scott pruitt only flies first class, but the reason he gave is pretty great. - pruitt says he needs firstnt interactions with passengers. - what might be an example of that? according to the security office, an individual who approached pruitt at an airport, yelling, "scott pruitt, you're effing up the environment." - [laughs] uh, you're fixing up the environment? what did that mean? first of all, whoever said that to him in the airport is a hero, okay? and, uh-- yeah, he is. [applause] and secondly--secondly, flying first class doesn't help you avoid angry passengers, right? because now everyone on the plane is walking past you. yeah, there's just gonna be, like, a line of people just being like, "you're effing up the environment." "you're effing up the environment." "you drowned my wife!" "aah! he's back! "why did i check my desk in? i should've kept it!" and here's the thing. it's not just overspending. everything pruitt touches turns to shady, so shady--so shady, in fact, that even fox news called him out. - president trump said he would drain the swamp. - i don't-- look, i-- - is dra

[quirky music] ♪ [eerie music] ♪ - recently everyone has been talking about scott pruitt.s the head of the environmental protection agency and the love child of george w. bush and a baked potato. because, you see, he's taken cabinet scandals to a whole new level. - president trump is standing by epa administrator scott pruitt amid growing ethics scandals. - let me put up a list of all the other things that have come up. there's the condo that he rented from energy lobbyists. he approved raises, apparently, for two aides' salaries after the white house had declined the request. he asked security to use sirens to cut through traffic. he reassigned staffers after they raised concerns about his spending. he requested a 24/7 security detail on personal trips that racked up tens of thousands of dollars. - okay, okay. hold up. hold up. am i the only person who was shocked when they went to page two? [laughs] like, when your scandal résumé goes to the second page,

. >>> ryan zinke is the new scott pruitt, except scott pruitt never managed to get the person investigating the scandals fired, straight head. >>> the president's got one of the world's foremost uncles. thing one, thing two is coming up next. >>> thing one, donald trump is a notoriously climate change denier, going so far as to call it a hoax, perpetrated by a chinese. he doesn't parrot his party's go-to line, you know the one. >> i'm not a scientist. >> i'm not a scientist. >> i'm not a scientist. >> i don't know the science behind climate change. >> i'm not a scientist. >> i'm not a scientist. >> i'm not a scientist, and i've got the grades to prove it. >> no, trump is a scientist, well, he's got an uncle who's a scientist. the president was asked about climate change yesterday by the associated press and said, and i quote, "my uncle was a great professor at m.i.t., dr. john trump, i didn't talk to him about this, but i have a natural instinct for science, and i will say you have scientists on both sides of the picture." he didn't talk to his uncle about climate change, but he knows what

. >>> ryan zinke is the new scott pruitt, except scott pruitt never managed to get the person investigating scandals fired, straight head. >>> the president's got one of the world's foremost uncles. thing one, thing two is coming up next. my mom's pain from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis was intense. i wondered if she could do the stuff she does for us, which is kind of, a lot. and if that pain could mean something worse? joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop irreversible joint damage. enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders and allergic reactions have occurred. tell your doctor if you've been some place where fungal infections are common, or if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if you have persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. since enbrel, my mom's back t

senate there is no more betsy devoss or scott pruitt. [applause] and no more packing the court like brett kavanaugh. [applause] i have to tell you i was so deeply disturbed by what happened last week first we didn't have his full record because the president took privilege on 100,000 documents to prevent us from reviewing the record and the judiciary did not stand up for the senate to insist we get the documents. that is a damage to the u.s. senate and our process for confirmation. i would like you all to send a message to one of your senators to say next time stand up for the sun and get the documents to have a real review of a supreme court nominee. [applause] this is the first time in us history this has happened that the president has reached out to prevent the senate from reviewing the record of the nominee and taken seriously by the court we had a hurt on - - a hearing scheduled last tuesday but the vote was three days earlier on saturday but let us never again under the separation of powers of the constitution let the president pr

