CRASHED INTO A BOX.
THE LIGHTS ARE OUT INCLUDING A
TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A VERY BUSY
INTERSECTION.
RIGHT NOW AT 6:00.
ALEX HAS A SAY.
I KNOW THINGS MAY LOOK
DIFFERENT.
FOLLOWING GROWING BACKLASH
OVER A PLEA DEAL.
TONIGHT, HIS RESPONSE.
FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
AND CURRENT LABOR SECRETARY
SAID HE'S HAPPY TO SEE JEFFREY
FACING NEW CHARGES.
HE EVEN ENCOURAGINGED OTHER
STATES TO INVESTIGATE EPSTEEN.
CBS 4 IS LIVE FOR US TONIGHT IN
WASHINGTON D.C. WITH MORE ON
WHAT THE CURRENT LABOR
SECRETARY HAD TO SAY.
NATALIE.
IN THEIR HEART, IN OUR
HEART, WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING FOR THE VICTIMS.
LABOR SECRETARY WANTED TO
INSURE THE BILLIONAIRE FINANCES
DID NOT WALK.
WE DID IT BECAUSE WE WANTED
TO SEE HIM GO TO JAIL.
HE NEEDED TO GO TO JAIL.
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING
HUNDREDS OF TEENAGE GIRLS AND
EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE STORIES
WAS OVERWHELMING.
THERE'S SUFFICIENT TO THE GO TO
TRIAL.
EPSTEEN SERVED SIX MONTHS
AND WAS ABLE TO LEAVE AND GO
WORK FOR SIX WEEKS.
A FLORIDA JUDGE SINCE RULED
THAT WAS ILLEGAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP
ENCOURAGINGED SECRETARY TO HOLD
A NEWS CONFERENCE TO EXPLAIN
HIS ACTIONS ! MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE PRESIDENT IS
OUTSTANDING.
HE HAS VERY PUBLICLY MADE CLEAR
THAT I'VE GOT HIS SUPPORT.
DEMOCRATS SAY HE SHOULD
RESIGN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO
SEE THE OUTCOME OF THE PROBE.
ESPECIALLY FLORIDA'S LAWMAKER.
SENATOR MARCO RUBE OWE SPEAKING
TO REPORTERS SAYING IT'S
PREMATURE FOR HIM TO WEIGH IN
UNTIL THE PROBE IS COMPLETE.
THE QUESTION IS THE FACT HE
GOT THE SENTENCE AND THE
OUTCOME HE GOT A FEW YEARS AGO,
WAS IT THE RESULT THEY SAID THE
FACT AT THE TIME THEY HAD
SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER
THEY COULD GET A CONVICTION OR
WAS IT BECAUSE HE HAD POWERFUL
FRIENDS THAT ENABLED HIM.
HE WAS ALSO ASKED BY
REPORTERS WHETHER HE HAS ANY
REGRETS HE SAID NOW'S A TIME
FOR VICTIMS AND TRANSPARENCY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
MEANTIME, A 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
FILED COURT PAPERS GIVING LEGAL
NOTICE HE PLANS TO SUE JEFFREY.
JENNIFER CLAIMS HE FORCIBLY
RAPED HER IN 2002 AFTER MONTHS
OF MASSAGES THAT WOULD LEAD TO
SEX ACTS.
SHE ALSO TOLD THE TODAY SHOW HE
KNEW HER AGE AT THE TIME.
ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK MY
FRESHMAN YEAR.
DID YOU EVER TELL HIM YOUR
AGE?
I TOLD THE RECRUITER, I
MENTIONED IT IN FRONT OF HIM.
YES.
YOU WERE 14-YEARS-OLD.
HE KNEW MY AGE.
HE KNEW EXACTLY WHO HE WAS
HANGING OUT WITH.