>> next, epa administrator scott pruitt's testimonial for the environment and public works committee. he answered questions about the agency possible making ross s and efforts to eliminate lead from drinking water. this is two hours. >> >> now, good morning. i call this hearing to order. we have quite a full house today. i welcome the audience. this is a formal senate hearing in order to allow the committee to conduct its business. i'm going to maintain decorum. that means, if there's any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience, that person causing the disruption will be escorted from the room by the capitol police. first, i'd like to welcome the administrator of the environmental protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt to the senate environment and public works committee for your testimony today. with respect to today's hearings, we're going to abide by the committee's five-minute rule for length of member questions in the first round. time permitting, we will also have a two-minute second round of questions until 12:30, when administrator pruitt has to

scott pruitt put out a statement today saying president trump is the most consequential leader of our time. he's clearly hoping the president hears that. this is politics. this is during the primaries. pruitt was backing jeb bush as you said at the time. it's embarrassing but not unusual. but what is unusual is president trump and his patience for this kind of disloyalty. the question is how does trump react? this can blow over, not be a big thing, but you just don't know whether the president will tolerate this or not. >> julia, how significant when you hear comments like that? what's interesting about it too, beyond it being very critical, it's very top cal with the kinds of issues we are facing. >> wasn't he the law and order candidate? let me just connect it to the memo, right? we had this -- like the fact that carter page and george papadopoulos were in any way involved with the campaign that ended up winning the white house is telling, right, because there were so many other candidates. they took all the potential advisers and everything and the trump campaign got stuck with the

and that is actually what scott pruitt has delivered. host: it does seem to be the opinion of the intelligence community that climate change does pose a threat. here as tweet by sheldon whitehouse democrat. check out the worldwide threat assessment put out by the u.s. intelligence community. page 16 includes a serious warning about climate change. wond fer the president has read this. here is the worldwide threat assessment. this is something that the director of the national intelligence talked about when he presented this to members of congress recently. guest: yeah. i've seen portions of that assessment. as far as i know he is a former u.s. snorks not a scientist. there are thousands of scientists who say that conclusion is wrong. that is part of the assessment process to take a look and review them. on the flip side you have the city of oakland for example who says on one hand they have a massive problem. they are suing oil companies because they're going to have massive increases in a rise in sea level, a hundred-year flood every we

and mary, scott pruitt was already fating scrutiny for installing that $25,000 phone booth you reported on before? >> reporter: david, pruitt seems to be very concerned with his security, in fact, the epa tonight is citing security concerns as one of the reasons why pruitt has been traveling in first class. but it's unclear how a first class seat is somehow better protected. tonight, no direct response from the epa to that question, but a former epa law enforcement official tells us the whole idea is, quote, patently absurd. david? >> mary bruce. >>> next this evening, president trump suffering another legal setback in the battle over the dreamers. a second federal judge in new york temporarily blocking the trump administration from ending the daca program. a federal judge in california issuing a similar ruling last month, and those court rulings are expected to push back the deadline to end daca. >>> now, to the winter games tonight. the 17-year-old smern snowboarder, winning gold. she tweeted about ice cream before he run. and why her dad is suddenly a star, too. abc's matt gutman fro

we will show some of the speakers from yesterday, getting with epa administrator scott pruitt. >> we had to get that right. >> we are all jealous of larry's voice. >> that is exactly right. >> you remember the president's cabinet, come to washington, d.c., but there is a story that goes before that and it has nothing to do with policy. it has to do with baseball. a superstar athlete. baseball and football. a division i scholarship to the university of kentucky, a career that did not go exactly where you would have liked baseball wise, but you became an owner. >> spring has begun, so that is good news. everyone is optimistic this time of year. everyone believes they can win the world series. after all, if the cubs can win it a few years ago, anyone can. i enjoyed my time as the owner of a baseball team. we had an affiliate with the texas rangers, and nolan ryan was involved. we are excited about the baseball season beginning. dodgers franchise now, the dodgers and astros, you had it all mixed up. comeame to washington to take over an agency described as being a mess. on day one, what

