scott: mm-hmm.nd so, if i take the accounts payable and the bank loans, i'm pretty close to a million dollars. scott: $900,000-something, yeah. lemonis: we're drowning in debt right now. wendy: my kids and i, we all agree as a family he needs help. this might be it. lemonis: are the kids here now? wendy: jackie? lemonis: business like this has to constantly evolve. and so, what we're talking about is kind of the number of issues that exist inside the business. jackie: i mean, just based off of our conversations at every dinner table, we're wearing too many hats, and we're involved in so many things. and i think that that's gonna, like, run us ragged after a while. lemonis: does he give you the opportunity to do your job fully? jackie: no. ben: that's the thing that bothers me the most. lemonis: 25 years ago, scott came in, and he saved this company. now scott needs to let his kids do for him what he did for his father. if it's okay with you guys, i'd like to spend a minute with your parents just alo

scott: yeah. -lemonis: okay. -scott: awesome. chris: so, what options are important for people that doesn't throw a wrench in the process? -matt: it's definitely paint. -scott: i have ideas about that. i think you go one flat finish, but it's a natural satin stain, 'cause then you're eliminating the cost of the laminate, you're eliminating an extra step when you're doing the baring edges. pat: what about, like, formica? scott: formica's cool. but then again, what is it? 100 bucks a sheet? one sheet covers one kit. your labor, the contact cement, the labor spinning it, drying it, doing the seam, doing the outside edge, filing the outside edge. i think natural's the way to go. what's the size of the bass drum gonna be? chris: it's a 20-inch bass drum. scott: 20-inch? if you offer a 20 and a 22, you have almost the same shipping costs, 'cause you're still getting one box, but then we're able to get another shell in there. [ drum pounding ] lemonis: scott's knowledge of innovation and creativity is second to none. and, quite frankly,

you, scott, very much. epa is doing really, really well. people are really impressed with the job that's being done at the epa. thank you very much, scott. >> i think he's done a fantastic job at epa. i think he's done an incredible job. he's been very courageous. it hasn't been easy, but i think he's done an absolutely fantastic job. >> but this afternoon the president tweeted i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency. within the agency scott has done an outstanding job, and i will always be thankful to him for this. the senate confirmed deputy at epa, andrew wheeler, will on monday assume duties as the acting administrator of the epa. i have no doubt that andy will continue on with our great and lasting epa agenda. we have made tremendous progress and the future of the epa is very bright. in his resignation, though, pruitt blames his ouster on unrelenting and unprecedented attacks that he claim targeted him personally. let's bring in nbc's

you know that scott. >> scott pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the epa. we are setting records. outside he's being attacked by the press. i'm not saying he's blameless. but we'll see what happens. >> are you confident of him? >> yes. >> i think he's a fantastic person. >> scott has done a fantastic job at epa. >> you don't see any problems with his ethical? >> i'm not happy about certain things, i'll be honest. >> i'm not happy about certain things. but he's done a fantastic job running the epa which is very overriding. >> not so fantastic anymore jeffr jeffr jeffrey toobin. >> i love chick-fil-a. >> all right. now the thing when donald trump talks about his presidency, he generally talks about two big achievements. one is sort of freeing the economy from bad regulations. and he talks about the supreme court. both of which are major achievements in his mind. and so, you know, scott pruitt was doing what he wanted. that is the override. he used the word overriding. now, finally, it got too ridiculous. the corruption became too obvious and too embarrassing

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ago when scott prou it resigned.con congressional correspondent, what are you learning mike? >> talking to folks on capitol hill a lot of republicans, allies of the white house, thought it was time for scott pruitt to go as head of the epa. republicans got tired of defending scott prou it's actions during his time in office. they felt like he did not defend his actions very well. in public settings such as the interview with ed henry on fox. bottom line, a lot of allies of thes who who thought enough was enough. we believe there were enough people inside the white house who felt the same way. just the question, was basically here in washington you're always asked, does this person have the confidence of the president of the united states. and quite often in this town they say yes until the person is gone. bottom line, scott pruitt is out. i don't think anybody behind me on capitol hill is terribly surprised. after a series of bad headlines over recent weeks and months making him look bad and reflecting poorly on the

