president trump tweeting this, secretary of the interior ryan zinke will be leaving the administration at the end of the year after having served for a period of almost two years. ryans has accomplished much during his tenure and i want to thank him for his service to the nation. bill, i'll turn to you. you're shaking your head in response to this. >> one step ahead of the sheriff, right? this guy, the sheriff has been on his tail. he's been weaving his way through the west. he's going to ride out with his tail between his legs. this is inevitable. anybody who gets close to donald trump inevitably loses their way and loses their often part of their morality. and it's very unpleasant the to watch. just one comment back on mick mulvaney -- >> as we await the next tweet. >> my sources tell me he is one of the few people to be quote/unquote a truth teller to donald trump. when it kams to the omnibus bill last year, he was able to to go in and tell the president the $700 million they allocated to the military was ridiculous. for a time, trump believed him and said he was going change that b

tweetedt trump has just that secretary of interior ryan zinke he will be leaving the administration at the end of the year. here is what he tweeted -- "secretary of the interior ryan zinke he will be leaving the administration at the end of the year after having served for a period of almost two years.

the president announcing that interior secretary ryan zinke will step down at the end of the year. zinke's time in office has been mired in scandal, the subject of more than a dozen government investigations, ranging from improper spending on private charter flights to a question development deal with an oil executive. one investigation is moving its way up the justice department. zinke adds to a growing list of cabinet members but this isn't the worst of trump's headaches. michael cohen putting him directly in the pracrosshairs o the russia probe. >> nothing in the trump organization was ever done unless it was done through mr. trump. he directed me to make the payments. he directed me to become involved in these matters. >> let's start with geoff bennett. geoff, it's not exactly a shock that zinke is leaving, is it? >> reporter: great to see you, keir. well, it is and it isn't a shock. i think it is in some ways shocking because, remember, ryan zinke isn't the first trump cabinet member to be the subject of ethics scandals. you have tom price and scott pruitt. both of those men en

ryan zinke is out by the end of the year. >> ryan zinke was being investigated for possibly using his office for personal gain. sarah, what are you hearing this morning? >> president trump announcing this morning that yet another top administration official is heading for hits exits as his west wing and administration undergo a change. ryan zinke faced a number of ethics enquiries that he used his post for personal gain. the inspector general started to look into a number of issues with zinke, including his chair of haliburton. cnn reported in october the justice department started investigating zinke's conduct after a referral from the agency's instebpector general. president trump just wrote moments ago. i want to thank him for his service to our nation. zinke's departure could prevent him for having to face questions before congress. democrats signaled they were going to look into zinke's various scandals. of course this is the latest vacancy the president has to fill. last night he announced he has a new chief of staff on a temporary basis, and recently he announced his new u.n. a

the president announcing this morning that interior secretary ryan zinke has resigned and will leave zinke departs amid growing scrutiny of a number of ethics investigations during his time heading up the interior department. mick mulvaney will be the acting chief of staff. he will replace outgoing chief of staff john kelly. mulvaney's appointment puts an end to several days of really confusion after the president's top pick turned dow

today we learned interior secretary ryan zinke will be gone at the end of the year. his departure comes amid ethics probes. let's discuss with our fiery panel. cnn political commentators and host of cnn's secupp unfiltered and democratic strategist keith boikin. let's remind everybody about what he said in 2016 prior to trump's election. >> yes, i've supported donald trump. i believe so as enthusiastically as i can be. i think it's a terrible human being. >> he has to mick people that don't like him in order to do something with it. the reality is no one wants to be associated with trump because if you take on a job like this right now, you become the chief of staff, you have to lawyer up. you are going to possibly expose yourself to potential liability. apparently he does want the job because he accepted it. >> the guy has three jobs already. he is now the -- he is going to be the chief of staff. he is already the consumer financial protection board chairman. at the same time he is omb director. he has a lot on his plate. i guess he is kind of like the jared kushner

josh, did ryan zinke quit or was he fired? >> well, ryan zinke was asked to quit, ana. basically the white house has been concerned about his behavior for months ever since the department of justice began investigating him. when democrats take over the house here next month, the cabinet officials, other senior white house officials, who manage cabinet affair, and manage the counsel's office, see him as the most problematic sab net secretary for potential scrutiny and he was told he needed to leave by the end of the year. rine zinke technically resigned but it was a resignation by the reporting of others that was requested by the president and his team. >> the other white house shakeup of the day is the chief of staff position, mick mulvaney now in, taking retiring marine corps general john kelly's place and what can we expect from mick mulvaney that a marine corps general could not. >> mick mulvaney was the president's choice after a public spectacle of interviewing candidates and calling on friends and he is a member of 2010 member of congress, the tea party wave and a

