Trump praised his labor secretary for doing a great job when asked about the handling of epsteins case. And in 2002, then private citizen donald trump told new york magazine, Jeffrey Epstein was a, quote, terrific guy. Saying he likes beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side, no doubt about it. Jeffrey enjoys his social life. Donald trump is not was implicated in epsteins alleged crimes. The president has seen or talked to him in more than a decade. Epstein is waking up in jail after pleading not guilty to charges of sex trafficking. Paying girls as young as 14 for sex between 2002 and 2005. We are talking with an attorney for three of epsteins alleged victims in this show. We have a team of reporters and analysts to get to covering this and top stories today. Kelly odonnell over at the white house. Kasie hunt on capitol hill. And new reporting here on what you are hearing from the hill. Reporter thats right, hallie. We now can report that we expect Chuck Schumer to join calls for mr. Acosta to step down as labor secretary. Okay. Reporter we are waiting for him to go to the senate floor. This is the typical opening of the senate floor for the day. But it looks as though that is the direction that this is going. He of course joins House Speaker nancy pelosi in making that resignation call. Now, whether it makes any difference we have not typically seen, you know, democrats deciding theyre unhappy with Trump Officials making any difference at all. Our reporting team spoke yesterday with senator alexander who is close to Republican Leaders in the senate. There didnt seem to be any concern on his part about acosta continuing to serve. Senator alexander pointed out, hey, this was addressed in his hearing. Now obviously critics have watched that tape. And felt as though acosta came across perhaps as though he was not focused on the victims in this case but rather considered it to be opened and closed already. The pressure on democrats to be removed. We should know senator Mitch Mcconnell is speaking on an unrelated topic. We expect Chuck Schumer to speak after he is done. We will bring you that live when it happens. And now to Kelly Odonnell at the white house. Amy klobuchar saying he should resign. Whats the response from the white house . Certainly the white house is standing by acosta and trying to shine a light back on the perpetrator, the charged man, Jeffrey Epstein who had been a social friend many years ago with the president. And you commented on some of the president s quotes about Jeffrey Epsteins social life. Today we heard from Kellyanne Conway who defended secretary acosta and described the president as not having spoken to epstein, the man charged in this case, for many years and having only met acosta a couple of years when he was e in consideration for the job he holds as secretary of labor. We have also heard this was an issue not related to his work as a member of the cabinet but something he did in his professional life before. And as casey mentioned, it was to some degree addressed during his Senate Confirmation hearing and he was confirmed by a republicanled senate. Here is Kellyanne Conway a short time ago. Does the labor secretary have the president s confidence. What i said is the president said he metal ex acosta two years ago when he applied for the job when he was up for Senate Confirmation, i believe this particular matter was discussed. He answered questions under oath about it. And acosta was confirmed 6038 about a handful of democrats voting for him. Amy klobuchar was not one of them. She is also now a candidate for president. Today she was among the voices tweeting about this. Since when do underaged girls sex ring traffickers get to go to their Office Every Day while they serve their time . The victims should have a say. Thats what the law says. I didnt vote for the former florida u. S. Attorney to begin with and he should step down. Meaning alex acosta should step down, according to minnesota senator amy klobuchar. I want you to stay close to your cameras. We expect senator schumer to call on acosta to resign. And we are waiting to hear what President Trump may say when he is scheduled to be in the oval office with a pool of reporters. Federal prosecutors say he exploited this vast network of girls for sex. The alleged victims deserve their day in court. Heres how one of the women reacted. Just to hear that theyre standing up for the victims. You know what i mean . It is just like so overwhelmingly un its past due. With me now is Attorney Spencer representing three of epsteins alleged victims from his 2008 nonprosecution agreement. Thanks for being with us today. Thank you for having me today. Tell me how your clients are feeling these past 24 hours . I can tell you ive been in contact with them, and they are absolutely ecstatic that the Attorneys Office is taking this more seriously than they did back in 2007. They are very happy that they are actively prosecuting mr. Epstein and they have always wanted to see him put behind bars. I want to share a little bit of how secretary acosta defended that nonprosecution agreement. This spring he was in front of members of congress. Let me play a bit of that for you. The department of justice, for the past 12 years, has defended the actions of the office in this case. At the end of the day, mr. Epstein