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what we are learning about epa chief scott pruitt and his expensive travel habits. and we're following our breaking news in new york city, a member of president trump's family opens a letter and finds white powder inside. we have an update for you, a live report on that straight ahead. you're watching cnn. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? right now, our queen c2 mattress is only $699, save $200. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. >>> another trump cabinet member might be in a bit of trouble for his expense i've travel habits. this time we're talking about epa administrator, scott pruitt, in the spotlight for his frequent high-priced commercial flights. "the washington post" is reporting he regularly flies first or business costing thousands of dollars, more than the equivalent seats in coach. in june alone, flights for pruitt an his top aides cost about $90,000. so this new scrutiny is coming after health and human se

scott pruitt cpac, talked about regulatory reform. ♪ >> it was good to get that right . >> we are allood, very jealous of larry'ss voice. that sonorous tone, bringing that great introduction. exactly right. >> you are a member of the president's cabinet. there is a story that goes before that and it has nothing to do with politics. it has to do with baseball. a superstar athlete, baseball and football, division 1 scholarship to university of kentucky. you became an owner. telesc -- tell us quick. >> spring-training has begun. good news. [applause] >> everyone is optimistic. everyone believes, if the cubs can win, anyone can. we believe in miracles. i enjoyed my time as an owner. -- we had aniliate affiliate with the texas rangers. nolan ryan was involved with that. they had a great year. we're excited about the teams. >> the dodgers, astros. >> you came to washington to take over an agency that was a mess. what did you find the epa to be structurally and with respect to policy? how bad was it? >> the president did a wonderful job today. you had a wonderful time hearing the president.

>> the other piece of this, the other story that we're going to talk about here is scott pruitt, whoas spent $107,000 on airplane flights during his first six months leading the apa. >> that was a lot. >> we live in a country where people become a cabinet secretary, you're pretty much set for life. i'm not saying i agree with this, but you can monetize that and make millions of dollars and fly first class or private the rest of your life. is it too much to ask for a little modesty and humility and caring what the taxpayers think? for the brief time you're in office, first class travel, bring your wives to europe, spouses. >> let me show you what scott pruitt had to say then we'll talk more about this. >> there have been instances unfortunately during my time as administrator, as i have sploen and spent time as interaction has not been the best. ingress and egress off the plane, security aspect, those are decisions made by our detail team, chief of staff, i don't make any of those decisions. they place me on the plane where they think is best for a safety perspective. that's how they

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accord k to the security office an individual who approached pruitt at an airport yelling "scott pruitt-ing up the environment." but apparently pruitt can avoid confrontations with those outraged by his policies if he's just surrounded by rich people. or you know, in a private sleeping pod. >> it was such a nightmare. i was on a plane and it was nothing like this. >> i'm sorry to hear that. >> thank you so much. wemost familiar companies,'s but we make more than our name suggests. we're an organic tea company. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we've got drinks for long days. for birthdays. for turning over new leaves. and we make them for every moment in every corner of the country. we are the coca-cola company, and we're proud to offer so much more. . >>> a new piece out today. james risen points out a stark truth about the man currently occupying the oval office. quote, one year after trump took office, it is still unclear whether the president of the united states is an agent of foreign power. jim rise en join joins me now. it's a pleasure to have you here. you have b

>> and now an editorial response from the year 2100. >> scott pruitt is right.temperatures aren't necessarily bad. in fact, they have been great for me. i lead a lawless gang of desperate psychotic bandits who control the desert lands of west mansylvania. before i was an assistant manager of dollar tree. now i have a concub s

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it's not scott pruitt. tom price was brought down by this.e have this new report. >> it's an inspector general report on veterans affairs. >> so this report is rather wild. essentially, they took a trip to europe in which he brought his wife. and they were publicly saying that this was all done above board. it was cleared by the internal ethics department. that the receipts for a trip to wimbledon got them this tickets. . it turns out to have been a lie. they were not even friends. they couldn't find text messages. they falsified e-mails that would justify the reason for the trip being a reward or an award er ceremony. and the cost of the trip was far greater than what scott pruitt had. they were caught. they had been caught. this is the type of scandal that any other administration would have led prth much quickly to a resignation. we have seen a resignation in the case of tom price shs but i don't know considering all the other stuff that's happening between the payoffs to the porn star and the rob porter saga whether this will even registe

an individual who approached pruett yelling scott pruitt, you're iffin' up the environment. but apparently pruett can avoid confrontations with those outraged by his policies if he's just surrounded by rich people. or you know, in a private sleeping pod. it was such a nightmare. i was on a plane and it was nothing like this. >> i'm sorry to hear that. >> thank you so much. ♪ i'm jimmy, this is my definition of fresh since 1983. ♪ >> >>> in a new piece out today, politzer prize winner pointing out a stark truth about the man occupying the oval office. quote, one year after trump took office it is still unclear whether the president of the united states is an agent of foreign power. real pleasure to have you here. you have been covering intelligence for literally decades. you've co-written a book with someone who worked at the cia specifically about the kgb. taking that because you write about this in the piece, just start there with your knowledge how the kgb and successor agencies operated and how that looks, the indictment today and what we know about russian interference w

