. >> his friend albert kelly approved that loan through spirit bank. the chief executive at the time, also approved the loan pruitt requested for the home. kelly said in his statement that the loans were all extremely well underwritten and paid as agreed. he would later follow pruitt to washington, d.c. seven years later, the senator set his sights on a heavier role, state attorney general. pruitt's number one campaign pledge? >> i would file a lawsuit against obama. >> to fight against washington. >> i believe it's important to use the office to hold washington accountable. >> it worked. >> one of the first things he did was to shut down the environmental enforcement division at the oklahoma attorney general's office. >> pruitt eventually became the head of the republican attorneys general association. >> it's a fund-raising group. >> "new york times" reporter eric lipton attended a few events. >> i saw lobbyists from telecommunications, from oil and gas companies, casino companies that were there. it's a relationship building opportunity that is base

we also need to add albert kelly to this wall, known to his friends as kel, epa senior adviser on the superfund program. just before albert kelly was banned for life from the banking drink by the fdic -- banned for life, wow! just before that, scott pruitt asked him to come to the epa with him to run the superfund program. why is that weird? it's a fund. scott pruitt thinks he is super. why not? the details are a little sketchy on what exactly mr. kelly did to get banned from banking for life and how that qualified him to run the superfund program in the epa, but now he too has resigned from the trump administration. so we can put him on the wall. the fifth new name is also a scott pruitt epa guy, the chief of security at scott pruitt's epa, inner nino perrotta. he was the driving force behind the epa's massive security expenditures under pruitt, including the soundproof booth -- soundproof booth he put in his office that is definitely not a skiff, even though he told congress it was. nino perrotta was supposed to testify about that today on house members of the oversight committee. w

and albert kelly, a former banker who has been banned for life from the financial industry, was in charge of the epa's superfund program. it's alalso emerged pruitt trtrd to set up an office in his hometown of tulsa with a soundproof booth. pruitt is already facing a spending violation probe over decisions to install a $43,000 soundproof booth in his washington, d.c. office. it was found to be illegal. amid the inquiries, pruitt is setting up a legal defense fund. this comes as california and 16 other states have sued to stop the epa from weakening fuel-efficiency automobile standards. california governor jerry brown said tuesday "states representing 140 million americans are getting together to sue outlaw pruitt not administrator pruitt, but outlaw pruitt." the fuel-efficiency car standards, put in place by the obama administration, are a significant part of the united states' effort to cut greenhouse gases and reduce pollution. meanwhile, a new report from the world health organization reveals 90 percent of people on earth are breathing polluted air, and that air pollution kills 7 milli

also stepping down was albert kelly, a former banker now barred from working in the finance industryecause of a banking violation who you may recall from such scandals as his role in financing the fancy home in oklahoma where pruitt often stayed. that behavior is endemic in the trump administration and it comes from the top. after the break, what happened to trump's long-time doctor after he revealed the president used pro peach peachia. >> i feel raped. that's how i feel. raped, frightened and sad. >> that extremely strange story and more on the wise guy-like practices in trump word right after this break. >>> how strange is it for you to sit here and compare the president to a mob boss? >> very strange. i don't do it lightly. i don't suggest that the president is out there breaking legs and shaking down shop keepers. that culture constantly comes back to me when i think about the trump administration. >> now thanks to trump's long time doctor, harold bornstein, remember him? there he is. he told nbc news that back in february 2017, a few days after he told a newspaper that trump us

also stepping down was albert kelly, a former banker now barred from working in the finance industryecause of a banking violation who you may recall from such scandals as his role in financing the fancy home in oklahoma where pruitt often stayed. that behavior is endemic in the trump administration and it comes from the top. after the break, what happened to trump's long-time doctor after he revealed the president used pro peach peachia. >> i feel raped. that's how i feel. raped, frightened and sad. >> that extremely strange story and more on the wise guy-like practices in trump word right after this break. i'm all-business when i travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting any conversations- -or paying any upcharges. what can i say? control suits me. go national. go like a pro. let's do an ad of a man eating free waffles at comfort inn. they taste like victory because he always gets the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed, when he books direct at choicehotels.com. or just say, badda book. b

albert kelly, a former banker who ran the e.p.as superfund program, and security chief squale "nino" perotta submitted their resignations. pruitt gave no reason for their departures. but both men's names had been mentioned in ongoing probes into pruitt's ethics and travel. and stocks were mixed on wall se treet today. dow jones industrial average lost 64 points to cse at 24,099. t4 he nasdaq rosein, and the s&p 500 added six. still to come on the newshour: more of my interview with former fct.b.i. di james comey. what's next for the caravan of iigmmrants that has reached the u.s., mexico border. end rethinking what it means to be a college st and much more. >> woodru: special counsel robert mueller has a list of almost 50 questions for president trump, as part of the investigation into possible ties tfo russia and obstruction justice. that's according to a "new york times" report out today. mr. trump's legal tpm has not ublicly confirmed if he will down for an interview. but the president did weigh in on twitter, calling release of the questions "so disgraceful" and repeating the pro

a tour of grace kelly's home, courtesy of her son, albert. >>> and mr. markel goes to london. how meghan markle's dad is preparing for his important role in the royal wedding, today, friday, may 11th, 2018. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. bm good morning. happy friday. the royal wedding is eight days away and you're palling around with royals. >> prince albert. >>> let's get to our top story, though. the president returning to full campaign mode in an overnight rally in indiana. he touched on north korea, iran, and immigration. he issued a warning to his supporters ahead of the midterm elections this fall. we have full coverage from the white house and capitol hill. let's start with peter alexander. >> reporter: good morning. the president is wrapping up what has been the most consequential week so far in foreign policy in his 16th months in office. on the road thursday night, rallying the faithful, touting peace through strength, and touting his new slogan for the next preside