interior secretary ryan zinke set to step down at the end of the year. zinke has faced multiple ethics investigations and was reportedly under pressure to resign. "the washington post" reports he was given an ultimatum, leave by the end of the year or be fired. >> reporter: we can tell you the white house was watching ryan zinke's legal situation. he's been accused of misusing agency resources to advance his own personal finances. there are more than 15 different inquiries that were open by the inspector of the agency, questions about his lavish spending on travel, whether his wife was using government vehicles, his involvement in a casino deal in connecticut and one that's now being investigated by the department of justice, this land deal that he struck in his home state of montana with the head of halliburton. zinke has denied all of the allegations against him. in a tweet he justifies his departure saying he didn't want to spend thousands of dollars to fight the claim. chuck schumer wrote on twitter, quote, ryan zinke was one of the most toxic member

so that's ryan zinke. our reporting is that mulvaney woke up yesterday completely unaware that by the end of the day, he would at least temporarily become president trump's third chief of staff. the president made this decision after polling several members of the cabinet, including at a thursday evening white house holiday party. trump was so eager to kill this story line that no one wanted to be his chief of staff. two sources tell us it was actually mulvaney who asked for an acting title. and that reflects his desire to take this job for a limited period of time. but also to have a safe landing in place, if things go south. >> it sounds like this might be temporary. we've all been on the edge of our seats watching the tweets. now there are these unscheduled stops. we saw the president, he made an unscheduled stop at arlington cemetery hours ago. can you tell us why he was there? >> well, he made this unannounced visit to arlington national cemetery, to pay liz respects and get a firsthand look known as

ryan zinke, the latest cabinet member to depart. he made his first public statement about why he's stepping down. >>> rejected by mueller, days before his sentencing, the special counsel slams michael flynn's excuse for lying to the fbi. >>> meanwhile, the president's former fixer michael cohen is breaking his silence. he says trump directed him to make illegal hush money payments and the president knew it was wrong. it all comes as the president is cheering on a judge's ruling that obamacare is unconstitutional. >> a big ruling. it's a great ruling for our country. we'll be able to get great health care. we'll sit down with the democrats in the supreme court. we will get great health care for our people. >>. >>> and we begin with that unscheduled event for president trump this rainy saturday in the d.c. area. he made those comments on health care at arlington national cemetery where volunteers laid holiday wreaths on veterans graves. you may recall the president came under fire last month for not visiting arlington on veterans day.

energy like coal, oil, natural gas and to monitor each other's progress. >>> interior secretary ryan zinkeite house. zinke has faced multiple ethics investigations. he says he can't justify spending thousands of dollars defending himself against what he calls false allegations. the u.s. president tweeted a replacement will be announced next week. >>> the family of this guatemalan girl wants an objective and thorough investigation into her death while in custody. her father says he is grateful for the first responders who tried to save her life. the family adds that she was not suffering from lack of food or water and had not been crossing the desert for days. >>> it's been more than five weeks since the deadliest wildfire to take place in the state of california. evacuation orders have been lifted to allow people to return to what's left of their homes. search crews have concluded scouring the area but the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> social media giant facebook has often been accused of putting its corporate profits ahead of its users' privacy and in 2018 it was a b

we have now this week being capped off with the ryan zinke and mick mulvaney news.precedented weeks in the trump administration. how do you think this stacks up going into an incredibly busy 209, what do you think the consequences are? >> it's a piling on on every front we've seen instability in the trump orbit, we've seen that crunched into one week. it's definitely been a power packed week. all of this just serves to heighten skepticism and heighten scrutiny of the trump administration going forward. we already knew he was heading into 2019 both having to put a good face on for his base and the country for his election, and everybody in the house now that the democrats are going to be taking over are going to be looking into every aspect of him, his finances, his family, his cabinet, the list of the investigation is not limited at this point at all. this just kind of provides fodder for doing that on more fronts when we see these developments take place. we always knew these developments were coming. we always knew there was going to be a changing of the guard in