scott pruitt and fox news channel host janeane piro speak at the political action conference and it will be at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span and governors are gathering in washington, d.c. for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday the national governor's association will host panels to talk about jobs. the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal" on our companion network, c-span. located about a hundred miles of the chesapeake bay the harriet tubman visitor center opened in 2017. up next on american artifacts, a half-hour tour of the grounds and exhibits to learn about the life of escaped slave, abolitionist, civil war spy and suffragist harriet tubman. >> welcome to harriet tubman underground railroad state park. my name is ranger crenshaw and here we highlight harriet tubman's early years. she was born not three miles east of here in the town of madison and she spent a lot of time in this area as well as bucktown a few miles

an individual who approached pruett yelling scott pruitt, you're iffin' up the environment. but apparently pruett can avoid confrontations with those outraged by his policies if he's just surrounded by rich people. or you know, in a private sleeping pod. it was such a nightmare. i was on a plane and it was nothing like this. >> i'm sorry to hear that. >> thank you so much. >> n meaning to talk to you, uh oh. well, you know, you're getting older. um, you might be experiencing some, ah, sensations. ah, it happened to your dad..uh with.. oh, look the tow trucks here! can't wait to be rescued? esurance roadside assistance lets you know when help will arrive. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. you have any questions, uh.. i'm good. awesome. need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel and hotel sites so you can be confident you're getting the perfect hotel at the best price. soak it in. kayak. search one and done. of being there for my son's winning shot. that was it for me. that's why i'm quitting with nicorette. o

also, epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news channel host je jeanine pirro address the conservative political action conference. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. state governors from across the country are gathering here in washington, d.c. this weekend for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governors association will host panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal" on our companion network, c-span. >>> since 2011, an architect has been visiting and compiling a database of former slave dwellings in the united states. her interdisciplinary work includes architectural documentation, photography, interpretation and preservation of slave history. up next on american artifacts, we travel to southern virginia near the north carolina border to visit the former brandon plantation with joe b. hill and learn about her saving slave houses project. she's joined by seve

later, epa administrator scott pruitt testifying for the committee about operations at his agency. >> coming up on today's "washington journal," a look at the release of the house intelligence committee memo that allegation misconduct by the f.b.i. and justice department and what it means for the russia investigation being led by special counsel rob gronkowski. first, we'll hear -- robert mueller. first, we'll hear from "washington examiner"'s kelly cohen and michael allen who is former majority staff director of the house intelligence committee. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] president trump: i sent it over to congress. whatever they do is fine. it was declassified and let's see what happens. a lot of people should be ashamed. ♪ host: good morning. it's saturday, february 3, 2018, and the political fallout from house intelligence memo released head is pop ok the headlines in "washington journal." the document and declassif

epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news channel jeanine pirro address cpac. live coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. on our companion network c-span. state governors from across the country are gathering for their annual winter meeting. throughout the day saturday, the national governors association will host panels to talk jobs, the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal" on our companion network c pan. this week on american artifacts, we tour the american presidents life portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum in west branch, iowa. north carolina painter and sculptor chaz fagen created the portraits for c-span in 1999 and recently added president trump's. the exhibit created in conjunction with the white house historical association was brought to the library by c-span in partnership with media come. curator marcus eckhardt an shows us the additional objects the museum borrowed to accompany each of the 44 portraits.

and -- [ applause ] >>> there is new reporting today about more ways scott pruitt is spending the resources of the travel budget. his penchant for taking first class flights in contrast to previous administrators. in fairly remarkable example a just to travel between washington, d.c. and new york and back. that does not account for costs of pruitt's round the clock security detail which have nome not been disclosed. that's the 24/7 security he added for himself, something no previous epa chief has ever had before. if surrounded by bodyguards didn't give him enough privacy, almost $25,000 of public money to build himself a soundproof phone booth. pruitt's travels have garnered attention before today. epa inspector general is investigating his frequent trips back to oklahoma also on the public dime. >>> travels have garnered attention before today. the president promised he would hire only the best people and those so-called best people have not turned out so great over and over again, why is that exactly and where does the riot begin in this administration? we'll discuss up next. >>> the pre