keep in mind that the attorney general thought scott pruitt was a great choice for the epa. scott pruitt is someone who believes the epa shouldn't even be there, that there should be no regulations whatsoever. when you look at pictures from china, all the people walking imagine if masks on, you have to stop at the city limits of st. louis to get your mask before the cardinals game? how about the tap? in most places in the world you can't use tap water because drinking water water is so dangerous. climate change is real. our time we trust scientists, it's time we accept reasonable regulation to keep our water clean and air pollution free, and turning to alternative fuel is very important. that's why i've been a big supporter of biofuel, a big supporter of solar and wind, a big supporter of the fuel efficiency standards this president is going to abandon. all of this matters. we are saying extreme weather because of the climate. if we don't start respecting the sites, we are doing an extreme disservice to my it -- mydren ar there grandchildren. >> missouri voters rejected maki

the epa's scandal plagued former administrator scott pruitt may be gone, but his agenda of undoing environmentalulations is basically continuing under acting administrator andrew wheeler, according to "the new york times." >> sophie on wall street, new york. thank you very much. >> now, a soccer match is heading for a goal to spice things up with an entertaining pitch invasion. in a georgian top division game on sunday, the invader was slightly firmly and cute than your average intruder. >> online when humans invade the pitch when a fluffy, pooch does, it is harder to crash time for them to submission. they are a lot cuter for one and more interested in makingg friends. or in getting themselves a free belly rub. this furry fellow did not get everythihing its way when causea halt t to a match between the gegeorgian teamsms. but it seemed to have the time of its life in a short cameo appearance before a player finally drew him off the pitch. >> you are watching dw news from berlin. bunting more coming up at the top of the hour. i'm helen. thanks for your company. we will see you soon. [captioning

i fear that if confirmed, judge kavanaugh could turn out to be the next scott pruitt. we remember him. although like former e.p.a. administrator pruitt whose tenure finally ended after 18 torturous months, brett kavanaugh could damage our environment for a quarter century or more if he serves on the supreme court. for example, just last year, scott pruitt attempted to delay limiting emissions from oil and gas drilling was challenged in the d.c. sixth court where judge kavanaugh now serves. in that case, judge kavanaugh sided with scott pruitt and the fossil fuel industry, voting against his colleagues who found pruitt's delay illegal. judge kavanaugh has also attempted to severely limit e.p.a.'s authority to regulate toxic emissions and greenhouse gases under the clean air act. in 2012, he blocked air pollution restrictions that covered nearly half of our country, endangering thousands of lives. this is especially concerning to those of us who live in states like delaware, mr. president, where over 90% of our air pollution comes from dirty emissions in states to our we

senate, there will be no betty betty's, there will be no more scott pruitt's. [cheering] there will be no more taxing of the court, individuals like mr. kavanaugh. [cheering] i have to tell you, i was so deeply disturbed by what happened asked week. his individual, mr. kavanaugh, first he didn't have his full record, because the president privilege on a 100,000 documents prevented us from reviewing the record. the judiciary did not stand up for the senate insisted that we get the documents. that is a huge -- well, damage to the u.s. senate. our process of confirmation. so, i would like you to send a message to one of your senators and say, next time, stand up for the senate, get those documents so we can have a real review of a supreme court nominee. [cheering] so i filed to say this is a first time in our u.s. history, this is happened. that the president reached out and prevented the senate from reviewing the record of the nominee. it was taken seriously by the court and we had a hearing scheduled for last tuesday. unfortunately, the vote was three days earli

if you draw a parallel you can draw a parallel to what happened to scott pruitt.l agency referred a case involving then administrative pruitt to federal prosecutors. >> there is an open question of whether he would leave of the med terms. some cabinet members do leave and there's no question that historically the justice department has been less eager to pursue these kinds of cases once someone leaves public office. certainly is some that some are leaving but at this point it is absolutely too early to say what his plans are. >> we will keep an eye on your reporting. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. ♪ ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. ♪ balance and i have $9.85. i owe you $5. >> and velcro rollers cost about that much and a little bit of super glue. >> i don't know why i have learned that daring her to do something is never going to work out well on my end. >> my problem is i have no shame. i. >> i don't know why i was thinking. >> you cannot pull me down. >> it was fantastic. >> y

>> reporter: we learned that they are investigating scott pruitt before he left office as the epa's administrator. this inquiry was also opened up after referral from the epa inspector general regarding whether pruitt took any action to benefit an energy lobbyist that he rented a condo from for under market value on capitol hill. you'll recall that reporting several months ago that for six months at least that pruitt had rented this condo on capitol hill for undermarket value. so this lobbyist benefited. but we are told from our sources that investigation seems to have stalled ever since pruitt left office over the summer, brooke. >> thank you so much. now we continue on. >>> welcome. i'm anderson cooper. welcome to pittsburgh. the first funerals taking place for those killed in the deadliest attack on jewish people in the united states of america. david and cecil rosenthal buried today. they lived together in life and they are together in death. and for dr. jerry rabinowitz as well, an extraordinary physician. the city of pittsburgh has been divided among some over whether president trump should

