Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta publicly defended his role in overseeing the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein for sex crimes committed in Florida.  Democrats have been calling for his resignation for accepting what was called a sweetheart deal that let Epstein off with very little consequences.  Acosta said that his office stepped in to make sure he served jail time when going to trial was a roll of the dice. Ursula Perano, reporter at Axios joins us for details.

Next, an Asian couple from Queens gave birth to twins through in-vitro fertilization, but a huge shock came when they were delivered, the babies were not theirs, they were not of Asian descent, and the twins weren’t even related.  A Los Angeles fertility clinic screwed the whole thing up and now two lawsuits have been filed over the whole ordeal.  My producer Miranda joins us for this IVF mix up.

Finally, Virgin Orbit just dropped a rocket over California in a crucial test flight.  For the last 5 years Virgin Orbit has been developing a rocket called LauncherOne that is designed to put satellites the size of washing machines into low orbits around the Earth.  Loren Grush, science reporter at The Verge, joins us what you need to know about private companies getting increasingly involved in delivering payloads into space.

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