activism has improved. there s lots of tweets and attacks on the internet. 18-year-old are not millennials. we re already in the new generation of the youngs. there are even younger people than millennials. what are they called? time out on this conversation. good to have you back onset. we ll be back with much more on this conversation and others including us getting out on swamp watch patrol. looking at a new report about the interior secretary s travel habits and his wife. we explain why it s raising red flags with the report who broke the story joining me next. open an e trade premium savings account and earn 1.9% apy on your money. that s over 15 times the national average!
know that the president did meet with scott pruitt on this day. obviously it comes amid a lot of questions about the future of pruitt and this administration. the president has been one who has felt very strongly in support of pruitt. just yesterday, he described him as a fantastic man doing a fantastic job. on twitter today, he said that he is doing a great job, that he is totally under siege but obviously, there have been a lot of questions about how long he can stay in this position given all these questions, all the reporting, about his expensive travel habits, about the money he spent just $50 a day staying at a condominium that was owned by the spouse of an energy firm lobbyist and more broadly beyond that about his management style at the epa. here s what sarah sanders said a short time ago when pressed about scott pruitt. has he been advised by anyone close to him that pruitt should step down? where does the president stand? this is a no one other than the president has t
now is not appropriate going forward. worth noting, this is the head of the epa, has a history of climate change denial. despite appearing to have the president s support, pruitt faces a barrage of negative headlines. the inspector general investigating his travel habits, including flights in first class and on military aircraft, seems to be an issue for this administration. the washington post reports that the epa considered leasing a private plane for his travels, which could have cost as much as $100,000 a month. the atlantic reports that pruitt used an obscure provision of a law to give two of his closest aides huge raises after the white house declined his request to do so. epa spokesman told the atlantic that pruitt was unaware the request wasn t submitted to presidential personnel office and he ordered it sent there for review. according to the new york times, pruitt was staying in a
become much more public about that and his concerns about privatization at the va. he s trying to find somebody in the interim who can be aligned with his goals which is to privatize and move away from the system as it currently is. and then the revolving door at the white house there are more questions being raised about scott pruitt after that backlash over his expensive travel habits, his sweetheart housing deal. paying $50 to stay in a townhouse in d.c. tied to a lobbyist. here is chris christie s take on that. the president has been ill served by this. if mr. pruitt is going to go, he should have never been there in the first place. i don t know how you survive this one. if he has to go, it s because he never should have been there in the first place. what s the word in d.c.? how much trouble is pruitt in? the drip, drip, drip on secretary pruitt and his problems, kind of public facing problems has been going on for weeks. we ve been covering it extensively all over politi
costly travel habits. epa chief scott pruitt facing new scrutiny including a round trip flight that e took last ju italy for meetings at the vatican to attend an energy summit. one of the most exclusive luxury airlines. according to receipts, that ticket cost taxpayers more than $7,000. pruitt says the white house signed off on this costly trip. let s kbet the inside scoop from sam stein and kimberly atkinatk. welcome both. so emirates? i have never flown. i u hear it s fabulous. there s no better way to travel. o or just from d.c. to new york. listen, this has become a reoccurring problem for this administration.