epa scott pruitt still in his job, but he lost a pair of top staffers today. he lost his executive scheduler and a top lawyer. they both turned in their papers. goodbye scott pruitt. we got the news of these top staffers resignations today, the day after news broke that scott pruitt had directed yet another senior epa staffer to ask the chik-fil-a corporation for help getting his wife a chik-fil-a franchise. by way of illustrating life at this government agency right now, i want to show you the response when reporters got news of the first top staffer quitting mr. pruitt s staff today. this is from the atlantic.com, quote, when reached by foam, johan wilcox, an epa spokesperson would not comment. he said, quote, you have a great day. you re a piece of trash. consider not just what the trump administration has done to the epa, consider what they ve done
and for a coastal island like this, could be a lot of flooding. so they re preparing by people are boarding up their homes and shuttering their buildings. they re also stocking up on supplies at grocery stores. and we ve seen long lines of people lining up to get water from big water trucks filling up five-gallon containers of water. because if that storm hits like they expect, that s going to bring downed power lines, and it could mean massive flooding in the area. so while the south is going to get hammered, they re expecting people to get hit here, too, and they re calling for everybody to be prepared. andrea? rehema ellis, thank you so much. meanwhile, raising eyebrows is a 2015 interview found by the atlantic.com of then senator jeff sessions with steve bannon on breitbart radio. this was played by rachel maddow last night in which sessions praises the immigration act of 1924. that is a law that was explicitly race-based, designed to permanently restrict people from southern a
grover nor quist, remember him? i have a new article about him on the atlantic.com, and his theory is that the 10 million vapors in this country rose up and voted republican. who are vapors? people who smoke electronic cigarettes instead of regular cigarettes. they voted which way? they voted republican because they want to get the government off their backs because the obama administration was going to regulate e-cigarettes. senator ron johnson of wisconsin, where trump was today, he campaigned actually pretty hard on being in favor of keeping vaping legal, and he barely won the state. it s called vaping? it s so ahead of me. jeremy. tonight the special election in the suburbs of atlanta. already we re waiting for results. they haven t come in yet. they have not come in. it looks like the democrat is not going to cross the 50% threshold though you never know. already, though, republican outside groups backed by some of the biggest donors on the right are moving their
. politicians and the pundits could be asking the same. what is the end game. what is this man trying to do with the crisis in ukraine. they offer this as a possibility. high calls his piece the putin improv act. this article is from atlantic.com. what if like the soviets in 1979 he is talking specifically about afghanistan, putin is winging it. the associate professor of political science and the college, welcome and great to have you on. it s new pleasure to be here. do you think vladimir putin could be winging this? no one can tell for sure. perhaps he can, but a lot of commentators have lept to the
limelight. and so he s trying to serve in quieter ways and doing things like hosting golf tournaments for wounded warriors and things like that and has taken himself off the stage primarily. shameless plugs. molly, you first. my own piece leading the atlantic.com right now about the fall of the heritage foundation and the death of republican ideas. oh. everybody go read that. you re going to plug her thing. today s center for american progress is releasing a report looking at women across all 50 states and how they fare. maryland comes in first, louisiana last. check it out on our website. and the same day that hillary clinton is speaking about women s issues. is that a coincidence? as we live more of our lives on our electronic devices, cyber security is important. there s a cyber security summit to make sure those are as secure as possible. take a look. mine is watch the virginia governor s debate tonight. channel 4, live stream, c-span, in a lot of places. that s i