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you have to be scott pruitt bad. >> you have to be scott pruitt bad and clearly the number is 13. we now know what the number is. >> we have a floor. >> we have a floor. thank god, we have a floor. >> we do. >> and so here's the thing that is so amusing and amazing about all of this, nicolle, is that scott pruitt didn't care and neither did donald trump to get to 13. let's not overlook that. thank you. >> he's not getting pushed out because he was corrupt. >> exactly. >> he's not getting pushed out because there were 13. he's not getting pushed out because he was weird enough to wear tactical pants in a phone booth. he's getting pushld out because he was getting bad pr for donald trump. >> as we were talking before, the president said you're getting way too much press now. >> above me. so here's the list. we put this up. so he ordered raises for two aides despite the white house rejecting the request. he spent $3 million of taxpayer funds on a security detail. biometric locks were installed in his office door. i don't know what that means. came under fire for renting the bedroom.

with scott pruitt a lot more than that. the defense the white house could provide for him in the wake of these scandals he was facing 14 federal probes was that he was doing what the president wanted over at the epa. he was rolling back those environmental regulation rs. he was doing those obamaeral guidelines. really doing what the president wanted. but that raised a question of if a staffer is doing something like that, something that administration finds useful, are they willing to overlook the scandals against him. and the blatant misuse of taxpayer money. you also can't ignore that the president has been attending fund raisers in recent weeks, one of them is the bill air harold ham, key figure in oil and gas, that is someone that the president was having fundraising dinners with. private residences here in washington. that is certainly someone who liked the work that scott pruitt was doing over at the epa. so it's a little bit more than just their personal relationship. it goes into the politics of what exactly he was

epa administrator scott pruitt has resigned.itt facing at least 14 federal probes regarding his spending, his management, ethics while in office. just a short time ago senator burn nissan ders tweeted the most, scott pruitt was the worst epa administrator, not only has he acted time and time again in unethical manner but led the agency in exactly the wrong direction. joining me on the phone is senator sanders himself. senator sanders, thank you so much for taking the time. your reaction to pruitt's departure? >> well, you read it. i think this guy has done in callable harm to environmental protection in this country. and he has also ethically challenged. but the major concern that i have is that at a time when climate change is the great environmental crisis facing this planet, and just this week we have seen reports of community fall over america in the world, seeing the highest temperatures they've seen. we have an epa director who doesn't believe in climate change, let alone propose ideas to address the crisis. in my view pru

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scott pruitt, in the president's eyes, scott pruitt was successfully deregulating the epa by replacingople with political people, with a mission, you know, that just isn't in keeping with what the epa had in the past. but it is the president's new mission of reducing regulation. >> reporter: scott pruitt is gone from the epa but his legacy will long endure. what he did in terms of rolling back obama-era and even bush era and bush 41 era environmental protections, that was a core goal not just of this administration but a lot of congressmen. conservatives who have long thought the epa was overzealous, overregulatory. when you talk to conservatives on capitol hill, yes, they hold their nose on some of the things president trump has done, particularly with tariffs and going the other way on free trade. we've most recently seen that with the tiff and back and forth with the chamber of commerce, a core long-standing republican group. but conservatives always tend to praise trump on two things. number one, neil gorsuch, and now potentially a second supreme court nominee. two, the dismantling

scott pruitt is out.dent trump telling reporters he has accepted the resignation of his embattled epa chief, saying it was very much up t

scott pruitt is out. president trump telling reporters he has accepted the resignation of his embattled epa chief, saying it was very much up to him, pruitt. and that pruitt didn't want to be a distraction. it's a surprising resignation, given that just 24 hours ago, pruitt was with the president at the white house fourth of july picnic. the president even giving him a shout-out. >> we're also honored to be joined by members of my cabinet. administrator scott pruitt. >> but today, pruitt writing to the president this in part. "it is extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role, first because i count it a blessing to be serving you in any capacity, but also because of the transformative work that is occurring. however, the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us." the unrelenting attacks pruitt speaks of are actually a stream of scandals which he created. a stream of scandals being investigated by his own agency. the list