ryan zinke always denied wrongdoing but the president's support was ebbing away i know he becomes thene of leading figures to leave the trump top team. there are still no permanent replacement for the chief of staffjohn kelly who will also go at the end of the month. an interim appointment has been made so the search can commence in the new year. there have been over 25 departures since january 2017, more than double the rate of barack obama's 2017, more than double the rate of ba rack obama's verse 2017, more than double the rate of barack obama's verse two years. donald trump said many people wanted the chief of staffjob but his first choice turned it down and sorted few others. now there is another role to fill and there are signs it's getting increasingly difficult to recruit the right people to a white house which is in comings and goings in unprecedented numbers. the hollywood movie mogul harvey weinstein is facing fresh allegations of sexual assault. the latest accuser, an actress who has not been named, claims the film producer attacked and assaulted her during a meeting at hi

mick mulvaney has proven that. >> ryan zinke is somebody who has been on board. it seems as the weight of these 17 investigations is what has him out of office at the end of the year. as an ethics lawyer in a nonpartisan watchdog group says this is not a get out of jail free job just to if quit. he problems may not be over. >> they will not be. these investigations will likely continue. the congressional investigation, it depanends on the band width t that will follow him. he has the lives of two cats. he's lasted as long as he did in this administration by being all the points that a.b. said. being a mart plsmart player. >> can i bring up the garagic we sh -- graphic. it was the ethical questions but ryan zinke did things donald trump wanted him to do. by repeated roll back of obama era environmental protections. he carried out donald trump's legacy or legacy items. >> so did scott pruitt, jeff sessions. everybody except rex tillerson. >> i think ryan zinke may still be facing problems. more important, donald trump fa faces a world of problems. what he desperate

inauguration spending. >>> but developing this hour for you, president trump's interior secretary ryan zinke will step down at the end of this year. the president says he will name zinke's replacement next week. >>> and mick mulvaney will be the acting chief of staff. sourceses sea he was asked fob acting because he wanted a safe exit in place. >>> a new report says that ivanka trump may have been involved in an effort to overcharge the inaugural committee, to use the trump international hotel in washington. nbc has not confirmed this reporting, but last hour i spoke to the reporter who broke that story. >> tax law actually prohibits a transaction like this in which trump's business overcharges his inaugural committee. so there could actually be potential legal issues. still looming questions about how they manage to spend $105 million, which shattered all previous reports. >> rob mueller is rejecting a claim by michael flynn that he should have been warned about the consequences of lying to the fbi. flynn is slated to be sentenced on tuesday. >> a make legal battle is brews surrounding the

writing, "ryan zinke will be leaving the administration at the end of the year." >> well, i think he's done a very good job. >> reporter: last month, the president refused to fire zinke and even defended him, despite mounting investigations into his owerged misuse of power. the interior department's inspector general is investigating several abuse of position complaints against dnke, referring at least one of them to the justice department. last year, president trump asked nenke about one of the allegations against him. >> he did ask secretary zinke, just for clarification purposes. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders said the president wanted to know more about a $300 million contract awarded to mpitefish energy, the tionana-based company given a lucrative power restoration deal in puerto rica following hurricane maria despite having tily two employees. >> it will be a congress of transparency. >> reporter: democrats were planning on investigating zinke's action once they take the house majority in january. the outgoing secretary released this statement today saying, ifter 30 y

ryan zinke has been facing a number of ethics investigations.few weeks that perhaps the president's support for ryan zinke was running out and he has taken the opportunity now to announce that he will go at the end of the year. he was dogged by a number of investigations into potential conflicts of interest, some of the deals that he had overseen in his office and some of his travel expenses. he had been letting his wife use government cars and he chartered a plane at the cost of $12,000 of the taxpayers, just to make sure he got to a hockey game on time. he has denied any wrongdoing, but he is now announced that he will become the latest figure to leave this white house, to leave the trump team. there've been so many high level departures over the past two years in the president is still looking for a permanent replacement to the chief of staff, it was announced last night that the budget director mick mulvaney will stand in, will act up in the interim, but that we do not know how long that will before but there is still a permanent replacement

