determine the course. which means he has to choose? he has to choose which scientific research is word funding, he replaces kathy witokei. she was a serious agriculture skcientis scientist. this guy, who trump puts in to replace him is essentially a right wing radio host. and not a scientist at all. you really can t call me msnbc s chief scientist, because i have no science background? i last took science in high school. he s a trump crony. there s jobs all over the government for people like that. it s a job where you don t need to know anything. but why put him in this job? i mean the answer is only there may be a couple of answers to that, but one of the answers is you want to politicize the
customs enforcement removed nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants, the highest number in agency history. jon: staying in washington, it is a big job on capitol hill with the senate expected to approve a plan to keep the government running, and we re getting word funding for some critical programs hit hard by automatic spending cuts might also be restored. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill with that. seems like the biggest fight is not the short-term funding, but the broader budget debate, huh. reporter: the so-called continuing revolution to avoid a government shutdown seems to be on the path toward passage. overall, everybody seems to be feeling pretty good about it. so rather than going on the senate floor and singing kumbaya , senate majority leader harry reid took time a few minutes ago to blast the house republican, paul ryan, budget plan. hand out more budget-busting tax breaks for the wealthy, and to pay for these wasteful tax