jeffrey: the pinchot-ballenger affair was the james comey firing scandal of its day.an: who were they? jeffrey: ballenger was the secretary of interior, viewed as a pro-corporate guy favoring industry over the environment. pinchot is roosevelt's former head of the forest service, a moralist and crusader who goes on to be governor of pennsylvania, a supporter of prohibition, even today you can't buy wine in philly thanks to his blue laws. brian: ballenger or pinchot? jeffrey: pinchot is fired, the one challenging taft's authority. a complicated story. there's a whistleblower called glavis in the interior department who has become convinced ballenger, the new secretary, has given lands to a syndicate that might be controlled by morgan, guggenheim, and other contributor to taft's campaign. so he lays his charges before pinchot, who takes him to task, basically accusing ballenger of being corrupt. taft reviews the evidence, like a judge reviewing a case, and concludes that in fact ballenger hasn't been corrupt, and there's a legitimate reason for not preserving the lands,

he exonerates ballenger. pinchot is convinced it was a cover-up. -- taft firesys gladys for insubordination. he fires pension. -- pinchot. he seems possessed. he knows it will have huge consequences. he says he cannot tolerate insubordination. then there are the congressional hearings. the democrats higher the robert mueller of the day, brandeis, the people's lawyer, the guy you do not want against you. brandeis reviews the record and concludes that taft backdated a document that he reviewed to exonerate ballenger, suggesting that a cover-up is worse than the crime. he exposes this on the stand and he accuses taft of corruption. cap says that he backdated the document to create a chronological record of the evidence and relied on like a judge reaching the decision. it was a convoluted explanation. it's good enough for congress, who concludes that taft did nothing wrong. he did not lie under oath. hecreates the illusion that has been underhanded and it is the biggest scandal of his presidency. the moral of the

the officers of the main ballenger in this did not wsut were key in forcing the vote were vandalized. the outgoing prime minister saying australians will be dumbstruck and so appalled by the conduct in the last week by the government that this disloyalty and deliberate insurgency will not be tolerated essentially. the incoming prime minister using his first speech to put the focus on the issues and trying to heal the wounds really. frances, if nothing else, this is proof that political turmoil is happening in other places too. >> oh, yes. we're watching it there. chapman, thank you. >>> we're alsoth is where we'll heaviest rain over the islands including arriving eventually in oahu in honolulu. but still the flash flood warnings continue in of the big island. right now till 120-mile-per-hour winds the winds are dying off i'm not too concerned with wind damage on the islands. there will be some gusts to 40, 50 miles per hour and there will be some minor damage and power forecast path today does take it drifting pretty much to the north. not till tonight starting to bend it back there t