evening, more live coverage from the conservative political action conference with epa administrator scott pruitt scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the secondpac and amendment, conversation with the director of the office of management and budget mick mulvaney. remarks by house intelligence committee chair devin nunes. it is all live saturday, starting at 12:40 p.m. eastern time. also life, the national governors association with discussions on jobs, the all pure crisis, and the future of agriculture, and food availability. we will have that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. the former leader of the u.k. independence party will be speaking at the conservative political action conference. for he begins, we will take a look back at some of the speakers from earlier in the conference, starting with interior secretary ryan zinke he and energy secretary rick perry. >> ryan zinke is served our military and served as a navy seal commander. [applause] give it up for the seals. montana'scted at-large member of congress, and is now the 52nd secretary of the interior. welcome, secretary ryan. we also

host: do you want to talk about the scott pruitt thing?resident trump is kg to his links about climate change but he doesn't take it seriously. they are trying to pull out of the paris climate agreement. think one thing this white house has been effective at is at the epa, they are withdrawing rules, not enforcing so they have been effectively paring back the environmental side that the obama administration was doing regarding climate change and regarding lowering admission -- emissions. this administration has had some success rolling back these environmental regulations. the wall and about infrastructure, that's what president trump wants to do. he wants to make it easier to build so that you don't have these permitting issues. they want to ease back on endangered species and the things you have to take into account when you are holding something especially a wall in the border. they want to roll that back to make it easier for building. we get distracted by the tweet of the day and distracted by whatever headline or controversy of the d

host: ayesha rascoe, do you want to talk about scott pruitt and his management at the epa? president trump,uest: even though that they are cagey about his position, he has made it clear that he does not take it seriously, they are try to pull out of the paris agreement. one thing this white house has epa,affected that, at the withdrawing rules, they are not doing as much enforcement. they have been ineffective on the environmental side of paring back things that the obama administration was doing regarding climate change, lowering emissions. that is something where this administration has had success in rolling back these environmental regulations. part of that, talking about the wall, infrastructure, that is what president trump wants to do. he wants to make it easier to build so you don't have all of these permitting issues, they want to ease back on endangered species, all of these things you have to take into account when you are building something, especially a wall along the border. they want to roll those things back to make it easier to build. guest: we get distract

me in thanking the administrator of the environment the protection agency scott pruitt. ♪ thank you.> thank you all very much. i am delighted to be your keynote speaker. . i just said backstage, how come i did not get dinner? isn't there a place for us? are you going to buy me dinner? i follow a long line of very .istant with speakers i am practiced the speak to you about american conservative values. who are you? what is important to you? where do you put a stake in the ground? how you answer those questions tells one who you are and what you are willing to fight for. when the truthme and when reality is diluted to satisfy the masses. where political correctness has that wepated our values can't even recognize the america that our founding fathers envisioned. how did we get so lost? how do we get our country back? my personal story is a very simple one. i grew up in upstate new york and i worked in a dairy. my family possibly was very simple. my dad worked and my mom stayed home. we went to church on sunday and said the rosary on tuesday. [applause] i was taught to respect my flag,

>> next on c-span2 hear epa and minister scott pruitt testified before the senate environment and public works committee. >> good morning. i call this hearing to order. we have quite a full house today and i welcome the audience. this is a formal senate hearing. in order to allow the committee to conduct its business i will maintain the core of. that means if there is any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience that person causing the destruction will be escorted from the room by the capital police. first, i would like to welcome the administrator of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt for your tax money today. with respect to today's hearings we will abide by the committee's five-minute rule for length of member questions in the first round. time permitting we will also have a two-minute second round of questions until 12:30 when administrative pruitt has to leave the building. of course, members will have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. today's hearing is to examine the epa's record today after the first year o

epa cheech scott pruitt defending his travel. what's the latest there?itt telling a number of new hampshire media outlets he had a number of incidents involving his safety that happened since he became the epa administrator. he said he personally has no involvement with where he's seated on planes, whether he flies first class. he says those decisions are left up to his staff and squuecurity detail. >> juana summers, thank you. >>> an immigration deal reached which offers 2 million dreamers a path to citizenship. it's still unclear, however, whether that effort has moenoug votes to pass. suzanne malveaux is on capitol hill. >> reporter: i spoke with senator bill nelson who was on the phone with senator chuck schumer. he's optimistic that the bipartisan plan will pass. it went from allowing dreamers parents to stay in the country to three years, eliminating that, prohibiting them from sponsoring their parents' path to citizenship. the process, of course, they need 60 votes to move an amendment or a plan for warped. there will be four different plans or am

