Out front next, breaking news in the EPSY investigation, a key player with close ties to Donald Trump may be called to testify under oath, just as Trump was trying to change the subject, but it's his own party standing in the way.

Plus more breaking news, the White House is confirming that Putin and Trump will meet one-on-one No Zelensky and new details about a mad

scramble happening behind the scenes. And is the United States going to stop issuing monthly

jobs reports? Let's go up front. Good evening, everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin, in for Aaron Burnett.

Outfront tonight, the breaking news. A key figure in the Epstein case,

who later worked for President Trump, could soon be called to testify under oath.

Alex Acosta was the prosecutor who infamously gave Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart deal in 2008,

a deal that allowed Epstein to serve minimal time in prison and a deal that shut down the federal

investigation into his alleged sex trafficking ring. Acosta then went on to serve as Trump's

first term labor secretary. For reasons unknown, Acosta, the man who would know everything about

the Epstein case, was left off the House Oversight Committee's

list of subpoenaed witnesses. But tonight, a Republican on that committee, Congresswoman Anna Paulina

Luna, is telling the Palm Beach Post that calling Acosta to testify is not, quote, off the table.

She also says at any time he can be called to testify.

I'm going to speak to the top Democrat on that committee in a moment about plans to subpoena

Acosta, because even though dozens of victims had come forward at that point, Acosta, as I mentioned,

let Epstein off easy, allowed him to plead guilty to just two prostitution-related charges. Epstein served

only 13 months in a county jail and was allowed to leave the jail nearly every day for 12

hours. The Department of Justice Review later found that Acosta exercised poor judgment in the case,

although he continued to defend his actions

years after the case was closed.

There was value to getting a guilty plea. You can always look at a play after the fact and say,

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