>> can i begin by saying that ryan zinke is no to theodore roosevelt. >> as long as you don't say, iw theodore roosevelt. >> i would like to, but didn't have the pleasure. it happens -- it happens once in a while. and if donald trump had announced all of these replacements on the same day, you would say that an earthquake is hitting this administration. it happens in a number of ways. 1940, franklin roosevelt changed two cabinet members to show that he was moving toward intervention and the war in europe. 1979, jimmy carter did fire almost half of his cabinet, because things were not working. there was inflation, the soviets were being more assertive, and energy crisis, and it actually hurt him very much, because people felt that there was a big crisis in that administration. 2006, after the democrats re-took the house and the senate, george w. bush fired donald rumsfeld because, and this may be the most germane piece of history, he was nervous about rumsfeld having to go before the democratic house and senate and defend the very unpopular iraq war. so he got him out of there. >> bre

. >> secretary of the interior ryan zinke announced he is out. >> there is no doubt we are a long wayway from iowa voters heading to their caucus sites for the 2020 presidential campaign but never too early to get a sense of what iowa voters are thinking. ♪ >>> good morning to you on a sunday! i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. good to be with you here. >> battle over health care coverage is now center stage again in washington thanks to a texas judge's ruling striking down the affordable care oact. >>> democrats controlling the house and republicans have a stronger grip on the senate. the president says a fix will happen but some are skeptical. >> we are getting new reporting on the time and reasoning behind interior secretary ryan zinke's exit from the trump team as house democrats continue to investigate him whether he's in office or not. >>> we begin this morning with health care. the president and the former president offer dueling messages in the wake of the texas judge's ruling. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us live this morning. sa

the coverage the president is not a fan of. >> it's not off ryan zinke yet. thank you, appreciate it. a lot to get through here. let me bring in cnn political commentator. hilary rosen. what a day. o news. doug, i'll start with you. you have background on zinke's departure. >> this has come out of nowhere, at least the announcement. it's a saturday, which means this is all the focus of the media and the staff was caught by surprise. they were not expecting this to come first thing saturday morning. >> his staff. >> there has been no official communication with the secretary to the staff. there will be a meeting monday with the political staff. so they're still flying in the unknown world right now. what exactly has caused this to happen now and there's a lot of questions. it also means the news stories are filled with staffers making things up as they go along because they've been left in the dark. >> that's not a good spot for anyone to be in. do you think other cabinet members, doug, are looking at what's happening with zinke and considering doing the same?

today, it is ryan zinke. he's out as u.s. interior secretary at the end of the month. ning, on twitter, of course, just a few minutes ago, this statement from zinke. it is a great honor to serve the american people, as their interior secretary. i love working for the president, and am incredibly proud of all of the good work we have accomplished together. however after 30 years of public service, i cannot justify spending thousands of dollars

on saturday, president trump announced interior secretary ryan zinke would soon resign. zinke is facing at least 17 federal investigations into his suspected ethics violations. during his time in office, zinke presided over the largest rollback of otections to federal land in u.s. history and opened up vast swaths of u.s. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling. former fossil fuel industry lobbyist david bernhardt will become the interim interior secretary. he is the deputy now. meanwhile, trump has tapped mick mulvaney to become acting chief of staff to replace general john kelly. mulvaney already holds two posts in the administration white , house budget director and acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau. meanwhile, in texas, a federal judge has declared the affordable care act unconstitutional, setting up a likely challenge to president obama's signature health care law at the supreme court. to talk about all of this and much more, we are joined by longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader. he is author of the new boo

ryan zinke follows all the rules, all the regulations, all the procedures. y-motivated -- in montana we call it -- b.s. >> saying in the op-ed that zinke is embroiled in disasters, the least he can do a step down here the secretary responded by attacking the congressman's well-known troubles with alcohol, tweeting "it is hard for him to think straight from the bottom of the bottle." this is coming from a man who used nearly $50,000 in tax dollars as hush money to cover up his drunken and hostile behavior. he should resign, and pay back the taxpayers for the tens of thousands of dollars he forced my department to spend investigating unfounded allegations." zinke was referring to reports that in 2015 he paid a female aide nearly $50,000 in taxpayer-funded settlements after she complained about his drinking and creating a hostile work environment. the congressman says the allegations against secretary zinke are incredible and serious, instead of addressing the substantive issues raised in the op-ed, he is resorting to personal attacks. and all of this is happeni