. >> particularly when you stop you know what happened to scott pruitt, it happened to ted cruz. when you stop doing your town halls and stop making yourself accessible, when you stop letting people have some legitimate outlets. that is going to happen unfortunately. >> public officials are accountable to the public. i got to take a break, hillary. stand by. the first lady is speaking out after her trip to africa tonight. what she's saying about the administration's policy of separating children at the border and that famous ""i don't care" jacket. i landed. i saw my leg did not look right. i was just finishing a ride. i felt this awful pain in my chest. i had a pe blood clot in my lung. i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. having one really puts you in danger of having another. my doctor and i chose xarelto®. xarelto®. to help keep me protected. xarelto® is a latest-generation blood thinner that's... proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt or pe blood clots from happening again. in clinical studies, almost 98% of patients on xarelto® did not experience another dvt or pe. xar

. >> but scott pruitt is another. >> i think trump worsened the situation, but this predates donald trumpt think it's confined to florida. i think most american voters assume that politicians are not totally clean. i mean, they assume they hang out with some people they take favors from and that sort of thing. i don't think a single hamilton ticket is going to ruin his campaign. i also think this new information does not resolve and solve everything. he's correct. that text is ambiguous. you can say that does not prove the ticket is from the fbi agent or from the guy trying to buy influence. the reference to the crew gives him enough wiggle room to say what he's saying. a lot of lot of this is just voice to voters because i don't think they expect politicians, sadly, to be completely above board and completely clean. >> i also want to just a line in the sand here. is this the moment where we decide that everything we heard about the claims of corruption on donald trump's side, the violations of the trump family tax scheme that "the new york times" laid out in detail, has that upped our to

. >> particularly when you stop you know what happened to scott pruitt, it happened to ted cruz. when you stop doing your town halls, when you stop making yourself accessible, when you stop letting people have some legitimate outlets, that is going to happen, unfortunately. >> public officials are accountable to the public. i got to take a break, hillary. i've got to take a break. stand by. the first lady is speaking out after her trip to africa tonight. what she's saying about the administration's policy of separating children at the border and that famous " i don't care" jacket. ever notice how hard it is to clean impossible kitchen and bathroom messes with wipes and spray cleaners? try mr. clean magic eraser. just add water, squeeze, and erase. mr. clean magic eraser works great on burnt-on food in the kitchen. it's perfect for cleaning stubborn bathroom soap scum. even on glass. and it even removes four times more permanent marker per swipe. try mr. clean magic eraser, for your impossible kitchen and bathroom messes. you may be learning about, medicare and supplemental insura

scott pruitt resigned. david shulkin was fired a though the white house said he resigned. the dining room set and the reports about other stuff that nbc hasn't independently confirmed. >> when this administration started, it was like an ethics free party going on. there was a whole bunch of people doing travel and other things that when they came to light it didn't look so good. >> do you think it's changed? you say in the beginning. here we are talking about ryan zinke. >> what isn't clear is whether it's changed or not. the chief of staff said he had given a talking to all the cabinet members but it's not clear whether it's ongoing or not. a lot of these are older instances. >> voters aren't going to hold him accountable. >>> thank you for coming on. we're on the campaign trail after the break with 18 days to go till the midterms. >>> democratic hopefuls for 2020 are out in force. presidential run. hillary clinton for the third time. really? why one of her closest former add vie advisers is kind of leaving that door open. "airline purchases". think about all the double m

among other recent departures are former epa administrator scott pruitt who resigned in july a mid-ethics questions, and secretary of state rex tillerson, who was fired by mr. trump back in march. >> she as an ambassador has been very outspoken, and a tough representative for our country. and so, it's be a loss, frankly. i think she had a tremendous amount of support on capitol hill. >> reporter: nikki haley says she's not sure what she will do next but one thing she won't do is run for oval office in 2020. haley says she'll be supporting president trump in the upcoming election. tanya j. powers, foxnews. >>> for more on the theories circulated today behind haley's resignation, we are joined by political analyst, brian soba. thank you for being here. is this departure different from others we have seen in the trump administration? we saw a cheerful announcement about an end of year exit. do you think there is more to it? >> probably not in the short term. but, the upside for nikki haley is absolutely huge. 46 years old. second indian american to serve as a governor, the first woman indian

