those comments as well. scott pruitt is on his way out of town. the president saying the epa will be in good hands. we ll see if this acting person gets the job permanently or whether there s somebody else the president has in mind for this high profile post. trace: great point, the president himself has many times said scott pruitt is doing a heck of a be just a moment. i want to go to john roberts live for us on the north lawn. we just talking to you a few minutes ago. is this a surprise? was this anticipated? i know he s been embroiled in controversy. this resignation at this time. i think it sort of is the case by death by a thousand self-inflicted wounds. i had breakfast with the epa administrator a couple of weeks back in which we went over all of the allegations against him. without going into a lot of detail because it was an off the record breakfast, he maintained his innocence saying there were simple explanations for the things that had been dug up
then ambassador to nato from 1998 to 2003, became deputy minister of foreign affairs, another high profile post and u.s. ambassador for nine years. worked closely with the obama administration on arms reduction so he s a known quantity. also spends a lot of time at the kennedy center. he was involved in getting the russian ballet to the kennedy center, so he s a man about town. here is our time line on jeff sessions. and the question that you ve been asking all hour, he has this private meeting in september and then on january 10th he s asked about the meeting. this is the big question. why not just say look, when we re talking about potential meddling in a u.s. election the point person, the person that is in washington to deal with these kinds of things is the russian ambassador, so there would seemingly be nothing strange about that meeting. finally what a job he s done. here are the individuals that the russian ambassador has managed to get time with, when it s your job to determin
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ties to the terrorist group in afghanistan. top officials have indicated this week that there is evidence that pakistan s intelligence agency is supporting what is called the haqqani network and now going one step further saying they believe that the support is coming from the agencies highest ranks. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is standing by with the latest. barbara, a lot at stake right now, and what are the officials saying? well, wolf, pakistan is supposed to be one of the u.s. s closest allies in the war of terror and the united states gives them billions of dollars in aid, but for the third day in washington, tensions are ratcheting up. today, a top u.s. military official said indeed, it is the top leadership right at the top of the isi, the pakistani intelligence service that is supporting the haqqani network with money, training and advice and supporting the attacks within pakistan and some of those troops killing u.s. troops in afghanistan and of cour
responsibility. she is going to be scrutinize by the press. by her subjects. greta: the transformation from regular woman to royalty isn t sudden for kate. she has had a front row seat to the royal life for years since she met the prince. with kate having the chance to slowly appear at public events with william, including his 2006 graduation from army officer training. a front row seat is different than being a princess. now that prince william has put a ring on it, kate will be one of the most watched whip in the world. princess preparation includes rigorous training. we know kate middleton has a diplomat called sir david manning advising her. he s an extremely experienced diplomat. he s in his 60s. he s held many high profile post as representing britain. he has also been an adviser to