On democrats, Maxine Waters and broke Ronald Reagans 11th commandment, thou shall not speak ill of a fellow republican. Jon tester showed his true colors with his shameful dishonest attacks on a great man, a friend of mine, a man that i said why dont you run the va, you would be great, navy admiral ronnie jackson. She is a low iq individual, Maxine Waters. I said it the other day. I mean honestly, shes somewhere in the mid 60s i believe. Lets say im debating pocahontas, right. I promise you i will do this. I will take you know those little kits they sell on television for 2 . Learn your heritage we will take that little kit and say but we have to do it gently, because were in the me too generation so we have to be very gentle. You all remember that evening. Somebody came in with a thumbs down after campaigning for years that he was going to repeal and replace. You know, all of the rhetoric you see here, the thousands points of light. What the hell was that, by the way. Thousand points
Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 3 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast we start with another high profile departure from the Trump Administration. The head of the epa, the Environmental Protection agency has resigned under a cloud of controversy. Scott pruitt was at the white house on wednesday, the fourth of july, for celebrations there. His resignation comes amid a long list of alleged ethics violations. You see some of them here. Its a long expensive list. Pruitt is the subject of at least 14 separate investigations. Among the claims, trying to use his position to secure a job and a Restaurant Franchise for his wife. President trump has been hesitant to take action, instead praising pruitts deregulation efforts in that agency. On thursday he tweeted this. Within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful to him for this. In an exclusive investigation cnn has uncovered the latest pruitt scandal. Our drew griffon has details for you. Reporter it may
Impressed. Republican senator jeff flake and democratic senator, doug jones, will be here live in moments. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is grateful, but still anxious. At this hour, we are awaiting the next phase of the rescue mission at that flooded cave in thailand. Four boys are out of the cave and in the hospital. Eight others are still inside, along with their coach. A thai official says divers oxygen tank needs to be refilled, and they also need to make sure all conditions inside the cave are stable before the next phase of evacuations. Cnns David Mckenzie has been on the scene for a while now. Certainly during this dramatic rescue so far. David, whats happening at this hour . Reporter dana, whats happening at this hour is that the officials and the specialist divers are prepping, getting ready for another dramatic day that we expect to come ahead. But it was an extraordinary day, and an incredible rescue. Getting these four b
We begin tonight with a simple question. What makes the president , of all president s, cave to the pressure . Here we are some 24 hours after the white house actually President Trump, i think the white house wanted to yield to this pressure a while ago, but President Trump yielded to the pressure on epa chief scott pruitt. We are still dealing with the aftermath from the president s 180 on a zero tolerance policy at the border which separated families. In both cases, the white house or specifically the president hit a breaking point and gave into some pressure. In both cases there were some folks wondering if the white house would ever give in to this pressure. Again, i should say trump, not the white house. Which begs the question, which are the president s pressure points and where are his breaking points. For instance, is there a breaking point for him on trade . Because a war of words with china is now turning into a very real war of trade. China today said its retaliating against
Good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Epa administrator scott pruitt joins the list of high profile departures from the white house. Hours ago pruitt sent his resignati Resignation Letter to the white house as he faces scandals. A sweetheart deal on a condo rental linked to a lobbyist and ordering aides to help him obtain a used mattress from trumps hotel in washington. Right now pruitt is the subject of 15 ongoing federal investigations. Earlier today in a tweet President Trump announced he had accepted pruitts resignation. He wrote, quote, within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will be thankful to him for this. He goes onto write, the Senate Confirmed deputy to the epa Andrew Wheeler will on monday assume duties as the acting administrator of the epa. In his own Resignation Letter pruitt praised him. He goes onto say, its extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first becau