wheeler is a former coal lobbyist and has been the acting head of the epa since scott pruitt resigned in july amid an onslaught of financial and ethics scandals. and in california, the group of activist catholic nuns known as nuns on the bus have launched a countrywide tour under the banner "tax justice truth tour." they will appear at events around the country, , focusingnn the republican tax bill which they say poses a "existential threat" to many americans. they were joined by house minority leader nancy pelosi at the launch event who said -- "if you want peace, work for justice -- and there is no justice in this tax bill." to see our interviews with sister simone campbell of the nuns on the bus, go to our website at democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, has announced she is resigning her post at the end of the year. the former south carolina governoror was one of ththe few women in trump's cabinet. she gave no rereason for he

among other recent departures are former epa administrator scott pruitt who resigned in july a mid-ethics questions, and secretary of state rex tillerson, who was fired by mr. trump back in march. >> she as an ambassador has been very outspoken, and a tough representative for our country. and so, it'll be a loss, frankly. i think she had a tremendous amount of support on capitol hill. >> reporter: haley says she's not sure what she will do next but one thing she won't do is run for oval office in 2020. haley says she'll be supporting president trump in the upcoming election. tanya j. powers, foxnews. >>> protesters gathered at the u.s. supreme court today on justice brett kavanaugh's first day on the high court. >> say it loud, say it clear, kavanaugh is not welcome here! >> a few dozen protesters carried signs saying, "we do not consent," and "stop entitled men." some dressed up rt. inside the court, kavanaugh heard arguments on increased prison sentences for repeat offenders. he asked a handful of questions of both sides. >>> a man issuing a group of alameda county sheriff's deputies, s

health secretary tom price, who had to resign in disgrace, and then trump's epa administrator scott pruitt, who had to resign in disgrace, they've sort of gotten all the glory for being the most flamboyantly unsustainably corrupt members of the trump cabinet yet. but, you know, ryan zinke has always been a contender. do not count him out. his behavior in office led ultimately to the independent inspector general at the interior department starting four different sigh mull tan ious ethics investigations into zinke's behavior since he's been running that agency. now, if you were the trump administration, that just seems like a terrible idea, right? an independent investigation of ryan zinke, why would we allow that? why are we allowing that? why would we let that go forward? hey, where's the dining set lady? what's she doing now? couldn't we get her to fix this, too? that is literally what they tried to do. two days ago, the hill newspaper was the first to report on an e-mail from hud dining set secretary ben carson congratulating this woman who had worked on the trump campaign, and who work

along with the period when trump's environmental chief, scott pruitt, was skill in office before ethicscandals forced him out. all of this makes a mockery of environmentalism because it's supposed to, like trump's dramatic exit from the global pact on change, using the straw man that what happens in pittsburgh stays in pittsburgh. >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. so we're getting out. >> the new u.n. report reinforces how the looming climate crisis doesn't know the difference between pittsburgh and paris, or frankfurt and florida. the oceans will be rising and wiping us out no matter what language we speak or country we live in wide receiver we see the trump administration's epa making it easier for corporations to emit fossil fuels and evade rules for clean power, while energy companies have plowed over $10 million in gop races including coal corporations. the u.n. report says it's especially to blame for the new surges in the earth's heat. let's be clear. it is hard sometimes to keep track of the science of how the earth is getting warmer, the detai

scott pruitt, he fired in his cabinet, four basically, being a swamp creature. i didn't do that. did the that. right? >> unforced errors. >> and provide analysis of a conservative electorate. >> i get it. get that, but the thing is -- >> and barack obama has never, ever done anything wrong. >> and i guess -- >> can i say the last point. maybe -- the republicans in congress don't care. democrats don't care. all they care about is power. as long as -- ooh, in the light. as long as donald trump has the reins of power and republicans are in charge, this is -- >> just want to read a tweet. from the "washington post." statement from the new york state taxation authority regarding the blockbuster. the tax department is reviewing the allegations of the "new york times" article and vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation. quote/unquote. one of the questions. whether or not you think the irs, which, of course, a division of the executive branch, and administration, will do anything in state divisions on this, and there might be an investigation. >> of course. guess wha