scott published his first book beautiful origami volume featuring scott's original folds while he wasa senior at taylor altered eyes tight school. the subjects of inquiry origami and the american plan may seem far removed but they have in common scott's relentless pursuit of knowledge and his determination to explore the most intricate fold of the farthest reaches of complex material. his new book the trials of -- "the trials of nina mccall is the product of expansive intellectual curiosity that refuses to be quelled. scott began his studies at yale university player as a freshman he came across the briefest reference as to what he learned and would call the american plan. scott's interest in learning more about the subject matter turned into an intellectual obsession. after graduating from yale university in the spring of 2015 summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in four years and having one norman hails prize for his thesis on the american plans got deferred his mission to yale law school to work on his book. now having just completed his first year at yale

he was the deputy to scott pruitt.ruitt, injure wheeler is a former coal lobbyist. >> someone representing the coal industry. is it possible that prewitt found out about his recognition -- resignation via tweet? >> it is very possible. was never an inner circle guy. you didn't see him conversing with the president very often. i don't know the donald trump will continue a relationship but given scott pruitt's relationship -- interest in random rating himself i wouldn't be surprised if he figures out a way to do pretty well in private industry. >> what is the unfinished business for the administration at the epa? >> there is so much that they have only started doing in terms of the deregulatory initiatives. .hey have to finish they are working on the rollback on methane regulations and water pollution rule. there are still frankly some conservatives who are pushing the epa to take on the endangerment ending to redo the epa's landmark conclusion that carbon dioxide emissions were a danger to public health and welfare. wha

and scott pruitt is actually a symbol of that. >> and we know that president trump likes having scott pruitt at the epa for environmental reasons. and he likes having jeff sessions at the justice department on immigration policies, so maybe those two guys won't be moving anywhere anytime soon. but thank you all very much for a great conversation. just ahead, a top conservative congressman speaks out about a report claiming he ignored allegations of sexual abuse. >>> plus, the dangerous and difficult effort that's underway to rescue a boy's soccer team from a flooded cave in thailand. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? brilliant. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. add-on advantage. ♪ south l.a. is very medically underserved. when the old hospital closed people in the community lived with untreated health problems for years. so, with the county's help we built a new hospital from the ground up and havin

what do you make of this scott pruitt guy?got to keep your eye on him in this town i guess. >> i am shocked that we are having this conversation right now. are you kidding me? under 14 federal investigations right now and what we know from the story from the excellent reporting is that not only did pruitt say put me into this position and said so several times, what he was looking for was to then exit the position and then run for office in his home state of oklahoma. so whether that would be to run for govern nor or run for united states senate, who knows? right now. i'm not too surprised that scott pruitt did this. he seems to have a lot of moxie for someone fairly new to washington. >> abby, seems to me the president goes after the attorney general all the time and i guess you wouldn't be surprised that scott pruitt angling for his job and difficult for the president to fire jeff sessions and trigger a backlash of capitol hill. what do you make of this? >> we know that scott pruitt talked to the president in the past about

scott pruitt had been a leader of the epa.ics from both sides of the aisle whether it was for his misuse of epa funds, decisions that he had made but in particular a lot of it was it was again, as far as scott pruitt and the criticism coming at him from both sides of the aisle he needed to go a lot of it was because of miss spending and misuse of funds and now it looks like president trump is tweeting about this but i don't have the e-mail and i'm being told that president trump is tweeting right now i'll get that to you in just a moment but again as far as scott pruitt goes just to be clear this isn't completely unexpected. this is something that's brewing in washington. here is the tweet from the president i'm just getting it now. the same thing. i've accepted the resignation of scott pruitt he's tweeting basically what i read to you earlier a moment ago. that he's accepted the resignation of scott pruitt so he's putting it out on twitter with a statement from blake burman via the white house obviously all of this is just no

