the epa the top nine regulations that impact manufacturing are all epa regulations. at the top of the list were the waters of the u.s. rule and the clean air act rule. administrator pruitt working to address these and other rules his commitment to revisit misguiding policies is growing our economy across the board. two prime examples of proposals to repeal the clean power plant and the waters rule. the prior administration wanted to pull coal out of business, 27 states challenged it because they saw what the epa was doing. on the right track and getting that rule off the books. as he undoes that rule i appreciate the administrators desire to hear from those who would be hurt the most. he already had a listening session in west virginia and i welcome them in wyoming in march. another key way that pruitt put environmental policy on the right track is the with drawl of the waters of the u.s. rule. the obama administration, would have given boundless authority to regulation what americans can do on their property. impacting farmers, ranchers, landowners and businesses. t

epa administrator industry. he is done so while making significant environmental progress. the american economy grew $2.4 million since president from selection. this job growth happen in critical industries like manufacturing, mining and when the department of commerce has manufactures the beginning of 2017 which federal government regulations generated the greatest burdens the answer was clear. the pa. the top nine identified regulation that impacted manufacturing are all epa regulations. at the top of the list at the waters of us rule in the clean air act role. administrator pruitt is working to address these and other epa rules. his commitment to revisit misguided policies is growing our economy, manufacturing, mining and across the board. two prime examples are repealing the waters of us rule. with regard to the clean powerplant, the prior administration wanted to put coal out of business. twenty-seven states challenge the clean powerplant because they saw what epa was doing. epa under pruitt leadership is

a the epa of letter, asking the epa to withdraw its proposed situ uraniumn recovery. about thisting thing rule is it is a rule that the obama administration proposed on january 19, 2017, one day before president obama left office. . since then, the nuclear regulatory commission has come out, our principal regulator on this activity. there is no health or safety justification for this rulemaking by the epa that came out one day before president obama left office. the nuclear regulatory commission went on to say that ofalmost 40 years operational experience, nuclear regulatory commission staff is aware of no documented instance situ uranium recovery, being the source of contamination of any nearby aqua for or a nonexempt portion of the same aquifer where they are being conducted? no documents. the wyoming -- wyoming produces more uranium than any other oure, it is vital for production in national security, and when can we decide that the epa will scrap this on this area regulation? >> i will get information very quickly and get it back to your office. >> senator carper,

in the southeast, epa told local authorities that the reports were supposed to be submitted to epa, epa's water office. in the wake of that chaos, nppc and other agricultural groups in early 2009 filed lawsuits challenging epa, epa's 2008 rule. last april, d.c. circuit finally ruled in this case, throwing out agriculture exemption from the two reporting rules and forces tens of thousands of livestock farmers to figure out how to estimate and report their emissions. the latest industry estimate of the number of animal producers now subject to reporting requirements is over 200,000. while the pork industry is certainly prepared to comply once at peels court mandates take effect, it should be noted that epa, u.s. coast guard and state and local emergency response authorities have all gone on record saying not only is there no need for this information, but that its volume will create a major management challenge for them and that it will interfere with their other legitimate emergency functions. it is for this reason that nppc is supporting a legislative fix to address the requirements and w

at the time, epa dropped the ball. the agency failed to provide any gardens to farmers on how to report emissions. they failed to provide guidance to agencies that receive those reports and as a result, chaos ensued. all producers had difficult reaching state and local emergency response authorities either because online was overwhelmed or they flat ran out of paper. those who did manage to get through and submit reports were met with disbelief and confusion, statements that is why are you submitting this to us? what are we supposed to do with this information? in illinois, farmers were s told there was no rule requiring reporting, that this was merely an internet hoax and in the southeast, epa told local authorities that the reports were supposed to be submitted to dpa's water office. in the wake of that chaos, and ppc and other agriculture groups in 2009 filed lawsuits challenging the epa's 2008 rule. last april, the dc circuit ruled in this case throwing out the agriculture exemption to reporting rules and forcing t

epa aerks water office. in the wake of that kay as, mmcc and other groups in early 2009 filed lawsuits challenging epa 2008 rule. last april, dc circuit finally ruled in the case throwing out exemption from the two reporting rules and forcing tens of thousands of live stock farmers to figure out how to estimate and report he emissions. latest industry estimate now subject to reporting requirements is over 200,000. while the pork industry is certainly prepared to comply with these rules once the appeal courts mandates take effect, it should be noted epa, u.s. coast guard and state and local emergency response authorities have all gone on record saying not only is there no need for this information, but that it's volume will create a major management challenge for them and that it will interfere with other legitimate emergency functions. it is for this reason that mmpc is supporting a legislative fix to address the requirements in cirque la and if possible ep kra and we urge members of this committee to do lik

