your successor at the epa says it is a far away problem and not going to be with us 50 or 75 years. let s hope this administration isn t either. that s all i m going to say. gina mccarthy, good to see you as always, a former epa administrator. we got breaking news. the ceo of online retailer overstock.com has abruptly resigned after making controversial deep state comments. patrick burn announced he was stepping down a short time ago saying it was good for the firm. he had been under fire for releasing a statement about his alleged role in the federal government s investigation into the 2016 election where he called the feds the men in black. he even told the new york times he had a relationship with maria bhoutina the russian operative who used gun rights activism to infiltrate american politics. if everything i just said really confused you that makes two of us. nbc news reporter benecolins who does follow this stuff joins me now because he has been following the conspiracy
probably stalling. and i don t doubt that. what executive branch has ever leapt to comply as quickly as possible and as fully as possible with congressional document requests? none is the answer. and this one isn t either. so this is the natural back and forth. but when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to negotiating, we do have a singular executive, and i m not just talking about trump now, about any president. and we hire that executive. we elect that executive exactly for this reason, because there is no other practical way to do it. steve cortes, kirsten powers, appreciate it. thank you. the mccain family found themselves having to respond to the president of the united states as he continually and very publicly goes after the late senator. meghan mccain spoke out today in response to the latest bizarre statement about the president wanting a thank you for john mccain s funeral and being cl r clearly angry that he didn t get one. and my next guest, a gold star father who
none is the answer. and this one isn t either. so this is the natural back and forth. but when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to negotiating, we do have a singular executive, and i m not just talking about trump now, about any president. and we hire that executive. we elect that executive exactly for this reason, because there is no other practical way to do it. steve cortes, kirsten powers, appreciate it. thank you. the mccain family found themselves having to respond to the president of the united states as he continually and very publicly goes after the late senator. meghan mccain spoke out today in response to the latest bizarre statement about the president wanting a thank you for john mccain s funeral and being clearly angry that he didn t get one. and my next guest, a gold star father who knows what it s like to be on the receiving end of the president s attacks, khizr khan, the father of the captain who was killed in iraq, joins me next. the matters.ar. introducing
know george conway was not true. now, what was interesting today, the spouse of one of your aides a total loser and the husband from hell. the president clearly wants to ratchet up a pub like feud. yesterday he called am loser and it dom nighted a good bit of the news. the president does not see winning as a strategy. the second day gets sharper. a more vociferous attack. we ll see what george has to say today. i know the control comes up while we are talking, we can analyze it in real time. the president is not going to give up on this. it was true, george conway isn t either. he says last year, he says this is sort of my outlet. now he s saying, he is tweeting. he does this, the puts it out there because it keeps him from screaming at his wife. george conway described his twitter feed as stress release.
streamlining the staff. getting people more like-minded and share his world view. and any administration i ve been in, or campaign i ve been in. that s what you should. do have. we re doing it a year in when we should be focusing on more issues to help further his agenda, instead of aligning his staff. and i don t blame him. getting the right people in for the right job. lost in all of this the last few days, when i say all of it, i mean all of it. what happened to the legal team. the defense anaheteam in place. he s ousted two lawyers. and he s basically left with jay sekulow now as his only outside attorney handling what is a very, very serious situation. do you think the president understands the legal situation? i don t know. i m not a lawyer myself. donald trump isn t either. but i think this is just like