went to jail. Epstein was incarcerated. He registered as a sex offender. The victims received restitution. How do your clients respond to that . I mean, there are so many things wrong with that statement. Number one, he didnt really go to jail. If being able to go back to your office during the day for most of the day, eight hours in the day, and then having to basically sleep in a private wing of the jail is going to jail, then i dont know how they define that. Secondly, i can tell you mr. Acostas office categorically kept my clients in the dark despite repeated efforts by my office back in 2007 to find out what was going on and what deal they were negotiating. We were kept in the dark and told it was private, secret, and they couldnt tell us. They even fought the disclosure of the nonprosecution agreement, made us go to court and get an order and make the court order that they turn over the agreement they were they are so embarrassed by it. So do you believe that alex a acosta is fit to serve in the president s cabinet . I can tell you my client would definitely like to see him step down. One of them is absolutely distraught at the deal that he brought. It is in explainable. When she spoke with the u. S. Attorneys office just last month after the nonprosecution agreement was turned over by a federal judge, one of the things she asked that office to do was to turn over all of their work product, all of their Attorney Client privilege information to show the victims why they entered into such a bad deal, and they refused to do it. Given that, im interested in your reaction to what we have heard from the white house this morning. Kellyanne conway, the only aide to the president that has been speaking about this since the developments happen said, listen, the focus should not be on alex acosta but Jeffrey Epstein himself. Yet here you are talking about how your client believes there could be should be a focus on acosta. What is the response from those you represent to the white houses position this morning . All my clients want the focus to be on everyone that was involved in this bad deal. Obviously the perpetrator, mr. Epstein, this fed file, should be behind bars. He should have been there since 2007. But, again, we need to focus on the process as well. How did he get let out . How is it that he got such a sweetheart deal . Thats what needs to be investigated. And i believe, and i know my clients want, congressional hearings on this. What ultimately would be justice to your clients . Certainly seeing epstein behind bars would be justice. And certainly seeing mr. On costa step down from a position he never should have gone to begin with. Thank you for coming on the show during a busy morning for you. Senator dick durbin is speaking. At any moment we expect to see Chuck Schumer take to the floor and we are told to call on alex acosta to step down. We will bring you that live when it happens. 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We have learned that the House Judiciary Committee is planning to vote later this week to authorize a dozen subpoenas to a number of people, highprofile, in the donald trump orbit. Lets get to kasie hunt who is live for us still on capitol hill. Lets talk through some of the names including mike flynn, Rick Dearborn and others at the House Judiciary Committee is looking at. Reporter its quite a list, hallie. And i would probably put jared kushner, the president s soninlaw at the top of that list. This is of course in connection with their obstruction of justice probe related to the mueller report. Those instances that were laid out there where special counsel suggested that it was possible that the president or his allies could have engaged in obstruction of justice. Rick dearborn is an important figure in the white house. Former top aide to jeff sessions. Did a lot of work inside the white house on legislation. Mike flynn, he is wellknown to everyone who has followed this saga. John kelly is of course the former chief of staff, as i know you have covered him very closely. Corey lewandowsky, the campaign manager. Robert porter, who left the white house in disgrace amid Domestic Violence allegations. Rod rosenstein, jeff sessions. You also have david pecker, who of course ran the nationnation enquire enquirer, who was embroiled in some of this stuff as well. This potentially sets up a difficult set of decisions for some of these folks. Some of them will obviously have executive privilege on their side for some of these issues. John kelly would be somebody that might come to mind. There has been a long tradition of, you know, officials that work in the white house in official capacity. That way being able to rely on that. Tphoeurbgs core kwr hraou wanow lewandowsky spent amount of time on the campaign. Whether they line up with obstruction of the special counsel investigation, which obviously launched in the wake of the firing of jim comey, thats another question. There are some people who are private citizens or who potentially have slightly more complicated or nuanced roles. Rod rosenstein, of course, a Longtime Justice Department lawyer. It will be interesting to see how he handles this kind of subpoena. We have seen of course blanket objections to it. But that is not traditionally how this is handled. If you look at how Robert Mueller is handling his