it just felt like again, there was a look of understanding. to me this just further punctuates the tone deafness or the disconnect between the nfl and its players. dana: that is the nfl decision. of course, we have more on that soon. president trump arriving in the east room where he will be overseeing the medal of honor recipient. we ll go to him now. almighty god we come before you on this special occasion from different backgrounds and cultures and expresses of faith toward you. but we all come as americans and those who love her. those who are sacrificed for her. who have bled for her. and who have died for her. today as we gather in our nation s most sacred home, we have the privilege to witness, to celebrate and to honor an extraordinary naval career and a life that has been set apart and called to service and devotion to this nation and those in it. today we are among the most
were an administrator would you have expected to keep your job if you did kwha scott pruitt did? not past the first minute. ethical tone deafness of this man is unbelievable and it s costing us taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. people have got to start getting upset about it. so scott pruitt s epa makes the argument that this is all legit, right? he s got security concerns. we talk about the italy travel pruitt is said he was attending important meetings at the g-7. and then he said was dumbfounded by all the attention it generated. should he have been dumbfounded? he shouldn t have been given the previous trips d taken. when he went to morocco there was no good reason for him to be there. but he was talking about liquefied natural gas, as i understand it, so that didn t make any sense. the trip to italy, meeting with the g-7s, you do that but you don t eat in the five-star restaurants, or at leave i never
the quality of person he is hiring. that said, what the output of his office is very important to a lot of business leaders, conservative groups. so do not take that into account. that is more important than that $50 a night apartment here in washington. thank you both. i appreciate your time and you reporting. i want to bring in national correspondent for the atlantic. james, good evening to you. the president floated the idea rev placing attorney general jeff sessions with pruitt. with all the scandals swirling around him, is there a tone deafness here do you think? i guess the calculation that donald trump s making all along is that playing to the people who got him to office is the strategy that keeps him in office. every other president in modern times has found it worth while to try to expand beyond the constituency that got him there. so this is an extension of what we ve seen now for year and four months. and then there is the president in west virginia today, james.
hiring. that said, what the output of his office is very important to a lot of business leaders, conservative groups. so do not take that into account. that is more important than that $50 a night apartment here in washington. thank you both. i appreciate your time and your reporting. now, i want to bring in james fellows, national correspondent for the atlantic. james, good evening to you. the president floated the idea rev placing attorney general jeff sessions with pruitt. with all the scandals swirling around him, is there a tone deafness here do you think? i guess the calculation that donald trump s making all along is that playing to the people who got him to office is the strategy that keeps him in office. every other president in modern times has found it worth while to try to expand beyond the constituency that got him there. so this is an extension of what we ve seen now for year and four months. and then there is the president in west virginia today, james.
and protecting our environment. do you see this as part of a bigger issue when it comes to some of the president s cabinet? i mean, you know, you had obviously secretary carson with the issue of the $30,000 table and a dining room set. secretary price was fired for using his use of private planes. others as well. well, there seems to be a tone deafness about what s appropriate and what isn t, especially when you re talking about taxpayers dollars and what looks right and what doesn t. for scott pruitt, i don t care if he was paying $50 or $500 a night for his room, but you just don t as the head of an agency accept something like that, particularly when you re getting a good deal, but you still wouldn t do it anyway with someone who has business before the agency, who is lobbying before the agency. you wouldn t even take meetings with them if you had an active case with them or something that they were lobbying you hard on. you just shouldn t do that.