whatever it is, it s going away slowly. what are the new jobs? the new jobs come from competition, innovation, new business formation, spurred by trade and makes us hungry and strong. we don t get that if you protect industries. they mold away until the jobs are gone. thank you for shedding light on this. say hi to toronto for me. up next, new details of embattled epa chief pruitt s spending habits. from the reporter who broke the latest story. you re watching msnbc. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the refrigerated desserts. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you with real strawberries. if you re age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p s. what are the three p s?
think scott pruitt feels like he s on solid ground, unless that changes. that is the key thing, he s actually doing well at his job. if the job is to deregulate the epa, just like betsy devos job is to deregulate the department of education. brady dennis, thank you for joining me. up next, crude oil prices topped $75 a barrel today. and then took a plunge. i ll explain the cause of this price fluctuation. you re watching msnbc.
yeah, they re in front of an oversight committee an capitol hill and you don t lie to congress. they answered the questions they were asked. this is just weird. some of it is not weird, some of it is people who don t know how to conduct themselves in public office doing things they know they shouldn t be able to do. you have rule where is you work, i ve got rules where i work. both of us would be fired for anything on that list. but scott pruitt is not new to this. he was the attorney general of oklahoma. he knows that these things could not be allowed where he s from. what s behind all of this? why is this happening and why is he not out of a job? the one simple reason is that, you know, his keeping his job depends on one opinion only, and that s the opinion of president trump. and to this point, the president has backed his epa chief and has continued to praise the job he s doing and rolling back all sorts of regulations. so as long as that s the case, i
that was mom and teacher kristen speaking last night to epa director scott pruitt at dinner. he s facing scandal after scandal wrapped in a scandal involving improper spending and favors. the washington post reports on his push to get his wife a job, this is separate from the time he tried to get her a chick-fil-a franchise. aides claim he tried to get his wife a job with the attorney general association. the aide reportedly did not go through with it because of a conflict of interest and the potential hatch act violation. add that to the rest of the things pruitt is accused of doing. i m just going to run through a couple of them. $3 million spent on security. sweet heart condo deal, $50 a might. this chick-fil-a franchise. he asked an aide to purchase a used mattress from the trump hotel. that s just weird. i like fancy pens. he spent $1,500 on 12 pens.
for the latest, i m joined by brady dennis, who has spent a lot of time covering pruitt. brady, this is not new in its context. we sort of have known about this sort of thing, but congress is getting more and more detail. i m just curious as to whether this goes anywhere, whether it leads to anything. well, that s the question i think a lot of us are waiting to hear the answer to. in one sense what s significant about what we reported today was, you know, for months now, scott pruitt has essentially blamed his ethical troubles and the scrutiny that he s faced on political opponents or environmental groups or the media or disgruntled employees. but what you see here, what we reported on today was his own top aides, you know, detailing some of these apparent ethical lapses. are they turning on him or being questioned under oath so they have to detell the truth?