way to scott pruitt, i think that becomes immensely difficult.just point and eba secretary. that has to go through the senate, and thatis has to go through the senate, and that is where it could be compared. -- epa. he that is where it could be compared. —— epa. he could be complicated and ta ke —— epa. he could be complicated and take months. —— it could be. eric ham is a political analyst and author on the republican why now? as the scene, scott pruitt is under investigation. he is under 13 investigations. i think where he went too far was with this issue as it relates tojeff sessions, the embattled attorney general. and that led to the president. and so wildly was willing to look over many of scott pruitt‘s ethical lapses in controversies, the fact that this final controversy landed right at the president's doorstep, that was a bridge too far. as any cabinet member knows, your first order of business is to do no harm, particularly to be president. and this is an issue where the president finally saw the writing on the wall and had to urge scot

scott schools, scott schools, scott schools. for the past year and a half scott schools seems kind of a guardrail at the justice department, protecting investigations and the work that the investigators do, try to protect them from the chaos that has been rattling around the doj since donald trump came president, providing a kind of rudder for his colleagues in terms of the right thing to do ethically, in terms of sticking to the rule of law and sticking to department process and procedure. described as kind of a security blanket, an nhl emotional snuggie to keep everyone calm and carrying on by the book. today scott schools quit. npr broke the news that schools is leaving the justice department. his last day is friday this week. he is not being pushed out. he is not leaving because of a dispute with leadership. he will be replaced apparently by another career lawyer at the justice department. but for whatever reason, the justice department is losing its yoda at a time when the justice department is under a sustained, pointed ag

i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt within the agency, scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful for this. deputy andrew wheeler will assume duties. the president tweeting that out just a short while ago. pruitt has been a subject of 16 investigations. the spending on travel, questionable use on personal detail. the room that he rented from a wife of a lob wi at $50 a night. for months, president trump had stood by his epa administrator. just last month trump was praising his work. >> scott pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the epa. i am not saying that he is blameless, but we'll see what happens. >> in his resignation later he says, it is extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first because i count it as a blessing to be serving you in any capacity, but also because of the transformative work that is occurring. >> with us our panel. >> heidi, let me ask you, we had the president there with what he said a couple of weeks ago, we had pruitt at the white house last night, what changed in trump's thinking and when did

scott: yeah.n: but if that was going to happen, scott decided it wouldn't go down without a fight-- scott: we lived in that street for almost 30 years, and we've done a lot of life together. garvin: which is why, when it came time to celebrate his wife, april's birthday, this week, scott didn't reserve a table or a room at a restaurant. instead, he set up for a party right in the middle of their old cul-de-sac and invited all the old neighbors to return. scott: we have a sense of community that, i hate to say it, but a lot of people don't, and we work hard at it. it's a little more work now, yeah, so we'll be back. ♪ happy birthday to you. garvin: april's birthday is not the first time they've gotten together either. the gang got together on new year's day and easter too. they sit in beach chairs around folding tables, sharing news of when more permanent structures might be finished and how their lives are changing in the meantime. garvin: as scott says, if there's one thing this whole ordeal has

it sounds like scott pruitt is serving scott pruitt. >> what's your reaction to that, clarence?s your assessment of what he's doing and when you're hearing conservative commentators like that and saying scott pruitt is not serving anybody but scott pruitt? >> it's a different experience hearing eric bolling criticizing a fellow conservative like that. i can't say it's not well deserved. everyone knows about scott pruitt's attitude. he's a former attorney general who has one head for the law and another for ethics. he seems to be entirely blind or tone deaf to ethics. we've seen it repeatedly. and we have a situation where he is being confronted by a citizen out there in the regular dining world. and i've editorialized against this sort of a demonstration in public, i can't say that it wasn't well deserved in pruitt's case. >> so to be clear what do you make of what chrkristin did and what others have done in this administration? >> i'm old enough to remember the original sit-ins down in north carolina that started the '60s phase of the civil rights movement. you protested by sit

