the popular vote and still win the Electoral College are california and texas. Democrats could add to their margin by a million votes in california, still not receive an additional Electoral College vote. Democrats could cut into trumps margin by 800,000 in texas and still not win a single Electoral College vote. Those demographic trends that are powering democrats increasing vote shares there are not as present in wisconsin and michigan and pennsylvania, the states that are key to trumps electoral roadmap. And so what is the reality check for democrats as they look at the most diverse field, the most crowded field, what do they need to do to energize the base and narrow down this field . I think that the base i mean i think that the party is focused on narrowing down the field. I think that the Washington Post poll and well see whether that is a trend or it is just a snapshot, but i think that this is actually energy guiding a big debate within the Democratic Party. Is the most important thing winning states thatguiding a bi debate within the Democratic Party. Is the most important thing winning states that Hillary Clinton lost, michigan, wisconsin, reaching out to voters who voted for trump or energizing the base. I think it is reasonable to do both. But see certain qucandidates saying that they can bring back the voters. Like the Vice President. And i think one of the issues for a lot of the other candidates is really skracreati that excitement and enthusiasm and what happened for trump in 2016, once he defeated the rest of the field, he did get a lot more support. So i think that well see more in the next debate. And lets talk about joe biden and where he stands right now. Robert, let me play a bit of him talking to reporters about that some would say belated apology. Have i made mistakes . Yes. Did we grow . Yes. But the fact of the matter, that is why i chose here in South Carolina and chose an a audience that would be the most likely to have been offended by ni ee eed that was said. And Kamala Harris is also going to South Carolina. And in fairness as was pointed out, ashley Kamala Harris and joe biden are not disagreeing about the essentials of voluntary busing versus Court Ordered butsin inbusing, but it that way on the debate stable because he handled it clumsy. And it is reflect tip ive ofr challenge right now. As the Vice President said, he believes that he can argue, he has a report with president obama eight years in the white house working together, he has not only a base of africanamerican voters in states like South Carolina, but he believes that he has a record but keeps being pulled in to this rip tide of the past, talking about his Senate Career rather than his Vice President ial career. And the speeches this weekend were about trying to turn that ship around and refocus his message especially to the africanamerican community. And we saw Michelle Obama avoiding any comment on any of th this. But you would almost think that barack was joe bidens first name or obama his last name because he is now constantly trying to talk about how he was vetted by barack obama so that is supposed to give him the credentials to speak to africanamerican voters. And i actually think that what he did was the right move and he should have done it a few weeks earlier. Because i think the real energy of that issue was he seemed to be defending the idea of working with segregationists at a time when trump as president race has been a real fault line. So i thought that it was an important move for him to make. I actually think what is helpful for him now and i do think he is right that most democrats see in this moment that person who was by the side of barack obama is not some alien force within the Democratic Party. And it is for him to argue that case Going Forward. I do think at this point maybe most democrats would like to move forward from this debate. And get on to the next debate stage and talk about other issues. And what about just lets talk about the republicans for a moment. Having been a founder of the Freedom Caucus and then going against donald trump, he is sort in no mans land, so he is an independent, amash declaring an independent leaving the republican party. Is this a precursor to a primary run against donald trump . Hes been preliminarily homeless fhom politically hoemless f lly home time and i dont see that his candidacy would get anywhere beyond where gary john can son w was. You can make the case either way, whether he would siphon votes from the antitrump. But i dont see that he will be much of a fact about tore when it comes to the president ial race. He hasnt been a factor in the house really. Comes to the presi. He hasnt been a factor in the house really. And robert, if you want to get in on this. Real cloquick on congressman amash. Hard to see how it would play out if he ran as an independent candidate for president. But if you think about the narrow margin President Trump had in five to six key states in 2016, if justin amash as congressman running for president even got 5 , 10 in a state like michigan, pulling away republican voters, that is why the white house is paying attention based on my reporting. And they could take a lesson from the Clinton Campaign learned about what independent candidates, Third Party Candidates can do because that was largely the difference in that 77,000 vote margin. Thats right. And a lot depends on the identity of the democratic nominee. If it is someone who is very far to the left and there are voters in grand rapids, michigan, a growing part of that state, that say i cant vote for that democratic nominee, but i dont like donald trump, cast a ballot for him, then perhaps the threshold for victory becomes lower for everyone in that race. And as democrats try to figure out who they are, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren doing well in a number of polls and in some fund raising. Yeah, i mean they have strong support in the party and particularly Elizabeth Warren over the last couple weeks has really grown in her support and some polls she is second, some polls she is third. She has distinguished from Bernie Sanders in some ways. She is more of a party figure than Bernie Sanders. But they are competing heavily for a segment of the party. In iowa, she was in a poll where she was in first place. So she has a lot of pull. The question is who gets to 50 which has a lot of people in the 20s. And for all of the celebrity that Kamala Harris has had after the debate performance which was really stellar compared to a lot of the others, her fund raising had to be disappointing with 12 million in the Second Quarter compared to 18 million for Bernie Sanders and 24 million for 21 million for biden, 24 million for Pete Buttigieg. These candidates are getting so much free media that im not sure that they need a whole lot of money beyond what it takes to keep the lights on and keep core staff. Keep in mind this is a calendar that could go very deep given the number of candidates involved and as long as we have debates, as long as the candidates are in the news, the ads are going to have diminishing returns. Polls are much better than money i would say. With that, well leave it there. Thank you all. Coming up, well connected multimill cnn their Jeffrey Epstein will be facing a judge in federal government this afternoon on sex trafficking charges. This is next. Trafficking charges. This is next an lunden. When my mother began forgetting things, we didnt know where to turn for more information. Thats why i recommend a free Service Called a place for mom. 