Mr. President, were you aware that Senatorial Commerce visited Epstein's Island?

And do you continue to have to...

No, I wasn't aware of it. No, I didn't... I actually haven't spoken about it. I wasn't.

But from what I hear, he was there with his wife and children. And I guess in some cases, some people were.

I wasn't. I was never there. Somebody will someday say that. I was never there.

All right. President Trump yesterday telling reporters he has not talked to Howard Lutnik,

who admitted this week that he took his family, nannies, kids, to Jeffrey Epstein's Island in 2012. And that was years after, Lutnik

claimed to have cut off contact with the convicted sex offender who he called Gross,

who also, it turns out, was his neighbor. The fallout from the Epstein files is just one of the stories that continues

to dominate Washington. There are also a number of other developments surrounding the Trump

administration's immigration policies, including a federal judge's sharp criticism of

Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. We'll go through that ruling, what it means.

It comes as thousands of immigration officers are now set to leave the state after six weeks

of aggressive immigration enforcement and, of course, the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens of which the feds are investigating

and they took the evidence away from the state, not allowing the state to do a complete

investigation. Many feel both of those killings were pretty much execution-style murders.

And new polling showing people don't like it.

President Trump's approval rating is sinking in large part because of ice operations

and deportations.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, a partial government shutdown seems likely after Senate Democrats yesterday blocked two funding bills for the Department of Homeland Security.

And then there's this, a disturbing story about a man accused of sexually abusing children.

Seems there is a theme here.

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