the president announcing this morning that interior secretary ryan zinke has resigned and will leavehe administration at the end of the year. zinke departs amid growing scrutiny of a number of ethics investigations during his time heading up the interior department. mick mulvaney will be the acting chief of staff. he will replace outgoing chief of staff john kelly. mulvaney's appointment puts an end to several days of really confusion after the president's top pick turned down the job and several other people took their names out of the running. for more on all of that, let's bring in our cnn white house reporter sarah westwood. with all the troubles that zinke has faced, was this departure just a matter of time? >> reporter: well, alex, interior secretary ryan zinke is someone whose fate inside the trump administration has long been considered unclear given the negative headlines he's generated during his tenure and his potential to create new ones as the target of likely democratic congressional probes. zinke had faced scrutiny for months now amid allegations that he used his post

under investigation interior secretary ryan zinke is now leaving the cabinet. straight ahead. >>> wisconsin's republican governor may have lost the election, but he is leaving office with one last win for his party. it's infuriating democrats. live from the cnn newsroom. [clap, clap] ♪ hey, jen, which tie says, "trustworthy but also fun"? gold down, oil up. oil down, gold up. this is too busy. we need to make sure people can actually use this stuff. which one says, "hours of free live streaming coverage without cable or subscription fees"? aluminum, aluminum? you ready, zack? oh, we're ready. welcome to the show. let's make finance make sense. ♪ >> secretary of the interior says he is leaving his job. the ryan zinke. he announced today that he will leave the cabinet by new year's eve. cnn laura sanchez is at the white house. he adds his name to a very long list. let's look at the faces and the names of men and women who have passed through the trump white house revolving door. what is the specific reason he is claiming for his departure? of course, he is facing

take control of the house. >>> and this morning, the president tweeted, "secretary of interior ryan zinke will be leaving at the end of the year after hag served for a period of almost two years. ryan has accomplished much during his tenure, and i want to thank him for his service to our nation." president trump says he plans to announce his nomination for a replacement next week. >>> and a victory for the white house after a federal judge in texas rules that the affordable care act, also known as obama care is unconstitutional. cbs correspondent kenneth craig has more. ruled that the law providing health insurance to millions of americans is unconstitutional. judge reed okonnor took issue with the law's mandate, which would tax anyone who did not get shored. >> great for the country, great for the american people. thank you. >> reporter: a lawsuit filed by 19 republican attorneys general and a republican governor argued that since the penalty had been eliminated, obama care was no longer constitutional. judge reed agreed, writing, "the penalty can no longer be fairly read as an exe tax p

interior secretary ryan zinke he is leaving his coast -- ryan zinke is leaving his post. he played a key role in the president's efforts to rollback environmental efforts and promote domestic energy envelop -- department. >>> covering california is distending -- extending the deadline to apply for health insurance after a federal judge ruled that president obama's healthcare law is unconstitutional. the ruling in texas is expected to touch off a legal battle that could wind up in the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: on the legal side of this ruling will be appealed and it is expected to reach the supreme court. they have already upheld obama care on two occasions. the swing vote was chief justice john roberts. all the makeup of the court has changed, it is no guarantee the outcome will be any different. that potential is pushing healthcare to the forefront of congresses to do list. last night at the congressional ball, president trump described as a great opportunity. >> the republicans and the democrats can get together and we will end up with incredible healthcare which

ryan zinke is heading out as interior secretary. anything to the timing? >> we not that president trump wanted him to stay on despite the ethical questions that he's facing, the legal costs, the investigation, very similar to what happened with scott pruitt, the president was a big fan of ryan zinke. he thought what he was doing was supportive of his agenda president trump was surprised by this move. he doesn't necessarily want zinke to resign. he didn't necessarily see him as one of the people who would be part of that cabinet shake-up, but it does seem initiated by the interior secretary, that he felt it was time to go. he's feeling the pressure of these investigations, one of which was recently referred to the justice department. it looks like he's stepping aside waiting for someone to be ushered into the rule that's less of a liability. >>> is there any chance that david benthart staying on permanently? >> previously trump certainly has elevated deputies to the acting secretary role. he did that at the justice department, at omb now, at the veterans af