scott pruitt. this is that same agenda. in 2016 when i was reporting the book, vice president pants came to the meeting that i was at. basically to reassure her that trump was one of them. i think that walker's failure signifies that there may be is a hunger for more popular investment. he was not attacking the safety net during the campaign event. this unusual narrow victory. also over the republican field. >> we will get to those as well. right now we will turn it over to book tv. >> if you are watching us on book tv and have a question for dan kaufman about all of wisconsin, the numbers numbers are on the screen. you can dial in now. for those of you in the east and central time zone (202)748-8021. if you are in the mountain and pacific time zone and like and have a question, you are more than free to come up to the microphone. dan kaufman, this is a state that has elected both baldwin and scott walker at the same time. what does that tell you? >> also elected mccarthy twice. >> there you go. >> it has always been, to sa

just thinking about your paper's coverage of scott pruitt. he's gone but no one has gone back and looked at his conduct. tactical pants and a phone booth and what else. where do you see some of the leads opened by investigative journalism going if democrats take over control of the house or senate? >> not only subpoena power again, maybe that's complied with, maybe it isn't, but the thing to look at is how the republicans used it during the obama years. it gave them leverage to drive forward on issues and stories and really gave them something to grab onto. now you'll have investigative journalism, a party that's interested in getting to the bottom of this and scoring political points, and it's going to be a big deal whether the trump white house is going to comply or not. it's going to be something they'll have to contend with every day. >> phil rucker, you brought it to where it will be if this comes to pass and that's the pr. we have an example of what investigations do to this president. they trigger him. he wakes up and goes to bed tweet

. >> reporter: so you had no one-on-one meetings with scott pruitt and no one-on-one meetings with mrne. >> reporter: she said this was launched after the flint water crisis stalled, with one company brought in by the new administration telling her anything brought in with regulations wouldn't fly. >> my sense is the government has absolutely no intention of taking any actions towards seriously changing lead in children's environment. >> reporter: what does that mean for the kids? >> it basically means that our kids will continue to be poisoned. it basically means that kids are disposable. they don't matter. >> reporter: through it all, she says, she kept pushing until about three weeks ago, when an official came into her office. >> my boss, who is the deputy chief of staff, walked in and handed me a piece of paper and said, i'm putting you on administrative leave. and i almost fell off of my chair. i said, what's this about? and she wouldn't say. >> reporter: did you have any idea what was happening or why it was happening? >> none whatsoever. >> reporter: did you have any warning? >

it was championed by scott p pruitt. >>> people within half a mile of the underground gas line are urged to evacuate as a grass line is being harmed by a fire. this is 30 miles northeast of san francisco. chevron shouut it down. emergency officials said anyone who needs assistance to evacuate should call 911. >>> residents of mexico beach are returning home for the first time since the storm hit. they were only allowed to stay for a short time. most knew what they would encounter before they arrived. the scope of the devastation left them stumped. >> almost an unreal feeling. almost like you are in a dream. like it is not really real, but you know it is. >> the task force that led to the search for survivors has finished its job. the death toll climbs from michael is 32 in four states. >>> an arizona man rescued after being trapped in a mine shaft 100 feet deep since monday. 62-year-old john woodell went 42 hours without food or water. he was found by a friend when he failed to return home the next day. >> he called me monday and told me he was coming to the mine. we had a deal if he is

scott pruitt. this is that same agenda. in 2016 when i was reporting the book, vice president pants came to the meeting that i was at. basically to reassure her that trump was one of them. i think that walker's failure signifies that there may be is a hunger for more popular investment. he was not attacking the safety net during the campaign event. this unusual narrow victory. also over the republican field. >> we will get to those as well. right now we will turn it over to book tv. >> if you are watching us on book tv and have a question for dan kaufman about all of wisconsin, the numbers numbers are on the screen. you can dial in now. for those of you in the east and central time zone (202)748-8021. if you are in the mountain and pacific time zone and like and have a question, you are more than free to come up to the microphone. dan kaufman, this is a state that has elected both baldwin and scott walker at the same time. what does that tell you? >> also elected mccarthy twice. >> there you go. >> it has always been, to sa