and washington, d.c., called the epa. the president, on five or 28, early in his time -- february 28, early in his time, in the roosevelt room, he signed an executive order instructing me, scott, go fix that. go take care of this waters issue. that is what we are doing. no longer a puddle, a dry creek bread -- bed, will be called a water of the united states. [applause] mr. pruitt: make no mistake about it, it is not about water quality. it is not about that. it truly is about power, jurisdiction, and oversight. 1972ou imagine congress in if they wrote out that law ,alled the clean water act looking at that definition and say, if we adopt this law we wanted to be interpreted to include age right creek bed, puddle, or drainage ditch, answer would be, no way. justice scalia, alternate opinion, we are going to be inspired by him as we make a decision on the definition. that definition is coming this year. the president has shown tremendous courage. >> before we get to an overview of what you have accomplished at epa, i want

we are focused on the same thing at the epa. what can we do to improve air quality, water quality, led remediation. let's do so consistent with our authority. let's get back to the basics. i believe that as we do that it is going to produce great results, but also the economy is going to grow. you have been told, i have been told the last eight years that we had to choose between jobs and protecting the environment. that is a false choice. we have never done that as a country. pollutantsthose air that we regulated in the clean air act, we have reduce those air pollutants by 65%. [applause] as we have done that we have also grown our gdp. we has a country have always believed that we can be about job growth, job creation, stewardship, and taking care of the environment. we can do that collectively. it is a false choice to say we must choose between the two. that is what we need to adopt as a country and recognize that we have that obligation as we go forward. the president is leading us towards that in a great way. >> we teased a

we ended the practice of the epa. i entered a directive last year of sue and settle it was over and regulation litigation is over and won't do it right away and respect the process. judge jeanine: superfund site. when i was the da use to process hazardous waste crimes and these are all these superfund sites and as i understand it clinton and obama and everyone else these environment of heroes did nothing about them. >> present talk tonight about getting results and when you look at the superfund sites, janine, st. louis missouri, houston, texas we have 1340 sites across country and some of those sites have been listed 30 or 40 years. just this past year and as we head into this next year we will have 30 plus a site off the list that has not been done before. we are getting results in areas cleaned up an account ability to make sure that we take care of the citizens concerns in those areas and were getting results the president has promised. judge jeanine: i must tell you the work you do -- i don't know it is heralded

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 from pyeongchang again tonight. >> reporter: gold was okay, but 17-year-old snowboarder chloe kim had her sights on history. before her final run, she'd mathematically clinched gold but in that third run, she became the first woman ever to land back-to-back 1080s in the olympics. afterwards, the california teen said she was, quote, stoked. >> i'd hate to go home with the god

epa chief scott pruitt is next. gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea can start in the colon and may be signs of an imbalance of good bacteria. only phillips' colon health has this unique combination of probiotics. it provides four-in-one symptom defense. it's your daily probiotic. what maheart-healthyle salad the california walnuts.ver? the best simple veggie dish ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org. judge jeanine: my next guest is so much more. an exclusive interview epa scott pruitt, thank you so much for being with us tonight. i must tell you the president at the back has so probably said that we have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal and are minors have been mistreated but they are not being mistreated anymore. we talked about the deregulatory efforts and you have been a big part of this and how all of this is spurring on the economy. lotta people don't know what the epa chief administe

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, getting answers tonight. >>> next this evening, president trump suffering another legal setback in the battle over the dreamers. a second federal judge now in new york today 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 possibly push back the deadline to end daca. right now, that deadline set for march 5th. >>> now, to the winter games tonight. the 17-year-old american snowboarder winning gold. she tweeted about ice cream before her run. and why her dad is suddenly a star, too. abc's matt gutman from pyeongchang again tonight. >> reporter: gold was okay, but 17-year-old snowboarder chloe kim had her sights on history. before her final run, she'd mathematically clinched gold, but in that third run, she became the first woman ever to land back-to-back 1080s in the olympics. after

the beginning when we filed an amicus brief for massachusetts versus epa. we have continued to submit additional briefs and comments each time this issue has come up. i encourage each of the mayors and leaders and business leaders in this room to weigh in on these important issues with comments of your own. now, there's a lot of uncertainty about federal policy in the future, but one thing we know we can do is create real change at our level, at the city level across the united states, and that's why i'm excited where we're having this meeting here today with all of the various important committees from the u.s. conference of mayors that touch climate change. i'm excited about the past, current and future leadership of this organization. thank you. >> thank you, mayor. let's hold questions until we hear from all three speakers. mayor jon mitchell leads america's first energy capital new bedford. it was whale oil originally. >> i'm not suggesting we go back to whaling. let's just get that out of the way. >> it's renewable. he chairs our energy committee and