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ryan zinke always denied any wrongdoing, but the president's support was ebbing away.eam. there is still no permanent replacement for white house chief of staff, john kelly, who will also go at the end of this month. an interim appointment has been made so the search can recommence in the new year. there have been over 25 departures since january 2017 — that's more than double the rate of barack obama's first two years. donald trump said many people wanted the chief of staffjob, butt his first choice turned it down and so did a few others. now, there is another role to fill and there are signs that it is getting increasingly difficult to recruit the right people to a white house that has seen comings and goings in unprecedented numbers. dan johnson, bbc news. now for something very different. no doubt you've heard of football, and no doubt you've also heard of golf. but what happens when you merge the two sports together? you get ‘footgolf‘. the world championships have been taking place this weekend in morocco, and a familiar name is enjoying success as the bbc‘s tim

we don't have time to list all the things ryan zinke is accused of doing that may violate ethics rules of them? >> reporter: ana, 15 inquiries in all. zinke has raised questions with his use of agency resources for lavish travel. his wife has apparently been using government vehicles, there are still questions about that. he apparently took part in a casino deal in connecticut that has raised questions. and one case was referred by the inspector general to the department of justice, a land deal he struck in montana, his home state, with the head of halliburton. that one is still under tremendous scrutiny. as you noted, zinke has denied all of the allegations. in a tweet today he justified his departure by saying he didn't want to spend thousands of dollars in trying to defend himself. you can imagine with democrats taking over the house, they would be likely to push for him to testify and open further investigations into his behavior, something the white house certainly was not looking forward to. although we know they were closely watching his legal situation. of course, ana, the othe

. >> secretary of the interior ryan zinke announced he is out. >> zing zinke is being accused of usinginances for his own personal. >> there is no doubt we are a long way away from iowa voters heading to their caucus sites for the 2020 presidential campaign but never too early to get a sense of what iowa voters are thinking. ♪ >>> 7:01 is the time on this sunday morning. we have grateful to have you with us. i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >> good to have you here, martin. >>> the battle over health care coverage is now center stage again in washington thanks to a texas judge's ruling striking down the affordable care act. >> the debate will have democrats now controlling the house and while republicans have a stronger grip on the senate. >> president trump says a fix will happen but some republicans are less hopeful after watching democrats ride their defensive obamacare to midterm victories. >>> we are getting in your reporting on the time and reasoning about ryan zinke's exit from the trump team as white house continue to investigate whether he is in

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interior secretary ryan zinke stepping down before the new year. e facing a flurry of investigation, a possible conflict of interest in his home state, pricey charter flights where in some cases his wife traveled with him. in some cases he had been cleared. acknowledging his situation in a tweet zinke said i can't justify spending thousands of dollars depending myself and my family against false allegations. the white house had been pressuring zinke to resign before the new year. with democrats gaining new investigative powers in the congress he was likely to come under more scrutiny. eva. >> tara, thank you. >>> president trump is celebrating the fact that a federal judge's ruling that the affordable care act is unconstitutional. while visiting arlington national cemetery saturday the president called the decision a big victory. >> on the assumption that the supreme court upholds, we'll get great health care for our people. we'll have to sit down with the democrats to do it, but i'm sure they want to do it also. thank you very much. >> aca, also kn

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ryan zinke proceeds as interior secretary is set to set down.resident is considering a replacement for wilbur ross. ahead of a government shutdown later this week, leading politicians on both sides say it's up to trump to resolve the issue. mario has commented on the rise of populism, defending two decades of political and monetary integration. the ecb president lists what he sees as a success for the market and currency. he admitted not everyone benefited. he said lower prosperity and some countries was due to domestic policy choices. >> the challenges that have arisen have become ever more global in nature and need to be tackled together, not alone. this is more true for europeans. both at the levels of their individual nations, and for the continent as a whole. protests are being taking place in budapest against hungary and prime minister. converged,strators demanding a free press. police force protesters away from the building. officials refused a request by lawmakers to go on air with their demands. the global environmental movement is brac

another target for democrats, ryan zinke, who resigned as head of the interior department. essman raul grijalva is not ruling out investigating zinke. there's been a feud between the two, and it turned deeply personal and ugly in recent weeks after grijalva wrote a "usa today" op ed calling for zinke to step down, zinke took it all the way to the mat going aggressively personal on twitter, writing, it's hard for him to think straight from the bottom of the bottle. this is coming from a man who used nearly $50,000 in tax dollars as hush money to cover up his drunken and hostile behavior. he should resign and pay back the taxpayer for the hush money and the tens of thousands of dollars he forced my department to spend investigating unfounded allegations. i want to make it clear, zinke then ended up stepping down. congressman grijalva is "outfront." this is his first television interview since that tweet and zinke's resignation. congressman, that's an ugly thing to have to read. zinke's announced he's out. you had called publicly for him to step down. are you satisfied with whe

