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Associated press reporting. a lawyer for epa has written to peer to say that the task force had no agenda for its meetings. kept no minutes and used no reference materials. plan for cleaning up toxic sized was i mack u laterally conceive ed. no minutes, no notes, no drafts. thats how things are being run at the epa right now. the oklahoma banker who just got banned for life from banking is in charge of coming up with the way were going to clean up toxic pollution in this country. he says his 107...

Straight ahead in the "newsroom" and it all starts right now. hello, again, everyone, thank you for being with me this saturday. im fredricka whitfield. as americans crowd the stores and malls for down to the wire holiday shopping, president trumps christmas vacation is already under way in florida. today is the 36th day he has spent as president at his mar-a-lago resort and the 107th day at one of his properties. trump is celebrating what he calls an early christmas gift to americans after si...

It is the 11:00 eastern hour. im fredricka whitfield. "newsroom" starts right now. all right, with the crush of holiday travel and americans crowding stores and malls for this down to the wire christmas shopping, president trumps christmas vacation in florida already under way. today is the 36th day that he has spent as president at his mar-a-lago resort, and the 107th day at one of his properties. all while trump celebrates his signing of what he calls an early christmas gift to americans, that...

Day visiting one of the properties -- this property, rather, before taking office. tom foreman has the torstory. >> reporter: once every three days at how often president trump has stopped by his resort before taking office from hawaii to the east coast. this holiday weekend, the getaway spot is south florida where a cheering crowd greeted him on his way to the mar-a-lago club just hours after he signed the republican tax bill. >> and i consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a b...

They asked for research materials, agendas from the meetings. minutes from their meetings, any notes, any drafts of the report. routine stuff to fine out how detailed government recommendations came to exist. the epa did not respond with any materials. after that foia request was filed. and this week almost six months later they did not get the documents they were looking for but they did get a response from the epa. and its amazing. associated press reporting, quote, a lawyer for epa has writte...

Six months later they did not get the documents they were looking for but they did get a response from the epa. and its amazing. associated press reporting, quote, a lawyer for epa has written to peer to say that the task force had no agenda for its meetings, kept no minutes and used no reference materials. pruetts plan for cleaning up toxic sites immaculately conceived without the usual trappings says the executive director of peer. no minutes, no meeting agendas, no drafts. thats how things ar...

And the first lady, tech kets are now $600 for members and $750 for guests. that is a price hike from last year. a fact the critics argue helps him boost the bottom line at the trump organization and trump has spent 107 days of his presidency at one of his properties. my panel is back with me to discuss. david, does this raise any conflict of interest concerns for you? >> the president is spending a lot of time at his properties and the line is blurred between him conducting official government ...

Beginning of next year. so, you know, things could change. we saw that twice with healthcare. sure looks like a done deal at this point. >> shepard: its interesting how they can say one thing and then the truth seems to be something else. in this case, over the period of this law, if you use all of the calculations that are available for public consumption, nonpartisan in washington, by the time its complete, middle class people pay more and the rich get all the benefits. >> yeah, theres a lot -...

In the audience. that usually gets a lot of cheers. >> tell us something about the rockettes that people dont know. >> in the click climb, we dont actually touch each other. so we have thelution that were touching each other. when were hooked up. we have imagine kicking, we do up to 300 kicks a year. ainsley: hold your what? >> your core. >> what is that? [laughter] pete: and you have to be in good shape. how many performances total will you do over the christmas season? >> we do about 100. 10. ...

Election, federal health care issues the number one issue at the elections. the number one exit poll issued was the federal health care, and people are not happy because the obamacare premiums are going up 40%, and no one knew on that. in hindsight you can see that. >> shannon: thats an interesting thing because so many of the hikes and requirements that were built into obamacare came as he was leaving, or he would have never has to face reelection, so there are no surprises all the time. >> if ...