great to see, scott.like there is no end in sight, but we will get to the outlook a little bit later on. now, over the past 24 hours we have seen some quite extreme weather. here in tundra dwells in kent some flooded streets as we had some torrential sundre downpours —— tunbridge wales. you're in 0xfordshire some of the highest temperatures of the date around about 30 degrees. and further north in scotland and northern ireland it's been much cooler on thursday, a drop of about 10 degrees in some places compared with wednesday. 0ver the next few days that he is going to grow, build, nationwide as high pressure continues to move its way up pressure continues to move its way up from the southwest, dragging that heat northwards as well. as we look ahead to friday, we will see some mist and low cloud getting pushed away out into the north sea on a gentle westerly breeze, a little bit more cloud for a while across north wales, northwest england, not quite so hot here as it was on thursday but the heat and sea b

there have not been any and all charges brought yet again scott crook —— scott pruitt, but i think heivity shouldn't distract from the importance of donald trump's policies at the environmental protection agency. under the 0bama administration we had slow growth, only i% toi.5 administration we had slow growth, only i% to 1.5 cent administration we had slow growth, only 1% to 1.5 cent growth, job growth was stagnant and middle—class wages went down. so what trump promised the people is that he would do things that would spur the economy, and deregulation, including deregulation of unnecessary environmental rules, has really helped this economy. i will give you one example. the keystone pipeline, which 0bama failed to approve over eight years of his presidency, that isa eight years of his presidency, that is a pipeline that would allow canadian petroleum to come through the united states and then be sent out and delivered through the caribbean sea meant that according to even 0bama's administration, 42,000 jobs, well, this administration approved that pipeline almost immediately. so jo

at the live desk, scott mcfarlane. once again, back to you. >> thanks, scott. >>> new at 4:00.ook at ting our first the man accused of murdering a gas station clerk. police say moebd abdul ahai killed reshamga b news 4's david culver broke the story since it broke. david is live outside of the gas station. tell us about the new details in this case, david. >> reporter: pat, if you look behind me you can first see that it's almost business a usual. you have customers going up to the pumps and going through the service center and even into the convenience store where that alleged murder happestd day, but all of this happening as one man is now facing some very serious charges. we can show you the image of the suspect in this case. the 19-year-old is currently in fairfax county detention center. he is charged with second-degree murder, and we've just learned that hisrt next c date will be next month. the victim in this casem res bajgan, 45 years old. this is a guy whose life story has really reached the hearts of a lot of folks in this community, strange even know him. he was work

scott pruitt‘s facing at least a dozen investigations into his conduct.oving towards a trade war? a wide range of chinese exports will be hit by donald trump's 25% tariffs from today. japanese media say seven mebers of a cult including its leader have been executed for carrying out a sarin attack in 1995. a dangerous time for rescuers and the trapped voice of. one of the navy seals rescuers has died. —— trapped bullies. —— trapped boys. hello and welcome to bbc world news. it was — according to critics — a question of when and not if. now, after being under pressure for many weeks — the head of the environmental protection agency — scott pruitt has stepped down. his resignation follows a series of ethics scandals that have dogged his tenure. president trump announced it in his usual way — by tweeting. he said: "i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency. within the agency scott has done an outstanding job, eric ham — a political analyst and author on the republican party — says it was inveit

but that's what scott pruitt gets.can't tell these days when the president starts to praise somebody more or less, whether that person is nearing the exits or not. what does it look like, what does a scott pruitt resignation look like? is it a resignation, a firing, a moving of scott pruitt somewhere else? >> i can tell you all of us are holding our phones close to see what's going to be tweeted. but, you know, the general thinking i think around this is -- and look, we've talked to people close to mr. pruitt who think he could be gone as early as tomorrow. we've talked to people who think he will stay until he wants to leave. however it happens, we're told pretty consistently that, you know, the president will let him leave with dignity, perhaps in a way that he wants to leave, perhaps after a regulatory victory. one thing to note is that the epa intends to submit a new version of the clean power plan. that was former president obama's signature climate plan, to the white house for review this week. that's a pretty bi