well us president all trying pass also confirm that his interior secretary ryan zinke he will be leaving the administration at the end of the year zink he is facing several investigations over his use of security details charted flights and a real estate deal democrats have promised to intensify probes into his conduct he's leaving weeks before they take control of the house of representatives zinc he played a key role in trump's efforts to roll back environmental regulations. well joining us now from washington is us political analyst eric kemp thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us so the post made exodus continues this time it's ryan zinke the report suggests the president wants to replace all the members of his cabinet as well how many more departures could we see in the next month or two . we have seen a revolving door take place in this white house since the president was inaugurated and that revolving door clearly has shown that it will not mean that it will continue now saying he is on his way out just before zeki just before general kelly there was kiersten nilso

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there comes a time when it's about ryan zinke and not the interior. the distractions outweigh the accomplishments. so looking at it, it's time to dismount. i enjoyed by time. i had a great ride. we had a rodeo analogy, great ride, eight seconds, great score. i got off the horse. there are talented people they can continue the mission. i do not think the mission is going to change. the direction is the right direction. >> are you forced out? >> no. the president, i think, was sad but understood. i had the president -- i do have the president's falls apart. i exercised what the president wanted. >> bret: january 22nd, usually there is a tension between the departments mandates, to protect the natural resources, manage them for commercial use. under his -- how fast these resources can be auctioned off? >> let me tell you what they don't say. is that we've opened up millions of acres for public access hunting and fishing. we opened up 39 wildlife refugees, expanded wilderness, initiated wildlife corridors. first ever. i've withdrawn minerals in sensitive

president donald trump has announced that his interior secretary ryan zinke he will step down at the end of the year think he is facing bor than a dozen investigations into his travel political activities and possible conflicts of interest trump tweeted that he'll name a replacement next week. australia has formally recognized west through some as the capital of israel prime minister scott morrison said its embassy would move from tel aviv to jerusalem but not until a peace settlement is reached between israel and palestine. residents in the yemeni city of old data say fighting has broken out yet again just a day after boarding parties agreed to a ceasefire and un brokered talks the port is a lifeline for millions facing starvation and yemen's civil war the deal is the first breakthrough in peace efforts after four years of conflict. kosovo's parliament has voted to create a standing army for the first time twenty years after kosovo split from neighboring serbia and fought a bloody war against it serbia has described the decision to create an army as the most direct threat to peace a

president donald trump as announced that his interior secretary ryan zinke he will step down at the end of the year i think he is facing more than a dozen investigations into his travel political activities and possible conflicts of interest trump tweeted that he'll name replacement next week. australia has formally recognized west jerusalem as the capital of israel prime minister scott morrison said its embassy would move from tel aviv to jerusalem but not until a peace settlement is reached between israel and the palestinians. residence in the yemeni city of data say fighting has broken out again just a day after warring parties agreed to a ceasefire at un brokered talks the port is a lifeline for millions facing starvation and yemen's civil war the deal is the first breakthrough in peace efforts after four years of conflict. kosovo's argument has voted to convert the lightly armed security force into a full fledged army twenty years after its separatist war with serbia belgrade does not recognize the independence of its former province it calls the move a threat to peace and stabilit

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declared he would have no further activities for the day. >>> with embattled interior secretary ryan zinkeby the end of the year, president trump announced the move on twitter saturday, saying he would announce zinke's replacement this week. zinke z zinke on saturday tweeted his official resignation statement, adding i love working for the president and am incredibly proud of the good work we've accomplished together. however after 30 years of public service, i can't justify spending thousands of dollars defending myself against false allegations. zinke is being investigated over a land deal he led in a company backed by the chairman of ha haliburton. zin officials say the already embattled white house wants to avoid zinke hearings. >>> a poll finds most americans, 55% want house democrats to provide more oversight when they take power by opening a number of investigations into the president and his administration. 43% do not. when it comes to russia's meddling in the 2016 election, just 34% believe the president is being honest and truthful. as far as the president's job performance, 43%