. >>> scott pruitt has spent thousands of dollars on first class flights.s given more leeway because off security concerns. >> reporter: with his high flying lifestyle under scrutiny, scott pruitt was at it again. reportedly spotted on a 90-minute flight in first class. over just a few weeks in june, travel costs totalled more than $90,000 including a 1600 first class ticket, and more than $36,000 for a military jet so pruitt could catch a $7,000 flight to rome where he and his team took in the sites, visiting it vatican and sampling the local del cases. just a few weeks ago another international trip. this time to morocco, all on the taxpayer's dime. pruitt is now under investigation. just the latest in a string of administration officials under fire for their expensive travel fee. price was fired after giving birth on luxury private planes. >> well, without personal bias i think everybody ought to fly coach and i've always felt that way. you aget there rufly the same time. >> reporter: now the epa says one of the reasons pruitt has been flying first class

please help me in thanking the administrator of the environmental protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt. ♪ >> thank you. thank you all very much. i am delighted to be your keynote speaker at the special dinner, but i must tell you, i how,said to mat backstage, i did not get dinner? you will buy me dinner? ok. i am not going to keep going there. of very a long line distinguished speakers, and i'm truly honored and humbled to be here in front of you tonight. speak to you about american conservative values. it is simple, really. who are you? what is important to you? where do you put a stake in the ground? questionsswer those tells one who you are and what you are willing to fight for. you know, we live in a time when the truth and when reality is diluted to satisfy the masses. correctness has so dissipated our values that we cannot even recognize the america that our founding fathers envisioned. how did we get so lost? and how do we get our country back? my personal story is a very simple one. i grew up in upstate new york and worked in a dairy. my family's life was simple. my dad worked,

tonight, scott pruitt is going to address the conservative political action conference. and state leaders are gather in in washington, d.c., this weekend for the annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governor's association will host panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis and the future of agriculture and availability, and c-span's live coverage begins at 10:00 p.m. eastern on washington journal, our companion channel on c-span. >>> since 2011, architecture has been compiling a database of slave owner buildings. it includes photography and preservation of slave i history. up next on american artifacts we travel to southern virginia to the north carolina border to z visit the plantation to learn about joe b. hill andhe

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adminator scott pruitt are all under investigation by their department's internal watchdogs. last year, health and humanrv es secretary tom price quit after his use of privateas planeseported. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: we explore these violations further now with: reporter lisa rein of the "washington post," and kathleen clark, a professor of law at u washingtversity in st. louis, who works on issues of government ethics. and weelcome both of you to the program. lisa rein, you're the reporter here. i'm going to start with you. so what secretary shulkin is saying, he called it the "thread ofias" in this report. it doesn't appear to baccurate or objective? how do we know what the inspector general found is accurate? >> well, secretary shulkin has pushed back very, very hd against this report. he's hired a team of lawyers. he's hir a p.r. firm, which is pretty unusual. he -- some things he ds not deny. for example, his chief of staff, who the inspector general said doctored an email to ense that shulkin's wife would be able to travel to europe expense-fre

visit ncicap.org] have more live coverage tonight with epa administrator scott pruitt at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and tomorrow, cpac and second amendment and the conversation with on the director mick mulvaney. also california congressman and has committee chair devin nunes light saturday. that is scheduled to start at 12:40 p.m. eastern time. the national governors association meeting to discuss jobs, the opioid crisis, and the future of agriculture, at 10:00 eastern after washington journal. monday on c-span's landmark cases. we look at the supreme court .ate macola v maryland it solidified the ability to take actions not explicitly mentioned in the constitution and restricted state action against the use of its power. university of virginia law professor fara peterson and mark helen back. securing and nation. watch landmark cases live monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. each case,und on order a copy of the landmark cases companion book, available landmark5 at c-span.org/ cases. there is a link on her website to the national constitution c

coming up tonight at 8:00 eastern environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt addresses the gathering and you can watch the live on our companion network c-span, again, begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tomorrow at cpac, devin nunes of california. that will be 3:35 p.m. eastern also live on c-span. >> c-span where history unfolds daily n1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and

also, epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news channel host je jeanine pirro address the conservative political action conference. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. state governors from across the country are gathering here in washington, d.c. this weekend for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governors association will host panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal" on our companion network, c-span. >>> since 2011, an