took notes to scott schools. provided to scott schools. for the past year and a half, scott schools has been kind of a guardrail. the work the investigators do trying to protect them from the chaos that has been rattling around. the doj since donald trump became president, providing a rudder for his colleagues in terms of right thing to do, sticking to the rule of law and, and they regarded his as a sort of snuggy. today scott schools quit. npr broke the news that he is leaving the justice department. his last day is friday this week. npr reports he isn't being pushed out. he is not leaving because of a dispute with leadership. he will be replaced by another career lawyer at the justice department. but for whatever reason, the justice department is losing its yoda at a time the justice department is under a sustained pointed aggressive partisan attack from the president of the united states and republican members of congress. so now what? he wrote the profile for scott schools last year which is dlinled the most important under known perso

scott pruitt was the environmental regulator industry always want it it's the e.p.a.'s objective my objective is the minister of the e.p.a. to come in and make sure that people's health is protected the former oklahoma attorney general went from being one of the agency's most aggressive opponents suing it fourteen times to running it through filed two lawsuits challenging the e.p.a. mercury in air toxics standards you filed a lawsuit challenging the e.p.a.'s two hundred two thousand and fifteen national ambient air quality standards for ozone never since president richard nixon created the agency in one thousand seven hundred as corporate america had a stronger or more controversial ally in it scott produce done an amazing job. a very short period of time and most people of couple. pruitt has declared war on regulation dismantling dozens of obama era protections on clean air chemicals in cars i think the focus in the past has been on making manufacturers in detroit making manufacturers in various parts of the country make cars that people are going to buy these gold gl

the head of the epa, scott pruitt, stepdown.is resignation follows a serieh of scandals the dogged his tenure. president trump announced it in his usual fashion, by tweet, saying "i have acceptethe resignation of scott pruitt. within the agency, scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful to him for this." he has been the subject of numerous stories c which haled into question his conduct. for more on this most recentin shakeup, i am by the north america reporter. starting with you, this has been going on for a long time. why has he decided to resign now? >> i think you was pushed to the white house. 12 different investigations were in t tping point. there was a new york s timry about the firing of an aid that she disagreed about meetings wanted deleted from the public record. it was an accumulation of scandal after scandal, and the white house tolerates they liked the policies he was implementing at the w epa, but th ultimately the presidents this vision he said this was enough. jane: theres no mention of an

caller: scott pruitt.esignation, won't make a lot of difference, except that one man has been caught being a crook. he is out. it is the policies that are destroying our environment, they will continue. as long as we have these policies exist, we're going to continue to have more breathing problems, diseases we never heard of before. the children are coming down with diseases that we have no idea where they came from. they have infections. host: as far as the policies themselves -- which policy did you have the most problems with? caller: all of them. in the first place, he went in not even knowing what the duties of the environmental protection agency were. he did not know they included any sort of nuclear waste. he didn't realize that. the thought it had nothing to do with that. he is just -- he was not prepared to do a good job. i do not like their policies about water, air, not focusing the oil.energy, i think they have made, whatever they are doing is trying to support the rich. make more money for pe

scott pruitt resigned, citing unrelenting attacks. cbs reporter is at the white house with more. >> reporter: as you know, four months president trump has called -- has been called to fire scott pruitt. it appears that the many accusations of corruption in the investigations into this accusations finally became too much. president trump tweeted the news that he has accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency. speaking on air force one, the president said the decision has been in the works for a few days and that there is no final straw, that scott pruitt felt he was a distraction. in his resignation letter he said the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented, and have taken a sizable toll on all of us. inspector general is in the midst of five audits, including pruitt suspending on security and travel. and democrats have seized on the $43,000 soundproof booth in his office, which he defended before congress. >> i was not involved in the approval and if

. >> tonight, scott pruitt is out. epa administrator resigning in disgrace among 15 ongoing investigations. >> i love. we love. >> what happens now and what tipped scott pruitt's exit. >> we put a bigger swamp creature in there. >> scotus decision winds down. >> the president's three alleged finalist for the supreme court vaktcy. >> he is one of the smartest people i've ever known and one of the nicest people i have ever known. >> i am chris hayes and the last time i was at this desk, i interviewed a die hard trump supporter. >> training the swamp and not only did we not drain the swamp, we put a bigger creature in there. >> 48 hours after that interview, after pruitt was spotted at the white house, the president accepted pruitt's resignation. exploiting his office for perks and personal gains. pruitt's extraordinary list prompted debates among historians. hard to think of any politician whose record is more extensive. trying to get his wife a franchise. the d.c. apartment he rented for $50 a knife with a wife of energ