>> 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

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

caller: it needs to change the epa, put money into the epa, back into science. environmentying our , destroying the science we have to believe. we need the infrastructure within the science to know what is going on with our climate change. 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,

use the reductions in our proposal to the epa. they will still be the president's priorities as we seek to spend the money consistently with our priorities, not the priorities that were reflected by the democrats in congress. >>chris: in this new budget you putting out tomorrow, would you allocate some of the money that will go to dhs, as a down payment on president trump's border wall? >> last in the 2018 budget we asked for money for the wall. $1.6 billion. we are asking for about $3 billion this year for the wall. but we are also putting in a contingency, what we call this pivot. as we put it off of the old budget onto the new to reflect the spending priorities before the spending bill that just passed. is money to build the whole wall assuming that daca gets done. we are assuming in our 2018 proposal that a daca deal is done and the border wall is funded. >>chris: is that $20 billion? >> it's 25. half this year and i think half next year. >>chris: the stock market i don't have to tell you have been going crazy over the last 10

know about this but it used to be in the obama ministration and clinical ministration would sue the epa and they wouldn't settle and give you money and you've got all of these cases from the clinton term all the way to the obama turn when they settled they gave money away. >> what this represents is regulation to litigation. we are required when we do for making to publish those rules and take comments from people across the country and do it in an open and transparent way but what happened with these agents historically is they get sued by these third parties and go into the courtroom, cut a deal in the courtroom, enter a consent decree and go across the country and do what this consent decree does. sue and settle. judge jeanine: what that means is basically our taxpayer

under obama epa chief gina mccarthy flew coach. former agency staffers told politico. even on long trips to africa and asia. but pruitt says he needs first class because of unpleasant interactions with passengers and the epa security office says they advised it telling politico "we felt that based on the recommendation from the team leader it would be better suited to have him in business or first class-a way from close proximity from those individuals who were approaching him and being extremely rude using profanities and potential for altercations and so forth." what might be an example of that? accord k to the security office an individual who approached pruitt at an airport yelling "scott pruitt, you're f-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

today we learned about the epa administrator scott pruitt. let's have a listen to that interview. >> i think he's an empty vessel when it comes to things like the constitution and rule of law. and i'm very concerned that perhaps in the white house that there may be a very blunt instrument as the voice of the constitution. >> goodness gracious where we are with all these legal questions. we know that his boss watches some cable television. when he finds out about this, is scott pruitt -- are his days numbers? >> could be. 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. >> ju

needs to completely change the epa, put it into the epa and back into science. we are destroying our environment and they are destroying the science. we have to believe in the science we need the infrastructure within the science to know what's going on with our climate change. host: do you want to talk about the scott pruitt thing? president 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 thin

>> i agree with you that the idea of removing so many people from the epa does not make sense. most americans believe in clean water and clean air. we have seen what happens when we do not have it just in terms of life expectancy. the fact that our air and water are cleaner, life expectancy is considerably higher. i think that it is important , whichese regulations help enforce clean air and clean water makes sense. there are things called externalities. you do something that makes the air dirtier, it does not hurt you necessarily, but it hurts tens of thousands and maybe millions of people. economists have always searched for a way that we can capture externalities. clean air andse, clean water are supposed to capture externalities. we democrats have endeavored in -- we will of 2017 be debating what is called the on the this -- to make sure there are not severe cuts to employees in the epa. is doingthink prewitt the country a service by eliminating the employees. >> should individuals who enlist in the military be guaranteed a certain accelerated path to citizenship? >> the br

a ticket paid for by the epa. that is not normal, not usually what the epa administrator does advertised in the ca cabinstized by jennifer aniston. pruett says he needs first class because of unpleasant interactions with passengers and the epa security office says they advised it telling politico we felt based on the recommendation of the team leader he would be better suited away from close individuals approaching him and being rude, using profanities and potential for altercations. what might be an example of that? 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

