segment many days most weeks. how has he kept his job with all of this negative attention? i think it is two-fold. the president has been told by a number of advisers that scott pruitt is actually implementing his deregulatory agenda. and the president likes scott pruitt. as we have reported and others have, chief of staff john kelly said he should be fired. not much support in the west wing. in fact, there is very little. a lot of support for him so far in the oval office. that s the decision that matters at the end of the day. and i think the president is also concerned about the narrative there has been too many shakeups in the administration. they have been saying we don t have time for any more hearings. we don t have time to confirm anyone else. if you nominate someone else, we may not be able to confirm them quickly. that s a decision the administration wants to take carefully. next topic which you are also reporteding on, the
say about exorbitant raises given to close aides. i did not know they got the pay raises until yesterday. reporter: that seemed to change today. i think with respect to the raises was that true? i have five minutes, so i have to move along. i was not aware of the amount. nor was i not the amount, aware of the raises. i was not aware of the amount nor was a ware of the bypassing or the ppo process not being respected. reporter: pruitt also refusing to take the blame for the $43,000 soundproof booth installed in his office. i did have a phone call that came in of a sensitive nature and i did not have access to secure communications. i gave directions to my staff to address that and out of that came a $43,000 expenditure that i did not approve. reporter: congressional republicans several aides say, are increasingly frustrated with all the allegations but are unified in support of pruitt s deregulatory agenda. to the public i think this
move along. i was not aware of the amount. not the amount, aware of the raises. i was not aware of the amount or the bypassing of the ppo process not being respected. reporter: pruitt also refusing to take the blame for the $40,000 soundproof booth installed in his office. i did not have access to secure communication. i gave directions to my staff to address that and out of that came a $43,000 expenditure that i did not approve. reporter: congressional republicans several aides say i increasingly frustrated with all the allegations but are unified in support of pruitt s deregulatory agenda. it s been a classic display of innuendo and mccarthyism. mr. administrator, you re not the first person to be the victim for lack of a better term, washington politics.
president s support because you re implementing his deregulatory agenda. i think that agenda has real cause. in october 2017, right before epa abandoned the rule-making drew wind, 31-year-old small business owner in south carolina died while usie ining methline chloride. were you or others at epa aware of drew wynn s death when the agency abandoned this chemical? i think it is important to know that we have a proposed ban in place that is being considered obviously you re not going to admit whether you knew about drew s death. unfortunately in february, another 31-year-old man, joshua atkins, died using a paint stripper to refinish his bike. i learned about joshua from his mother who sent me a deeply touching letter. i would ask unanimous consent to put that letter in the record in
that statement by the president prayed more than anything, he is deferring action. he s in a bit of a box here. unlike rex tillerson, unlike david shulkin at the v.a., who the conservatives had no love for, conservatives love scott pruitt. you saw there. trump knows that. his allies are calling and then he s been very aggressive on the deregulatory agenda. the other thing they are saying to him, don t apply to the left have the victory. don t give them the scalp because they ll never stop. that is what they are telling trump. that resonates with trump. however, knowing the white house believes this is the left s fault. they believe that scott pruitt is to blame for these stories, very frustrated with him and pruitt, i m told, has assured john kelly there is no more ethical missteps to come. i believe that there is major staff to come. it is untethered. bret: not taste best interview with ed henry. the white house officials thinks there are more to come about as personal behavior.