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This allowed epstein to create an ever good paexpanding web of victims. They deserve their day in court and were proud to be standing up for them by bringing this indictme indictment. My office will not rest until perpetrators of these types of crimes are brought to justice, victims voices including the many voices of epsteins alleged victims must be heard. Prosecutors are asking the judge not to give epstein bail which means that he would be detained pending trial. Joining me now is casey frank, senior investigators editor for the miami herald which has been breaking a lot of the story and also tom winter in new york at federal court and harry litman former Deputy Assistant attorney general here with me. Tom, first to you. The significance of this indictment which is bare bones but apparently could run rather deep. Yeah, and i want to bring you a bit of a developing bit of fr in this case because we just were able to get a copy of the detention memo as the u. S. Attorney stated, federal prosecutors will ask the judge to hold epstein without baile pending his trial. They have now filed their detention memo which details the reasons why they say that should occur. They call epstein a, quote, extreme flight risk who has intimidated witnesses in the past. He has access to private plane, private planes that can travel internationally. They want him held without became. And in addition, and this is really a stunning paragraph, they say evidence from a search of the new york residence on the night of epsteins arrest, that was saturday night, say there were photographs of nude and partially nude young women or gills and that such corroborating evidence also includes documents and other materials such as contemporaneous notes, messages, recovered from the defendants residence that include the names and Contact Information for certain victims and call records that confirm the defendant and his agents were repeatedly in contact with various sick tims during the charge period which we know is between 2002 and 2005 according to the indictment. So federal prosecutors here not mincing any words at all this afternoon in this detention memo saying that epstein belongs behind bars pending trial because he is an extreme flight risk. And at 500 pearl street, shortly were expecting probably in the next 15, 20 minutes or so epstein will be in court for his first presentment. They will detail the charges begins him and then later this afternoon and the timing is very fluid, we dont know what time he will appear before judge berman, at this point they will have the bail hearing and prosecutors will advise the judge of this memorandum that they filed and at that point the judge will make a decision likely today whether or not epstein leaves court today on bail or whether he is held in detention. Extraordinary case, tom, thank you so much for that. Casey, you and your team have been working on this and the prosecutors credited you and more broadly the media, but basically your team down there, for having broken this case. Well, were gratified for that. Julie brown, the principal reporter on this project, became very intrigued when mr. Acosta who prosecuted the original case or, rather, approved the nonprosecution agreement received kid glove treatment at his confirmation hearing. And so she decided to dig into this story and held it up to the light and it looked bad and it smelled even worse. And the result was our project perversion of justice which has had kind an impact and i believe it is why were seeing this case in court today. And of course acosta is a cabinet secretary and not involved as far as we know, but a lot of questions have been raised about that earlier kid gloves treatment indeed of mr. Epstein who is very well connected not just to bill clinton, but their friendship with donald trump, donald trump quoted in 2000 saying he is a lot of fun to be with, it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side. That would not be high praise one would think. No, and the younger side here means under 18. So a couple points to add. The pictures that they seized, on the one hand it would be corroborating evidence and on the other it may well be additional counts of child pornography and possibly manufacture of child pornography, that would be over and above the sex trafficking charges. And those would that would be effectively a lifetime sin teen for epstein. And the bail hearing will go to judge pitman who is pretty tough and better than even money chance that basically Jeffrey Epstein doesnt get out of jail for the rest of his life. Tom, of course this is pending any trial but there could be forfeiture of that big mansion in new york. Reporter yeah, that is correct. In the indictment today, federal prosecutors say that they wish to seize that property where they say this illegal activity occurred. The property that they searched on saturday evening. As i reflect on this indictment and i know folks are calling it sparse and only 14 pages, i actually have the Palm Beach Police file in the case that they wanted to pursue against epstein going back to 2006. It is very clear from even then that they had five victim, they had 17 other additional witnesses. I have copies of audio recordings back and forth involving some of these women and some of epsteins assistants who are possibly the people that are referred to in todays indictment. So you would think that the evidence which includes phone logs, messages, Cash Payments and Bank Account Statements i would think here would be pretty strong to your point of how solid a case this is. And harry, interesting