five private flights publicist politico covered in one week including a flight from washington, d.c., to philadelphia. not only was there a commercial flight available, it s also just a two on and off-hour drive. or a $72 rail ticket. this was the type of stuff that they complained about under the obama administration in particular, spending for private planes for members of congress, here s what he said about then-speaker nancy pelosi in 2010. don t you fly over our country in our luxury jet, and lecture us on what it means to be an american. tom price still talking about being frugal. politico reports at a conference in june price said it s important to get rid of wasteful spending in government health programs, and yes he took a private plane to that conference. joining me now is normizen. does it make any sense to you that a cabinet member would think something like this was okay? anderson, thanks for having me. it shows that the tone at the
they were few and far between. there are extraordinary instances where private travel is necessary, but anderson, honestly the man could have gone to union station and taken the train from washington to philadelphia. a private plane for that purpose is just an abuse. and the inspector general is looking at it, and i expect that dr. price is going to hit very hard. remember, there have been ethics questions about him dating back to his days in congress when he was allegedly trading on stocks relating to legislation he was doing. so this shouldn t come as a surprise to us, but it s very disappointing. appreciate you being on. our town hall, patriotism, the players and the president starts right now. america s finest athletes, boos can be heard.
it s a frequently traveled-to city, san diego as well. even d.c. to philadelphia, does any of that make sense? it is completely illogical. there are extraordinary instances where private travel is necessary, but anderson, honestly the man could have gone to union station and taken the train from washington to philadelphia. a private plane for that purpose is just an abuse. and the inspector general is looking at it, and i expect that dr. price is going to hit very hard. remember, there have been ethics questions about him dating back to his days in congress when he was allegedly trading on stocks relating to legislation he was doing, so this shouldn t come as a surprise to us, but it s very
new information suggests a previously unreported attempt to arrange a meeting between trump campaign officials and russian leader vladimir putin stems from an e-mail from campaign aide rick dearborn, now the president s deputy chief of staff. it dates back to the summer of 2016 or around the time of that now-infamous meeting between top trump campaign aides and russians with kremlin ties. we get more this morning from cnn reporting from washington. reporter: good morning. congressal investigators have unearth congressional investigators have unearthed a new e-mail from a top trump aide that references an effort not reported before to arrange this meeting between trump officials and the russian president, vladimir putin. the aide is rick dearborn. we are told that sheehe sent a f e-mail relating information about a official seeking to
last decade has been sergei kislyak. few the former russian ambassador now the former russian ambassador to the united states. u.s. intelligence also considered him one of russia s top spies and spy recruiters in washington. cnn spoke exclusively to kislyak about that and contacts with the trump campaign. fred pleitgen joins us live with the latest. matthew chance went a long way to get this interview, you had, fred? huh, fred? reporter: yeah, a 12-hour train ride to track sergei kislyak down. he s running as a politician there to get into russia s version of the senate. it was a testy exchange continue matthew and sergei kislyak. kislyak denying there were attempts to get together a back channel between the trump campaign and later the trump white house and russia. saying he doesn t recall whether any secret information was devolved in a meeting he had in the oval office with president trump.