pruitt is a different creature. there s still talk about moving him into jeff session s role at some point. so clearly is not soured on pruitt the way others in the party have. but explain to met difference here. there s the difference which you talk about is policy, right? because i think back to tom price at hhs and the president specifically cited the optics of what price was doing with the pricey talf, et cetera, et cetera. the oipt ticks for pruitt aren t great either the difference teams sooems to be the policy. pruitt is killing it, slated over the epa but on the ethics piece, senator rounds had an interesting discussion with chuck todd over the weekend and i want to play you a bit because i want to see what you think. do you think he should still be epa administrator? i do. why? because he s following through with the policies that the president said he wanted to implement. what ethics matter, though? because tom price did less and was fired? look, the reason why
to be the pincushion for this president at this point. i agree. smart, because he has to have a foil. he has to have somebody to beat up, thank you eugene robinson, michael steele and ashley parker. coming up, the russia investigation. new reporting about a key cooperating witness in the mueller probe, george nader. remember him? he helped set up that secret meeting in the seychelles between the russians and a top trump adviser, that sneaky meeting in the indian ocean. tonight we re learning much more about him and his very deep ties guess what to russia? plus as epa administrator scott pruitt is on the chopping block, it looks like it despite the bad headlines. he s holding on but trump s recent comments about pruitt aren t exactly a vote of confidence. and with republicans facing a potential wipeout this november, party leaders are sounding the alarm. senator mitch mcconnell says the party could be in for a category