heather nauert. and attorney general william barr as sessions placement and it s led to rumors of a white house with powerful coveted jobs that most don t want to take on. and the president pushed back on rumors and the suggestion particularly with the chief of staff position. he tweeted many people wanted that job and added he believes mick mull yvaney will do a good job. thank you for breaking that down. leland: with that we bring in g.o.p. financier and fundraiser, dan palmer from the west coast. good to see you. you think about this, zinke out, pruitt out, price out, all, shall we say, under fairly swampy companies. does this make it harder for republicans as they try to push this narrative that the president is the one who s draining the swamp and his
reporting trump forced pruitt out without speaking to him, ordering his chief of staff to let pruitt know it was time to go. in his resignation letter pruitt does not directly mention the scandals nor the 14 investigations into his conduct. instead he writes, quote, it is difficult for me to cease serving you in this role. however, the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family are unprecedented have taken a sizable toll on all of this. despite his resignation the house oversight committee and epa inspector general will continue their investigation of pruitt. andrew wheeler will take over on monday, the former laubiest expected to tone the policies critics regard as harmful to the environment. today marks the first of several key deadlines as it struggles to reunite hundreds of families split up at the border.
of ice. seven people were ticketed. new e.p.a. chief andrew wiehl hasn t been on the job for 24 hours and already being attacked. the left going after wheeler s ties to the coal industry after celebrating scott pruitt s resignation. ed markey tweeting quote: about damn time with pruitt out and wheeler at the helm the e.p.a. administrator will no longer be big oil s right hand man it will be king coal s best lobbyist. a federal judge striking down crucial part of california s state law. private companies in the state allow immigration officials on their premises without warrant. however, two other sanctuary provisions were upheld. one ruling the state can limit police cooperation with officials. and the other requiring inspections of detention facilities. experiencing a real life jaw s moment. a 20-foot shark sneaking um on them as they return from a search and rescue mission off the maine.
the new epa chief andrew wheeler has not been a job 24 hours and is already being attacked after the left celebrated the resignation of scott pruitt, their focus is on wheeler and his lobbying for coal companies. massachusetts democratic sen. ed markey tweeting about time with pruitt out and andrew wheeler at the home the epa administrator will no longer be big oil s right-hand man, it will be king cole s best lobbyist. pruitt resigned over unrelenting attacks against him and his family. also heading for the hot seat, devon nunez referring 15 people for possible public testimony on the russia investigation, most have ties to the 2016 anti-trump dossier and opposition research firm fusion gps. special counsel robert mueller reportedly tapped more prosecutors for his probe into russian interference in the
calling for scott pruitt s firing. there are a whole bunch of ethics issues at stake using his staff to find a job for his wife i think is really something that is out of order. now even long time ally says it may be time for scott pruitt to go as the list of questionable ethical practices continues to grow. conservative talk host piling on. pruitt bad judgment hurting potus. got to go. with us two political analysts as well as former aid to hillary clinton s campaign along with republican strategist. you got rich lowery one of his biggest supporters, did a whole oped piece about it. he said republicans should want pruitt out. his basic argument here, susan,