tonight, epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news channel host janeane address the plug action conference. we'll have live coverage on that on c-span. and state governors from across the country are gathering in washington, d.c., this weekend for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governors association, one of those panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis, as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >> join us saturday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. at the american civil war museum in richmond, virginia, for live coverage of the civil war's impact on americans. speakers include peter car michael, director at gettysburg college civil war institute, james robertson, author of "the untold civil war." jane schultz, author of "women at the front" and amy taylor, author of "the divided family in civil war america." at 8:00 p.m., on lectures in history, from the georgetown university law center, guest speaker thomas we

administrator scott pruitt. julianna goldman is following this story. julianna. >> reporter: jeff, last june, pruitt traveled to italy for meetings at the vatican and an energy summit. his roundtrip business-class ticket cost taxpayers at least $7,000. and now we've learned on his return from milab he flew on emirates on one of the world's most luxurious business-class cabins. rules require members to fly u.s. carriers but pruitt got approval to flight foreign carrier, arguing it was the only flight that would get him back in time to attend a cabinet meeting. this entire trip cost more than $43,000 because to make his outbound connection to rome, pruitt flew a chartered military aircraft from cincinnati to new york. a spokesman said due to security concerns, pruitt has a blanket waiver to fly in first or business class. just today, pruitt flew first class from washington to boston, days after a "washington post" story detailed how his travel costs are drawing criticism. jeff. >> glor: the sold chelsea bomber was sentenced to multiple life terms today. a

we'll hear from scott pruitt. your full written testimony will be made part of the official hearing today i look forward to it welcome to the committee. >> members of committee, senators good to see you this morning. it's been too long as was mentioned and i'm looking forward to the exchange and discussion today. as u.n. i w-- you know i was confirmed last year and i took the opportunity to spend time with the entire agency and i did in fact, mention three priorities which we would govern and lead the agency, first is rule of law and it does matter. rule of law is something that people take for granted and we administer laws at the agency, the only pow we possess is the power you give us. we execute responsibility and rule making what you stay in storm watch as we do our work. it provides certainty to the american people and secondly, you indicated, process, process is often overlooked. process matters in rule making because of the decisions we make involving stake holders across the country. and so, the apa, the

. >>> epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news host, janine pirro addresses the live political action conference. state governors from across the country are gathering here in washington, d.c. this weekend for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday. the national governor's association will host panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> located about 100 miles from washington, d.c. on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay, the harriet tubman underground railroad visitors center opened in the spring of 2017. up next on american artifacts, a half hour tour of the grounds and exhibits to learn about the life of escaped slave, abolitionist, civil war spy and sufferist, har yacriet tubman. >>> my name is ranger crenshaw. welcome to harriet tubman underground railroad visitor center. she was born in madison and spent a lot of time in this area as well as buck town. it was here that she learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor o

administrator, scott pruitt, flies first class. >> i think they ought to ride, like i do, in the back of the bus. >> reporter: pruitt insists the pricy tickets aren't his choice. the decision was made by security personnel. as for shulkin, he continues to say he did nothing wrong, but he did tell the military "times" today that he will be writing a check to the u.s. government to reimburse it for part of that european trip. jeff. >> glor: nancy, thank you very much. we do want to make one important clarification here tonight. earlier in the broadcast, as we were speaking to nick hayman, a witness to the florida school shooting, we showed you his photo. it was not a photo of the suspect. just want to clear that up right now. again, a photo of nick hayman from earlier, who had spoken about what he knew of the florida shooting suspect. more from florida back on this broadcast in just a moment. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking about your treatment options. vraylar is approved for the acut

over a six-month period, epa chief scott pruitt expensed nearly $200,000, according to documents obtained by an environmental group. including frequent first-class travel. security team said is for his safety. >> they place me on the plane where they think is best, from a safety perspective. >> secretary shulkin has reimbursed the government for his wife's travel costs and those wimbledon tickets. tom. >> staephanie, thank you. >> still ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday -- standoff in los angeles. after hours of negotiating, why the s.w.a.t. was forced to break down the door to catch their man. >>> plus, flu fears. >>> and brawl abroad. the nightmare cruise that passengers said that was all in family. stay with us. i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans better than a manual. and my hygienist says it does but they're not all the same. who knew? i had no idea. so she said, look for one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to gently remove more plaque. and unlike sonicare, ora

tonight, epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news channel host jeanine pirro address the cpac. we'll have live coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. on our companion network c-span. and state governors from across the country are gathering here in washington, d.c. this weekend for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governors association will host panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal" on our companion network c-span. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next, we tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curator matt anderson shows us cars used by presidents truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan. and the lincoln continental that john f. kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. >> my name is matt anderson. i'm curator of transportation here at the henry ford.