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#draintheswamp. pruitt here totally fine. whats this really about? is it about loyalty to trump? >> i think there are two things going on. one, pruitt has been effective when it comes to stripping and dismantling regulations which is what trump and republicans want from an epa administrator. hes been doing the job that makes republican donors and oil executives happy. the other thing here that i -- i think we have to talk about is that pruitt could potentially solve a big problem for trump if tr...

Scandal-plagued epa administrator scott pruitt urged the president this spring to fire sessions. he had a bright idea about who could replace him, scott pruitt. kaitlan collins joins us with what she learned. kaitlan, you broke this story. whats going on here with this somewhat odd suggestion by scott pruitt? >> a stunning turn of events, john. and now were learning more about why it was the president over the last few months has been floating the idea to his aides and advisers about replacing s...

Floated this idea to outside advisers n aides of replacing sessions with pruitt. many wondered where that idea was coming from. it came from the epa administrator himself during that oval office meet with the president where he suggested this proposal. this is a time when the presidents frustration with jeff sessions is at an all-time high this spring. he suggested getting rid of sessions. hed take over the department of justice for the 210 days or so youd be allowed to do so under the vacancies...

Pruitt. here now to join us is norm eisen if it is great to have you with us. happy birthday america. they say that skrothd pruitt says that hey, you should fire jeff sessions, slide me into that position, you questioned if it would even be legal. >> thanks for having me back. back in march when we first got a whiff this might be going on, i wrote and explained there is the vacancies reform act that lets you replace someone that dies or quits with someone else who has already been confirmed by t...

Welcome back. cnn is learning more about, lets just call it an interesting proposal from the epa administrator scott pruitt. this delivered directly to president trump. in an oval office conversation with trump, pruitt offered to temporarily replace attorney general jeff sessions for the 210 days allowed under the vacancies reform act telling the president hed return to oklahoma afterward to run for office. reminder, if youve not been following the news, pruitt is facing at least 14 federal ethi...

Of those 2,047 children with their family. a lawyer that we work with here that knows a lot of the immigrants who are detained in texas, she, her firm, and several volunteers that have come in to help represent some 210 parents of separated families, today they got word detention officers or deportation officers at i.c.e. are working on the 4th of july. they got word that nine of their clients have now been issued bond. it sounds small. this is huge for these people. it is the first time -- they...

Is under fire and tells me that pruitt feels very confident in his standing with the president. you talked to conservatives on the outside a lot of them, i would venture to say, most of them still support scott pruitt and they want him in the job talking to the president, they urge him to keep him there and pruitt is confident. asking the president for favors. and the president is listening. hes not gone yet which goes to show that hes more angry with jeff sessions over one mistake in his mind t...

Touting what scott brings to the table. >> what we call a non denial denial. and you know, remember, even if scott pruitt became the attorney general for 210 days, what would the republicans in congress do? nothing. you know, poor old jeff flake come out and say this is terrible and the rest of them clear their throats but this is donald trumps party. he can do anything. and the republicans in congress will not protest. jeff flake not running for re-election. bob corker not running for re-electi...

They made a huge mistake there. why not talk about it. if youre not guilty -- >> it doesnt make any sense. >> i think something funny reported in the story -- >> in that roger stone said to the gentleman that we all know mr. trump doesnt pay for nij. cmon. thats true. why is he putting it out now? i think this is the tip of the iceberg. there are going to be more contacts. i have information on your opponent, im going to say okay, im going to pick up the phone and call the fbi. that would be p...

These things are insurance. we have been insuring the stability of korean peninsula since 1954 when the cease fire went into effect. if end that yarks thats great. ill never take that away from anybody, but right now the president has to understand that what hes done is he has disarmed us. and if these exercises actually do stop, we will immediately degrade our ability to defend all of our interest in asia, not just the korean peninsula. >> malcolm, thank you for your analysis. we have much more...