six times what the epa paid for his aides to sit in couch. pruitt is the first epa administrator to have a 4-hour security detail. he's taking other security details. a soundproof privacy booth to prevent eavesdropping on his conversation. >> lots of precautions taken there. >>> coming up next on morning joe, another community reeling after another deadly school shooting. a gunman opened fire leaving at least 17 people dead. what the gunman's possible motive may have been. >>> congressman jim himes join the conversation after this latest mass shooting, if congress will take any action. nope. don't we need to run? nope. it just explodes in a high pitched 'yeahhh.' yeahhh! try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. does your moisturizing romine does. an mvp? aveeno® skin relief. with oat oil and natural shea butter, it softens very dry skin and lasts for 24 hours. aveeno®. it's a game changer. hnew litter?lled this no. nobody has! it's unscented! (vo) new tidy cats free & clean unscented. powerful odor control with act

a ticket paid for by the epa. that is not normal, not usually what the epa administrator does advertised in the ca cabinstized by jennifer aniston. pruett says he needs first class because of unpleasant interactions with passengers and the epa security office says they advised it telling politico we felt based on the recommendation of the team leader he would be better suited away from close individuals approaching him and being rude, using profanities and potential for altercations. what might be an example of that? 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,

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>> i agree with you that the idea of removing so many people from the epa doesn't make sense. most americans believe in clean water and clean air, you've seen what happens when we don't have it and just in terms of life expectancy. the fact that our air is cleaner and water is cleaner, life expectancy is higher and that's the most important thing to most people. god's most precious gift to us is life itself, so i think that it's important that these regulations which help enforce clean air and clean water make sense. there are things called externalities. you do something that makes the air dirtier and makes the water dirtier, it doesn't hurt you necessarily but it hurts tens of thousands, millions of people and economists have always searched for a way that we can capture externalities and in a broad sense, clean air and clean water are supposed to capture some of those externalities and i think they are good things. we democrats have endeavored in the budget of 2017 which we passed and in this budget of 2018 where we will be debating was called an omnibus, the details of the

the epa will take public comments until april 26th. the local listening session is set to begin at 8:30 this morning at the san francisco main public library. supporters rally at 10:30 across the street at san francisco city hall. >>> the next presidential election is more than 2.5 years away. this morning, president trump has his 20 campaign chief in place. brad parscale is the president's long-time digital marketing strategist. during the 2016 campaign he played a key role in building support for mr. trump on facebook and twitter. >>> president trump's son-in- law jared kushner no locker has access to the nation's top secrets. the senior advise to earth white house had his security clearance downgraded on friday. kushner had been granted interim access to top secret information while the fbi completed his background check. that report was delayed after kushner had to refile his paperwork three times because of undisclosed contacts with foreign nationals. >> he is a valued member of the team and he will continue to do the important wo

i can tell you, suing the government, thele from government, over the epa, over tax cuts is not making new jersey more affordable. spending hundreds of millions of more dollars we don't have to provide free college tuition is not making new jersey more affordable. i would like to focus on alleviating the tax burden of some of the most taxed people in the country. all right. i am bill spadea. i will see you tomorrow night on "chasing news." >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11:00. >>> you ready for this jawn. >> got your plan, warm clothes the parade of champions tomorrow an event many have been waiting a lifetime to see we are happy to be able to spend this occasion with you 12 more hours and officials expect millions to come into the city to cheer on the eagles. so many more will most likely watch on tv or stream but don't just think you can wake up tomorrow morning and just head into town. mass transit passes and tickets are sold out. that goes for septa, patco and new jersey transit. parking restrictions are tight. you park in the wrong spot you'll get

and the epa administrator says he only flies first class because people in coach aren't nice to him. >> you've encountered near confrontations in coach. >> i don't want to get into the specs. >> when all in starts right now.