. >> scott pruitt, administrator of the epa. >> reporter: embattled epa chief scott pruitt out tonight after months of mounting ethics scandals and questions about his behavior. president trump announcing on twitter, i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency, praising pruitt's work rolling back obama era regulations at the epa, but making no mention of the dozens of ethics questions facing him. pruitt writing in a letter to the president, your confidence in me has blessed me personally. adding the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizeable toll. pruitt had been under a cloud of scandals for months, constantly facing questions about his security detail, pricey first class travel and cozy relationships with lobbyists. pruitt was back in the headlines just this week. a cnn report revealing he and his aides kept secret calendars to hide contentious meetings. an aide testifying before the house oversight committee that pruitt asked her to find his wife a job with a salary of o

quite soon in christopher scott. we're both in the same courtroom receiving life sentences twelve years ago today their names clear the evidence supports the final finding factually and each defendant in these two cases are actually innocent. two individuals for capital murder in crimes in which they didn't commit i wasn't angry i wasn't being about the situation i was happy i had my time to be made and in prison i had my time to be be in prison it was no time for me because i didn't want the stagnate my growth that what i'm trying to do i have. to try to force see him make happen when christopher scott was released from prison the state of texas compensated him with a million dollar settlement he never forgot what it was like to wear that white jumpsuit every day so he built a store and filled it with color and style. and when an inmate is exonerated or if they serve time with scott he helps them to get back some of their dignity with a fresh set of clothes to go which is. good. christopher's mean where. he was in p

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by scott's car alarm.gate. and while he's out front, he hears his mother screaming. he goes inside, giselle is inside of his house-- she's inside his room tampering with his computer. keith morrison: sound familiar? it was the same thing esteban was doing at the nursing school. and when was this, vis-a-vis the murder? four days before, on the tuesday. keith morrison: but there was something else-- a piece of evidence you have to hear to believe. scott told the detectives that four months before michelle's disappearance, giselle harangued and threatened him. verbal attacks so alarming he recorded some on his iphone, just in case something bad ever happened. this one in scott's car-- their small daughter, sitting in the back seat listening. you listen closely. we're about to hear the real giselle esteban. keith morrison: ritchie listened to giselle's tone careen from aggrieved, to furious, to threatening-- all in less than a minute. this was far from the subdued woman he had met back in may. it was apparent

president trump tweeting i accepted the resignation of scott pruit adding scott did an outstanding job. a relaxed scott at the white house at the fourth of july picnic but under siege from at least 15 separate federal ethics inquiries many zeroing in on ex spending and a sound proof phone booth installed in his office. >> much of what has been targeted towards me and my team has been half true or at best stories so twisted they do not resemble reality. >> reporter: just this week a schoolteacher confronting pruit at a d.c. restaurant. >> i would urge you to resign before your scandals push you out. >> reporter: in his resignation letter obtained by nbc news, pruit acknowledges the unrelenting attacks on me and my family are unprecedented and took a sizable toll on all of us and pruit a hero for rolling back obama era environmental protections undercutting the clean water act and stalling tougher fuel economy standards. the president praising him just last month. >> scott pruit is doing a great job within the walls of the epa. we're setting records. >> reporter: tonight, president trump

adding, scott has done an outstanding job. white house's 4th of july picnic, but under siege from at least 15 federal ethics inquirees, costing taxpayers millions, including a 24/7 security detail, frequent first class air travel and a $43,000 soundproof phone booth installed in his office. >> targeted towards me and my team has been half truths or at best stories so twisted they don't resemble reality. >> just this week a school teacher confronting pruitt at a d.c. restaurant. >> i would urge you to resign before your scandals push you out. >> reporter: in his resignation letter obtained by nbc news he acknowledges the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us. pruitt, a hero among conservatives for aggressively rolling back obama-era environmental protections, undercutting the clean water act and stalling tougher fuel economy standards. the president praising him just last month. >> scott pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the epa. we're setting