subpoena, he is doing it by the books. I think it will be a real test for many of these Administration Officials and potentially this is geared toward bolstering the court case. If in fact, they all turn around and take the same strategy many other aides have and say no way, no how, were not showing up. Right. This is quite a list for democrats to take to a judge ask say, hey, this is quite frankly, outside the bounds of what the constitution intended. Kasie hunt live on the hill. We have reached out to the white house for their response. Kasie, thank you much. We are continue to go watch what happens on the hill as it relates to the other big story of the morning. Senator Chuck Schumer will take to the floor and call for the labor secretary to step down. We also have other breaking political news this morning, as if that wasnt enough. As one door closes, another one is opening. A 2020 shakeup. Billionaire tom steyer jumping into the race. Eric swalwell becomes the first big candidate to get out. Deeply disappointed and hurt by the way theyre treated and by what they think is the power elite in washington, d. C. Something absolute critical, try as hard as you can and let the chips fall where they may. And thats exactly what im doing. My name is tom steyer, and im running for president. That is not what tom said earlier this year. Now the activist is jumping in. He has a ton of money in the bank. Is his crusade to impeach donald trump going to with voters. We have a 2020 contender, congressman tim ryan will join us in a minute. Garrett, what up . Off the road, road warrior. Good to see you. How and if this shakes it up. He is running on one thing it seems at this point, impeachment. Not all democrats are. Ironically he doesnt mention in his announcement video. It is a standard issue out of the box announcement. He is a billionaire sitting in a barn talking about how he is going to make things better for american families. I think it will be tough for tom steyer to shake up the race. He brings unlimited resources he can spend to boost his campaign. Delaney has been able to do that. Hes been stuck at 1 as well. It is difficult to see how he opens up at this point. He said in january he is going to pass on 2020. He must see an opening now . I guess. Its hard to imagine, when i go and talk to voters, especially after the debates. People are not clamoring for more. They want the opposite, they want less. They want a conversation among the six to eight people left in the field who are serious contenders. For steyer to elbow his way in, he is almost certainly not going the make the next debate, is extraordinarily tough. A couple of things his rivals do not have, tons of money. And a pretty good political infrastructure at this point. Is it possible he could end up qualifying for the debates down the road or at least gaining some traction . Sure. He could fall for the debates in the fall, of course. He will miss out on the two debates in july. I feel so much of the narrative is already being shaped. We are already seeing candidates start to drop out. Swalwell dropped out this week. The field will be much more called by late fall. I dont know if there is enough time for him to get in and make a dent. The debates are so critical in introducing yourself to people who havent been paying attention to the debates so far. The one that just passed and the one coming up, it presents a real challenge for him. That said, even though he didnt mention impeachment in his rollout value, he could influence other candidates on. He could be putting that between to all of them. They will be formed in other places where they might be interacting or seeing each other. It will be interesting to see. Great to see you in american. We want to get to another 2020 contender, congressman tim ryan of ohio. Congressman, thank you for being back on the show. Hi. Thanks for having me. A lot of questions for you. I have to start there. Do you welcome tom steyer into the field and do you feel his campaign will put pressure on you to talk more about impeachment . Yeah, no, not at all. Tom is a good phi. I welcome him to the race. I will keep focused on my agenda, which is talking about common sense solutions, about getting wages up and really, hallie, focusing on the economic insecurity that people around the country are feeling. 75 of the people are still living pray cheaycheck to paych the United States. The economy is not doing well for them. We have Mental Health issues, anxiety issues all over the country, addiction issues. Im going to stay focused on that no matter who is in the race. Congressman Eric Swalwell is out of the race. He bowed out because he didnt raise enough money. How much did you raise . We did pretty good in our best days right after the debate. We are picking up momentum. We have had a good early july because of fundraising because of the debate. We have really good news we will be announcing this week. Lets talk numbers. What is that news . What you got . Youre going to find out. But were really excited about it. Were going on the ground, hallie. I think this obsession with money is overrated. You see people raise 20 million, 25 million. Elizabeth warren, 19 million on small donors. Thats good money. Yeah. But if money was the answer, Hillary Clinton would be president right now. Im trying to communicate to the