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 president has been clear multiple times through myself and with others in the administration that we condemn domestic violence in all forms. >> why has he not said it? >> i'm the spokesman for the white house. >> president trump defended rob porter but has not said anything about porter's ex wives, the women that physically and were verbally they say. the biggest problem lives in the residence at the white house

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.

the secretaries of health, treasury, interior the epa, and now veterans affairs. david shulkin, the latest to feel a heat over a trip to europe that included his wife and cost taxpayers $122,000 and that's your money. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, the department of veterans affairs secretary david shulkin under growing pressure, his chief of staff retiring. after accusations she doctored an e-mail to pay for shulkin's wife to travel on taxpayers' dollars. >> i do recognize the optics of this are not good. i accept responsibility for that. >> it's not the optics that are not good, it's the facts that are not good. >> reporter: shulkin's own department says his european trip cost more than $122,000. shulkin and his wife took the 11-day trip in july, three and half days were spent in official meetings, the rest of the time -- mostly sightseeing with stops at windsor castle and buckingham palace. the report says shulkin and his wife treated one va staffer as a personal travel concierge. wimbledon tickets. shulken's wife wrote in an e-mail. high t

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the secretaries of health, treasury, interior, the epa, and now veterans affairs. va chief david shulkin, the latest to feel a heat over a trip to europe that included his wife and cost taxpayers $122,000 and that's your money. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, the department of veterans affairs secretary david shulkin under growing pressure, his chief of staff retiring. after accusations she doctored an e-mail to pay for shulkin's wife to travel on taxpayers' dollars. >> i do recognize the optics of this are not good. i accept responsibility for that. >> it's not the optics that are not good, it's the facts that are not good. >> reporter: shulkin's own department says his european trip cost more than $122,000. shulkin and his wife took the 11-day trip in july, three and half days were spent in official meetings, the rest of the time -- mostly sightseeing with stops at windsor castle and buckingham palace. the report says shulkin and his wife treated one va staffer as a personal travel concierge. wimbledon tickets, shulken's wife wrote in an e-mai

senators portman and hatch were joined by heitkamp and manchin for serious reforms to the epa, but to enact reforms to the epa let alone reforms to substantive laws like the clear air act will require sustained legislative dialogue and bipartisanship. president trump's use of the bully pull pill make this long-term bipartisan dialogue more likely to succeed or less? president trump did not create our political divisions but he is exacerbating them through his singular use of the bully pulpit. where teddy roosevelt coined the phrase bully pulpit to describe his use of the white house as a pulpit for preaching his agenda, president trump's pronouncements are serving much different ends to much different effect. this is regrettable as a matter of constitutional principle, but it's also counterproductive as a matter of his administration's own agenda. the better approach is one exemplified by the president whose birthday we mark today. george washington stressed that, quote, the foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and principles of private morality and the precede e

you can find our call average .nline at www.c-span.org later will have remarks from epa director, and governors from across the country this weekend in washington dc as well, the thewill winter meeting of national governors association with discussions about jobs, the opioid crisis, and the future of agriculture and food availability. you can watch all that life at 10:00 a.m. eastern after washington journal. the president trump addressed the conference where he discussed a range of issues including cover sections on north korea, school safety and gun violence, immigration policy, take negotiations, and c-span is covering this conference again this week and our live coverage continuing tonight and tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. tomorrow our live coverage of cpac started at 12:40 p.m. eastern with omb director mick mulvaney discussing the second amendment. next will hear from president trump. ♪ [applause] pres. trump: thank you everybody. [applause] thank you very much. thank you matt for that great introduction and thank you for this big crowd. this is incredible. we have come

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 is in fact currently investigating pruit's very frequent trips to oklahoma that fueled speculation he plans to run for office there after the epa gig. 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. >> "all in" with chris hayes is brought to you by taltz th taltz. taltz is proven to help people with moderate th taltz. to severe psoriasis achieve completely clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. in fact, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. don't use if you're allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. taltz may i

and the epa administrator says he only flies first class because people in coach aren't nice to him. >> you've encountered near confrontations in coach. >> i don't want to get into the specs. >> when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. a day after 17 people were fatally shot at a high school in south florida, the president read remarks on a telepromptner which he did not mention gun a single time. the white house didn't hold a daily press briefering which meant reporters did not have a chance to ask questions about how else the president plans to address the shooting, about the statement this morning that appeared to place the blame for the shooting on the people in the community about the latest in a string of massacres that have taken place under the president's watch. reporters also lost the chance to ask about the truly astonishing number of scandals that are currently engulfing this administration. more than a week since the resignation of rob porter whose first wife says did he this to her face while they were married, don mcgahn and yawn ke

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

also tonight epa administrator scott pruitt and fox news channel host janeane pirro addressed the political action conference and we'll have live coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. they're 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 and the opioid crisis as well as a 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 from washington, d.c., on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay the harriet tubman underground visitor center and up next the grounds and exhibits to learn about the civil war spy, and suffragist harriet tubman. >> welcome to the 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 wes