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Four administrations of expanding commitment. the pentagon papers have touched off the deepest controversies, centering on whether the presidents and their men deceived the people. >> daniel ellsberg, an official who had served in the defense department, had access to these materials. hes the one who leaks this to the press. >> i was the lead reporter in the pentagon papers. ellsberg turned against the war, and he copied these papers with the hope that eventually they would be used to embarrass ...

The way, sounded a little defensive to me right there on this issue. i think he realizes that, you know, the beef is not materializing. i think this was always going to be the hard part, to get them to do something. theres been these reports, you know, that north korea is still engaged in a lot of the activities. when he says, well, i went to singapore, thats to show he didnt actually go to north korea. i just think theyre in for the same slog that at least two previous administrations have gone...

Administrations -- >> pete: republicans?ow >> they have acknowledged roe v. wade, and this judge is hell-bent on overturning roe v. wade, she should not be nominated. >> pete: you are making it a single issue, the first amendment, the second amendment. >> it is a big issue. a womans right to choose. >> pete: are you saying that it is not a legitimate policy decision to say that it could be decided at the state level? >> this judge, believe me, it is decisive, dont you believe that, carrie? can y...

Their side of the equation into the part they committed to in the past already. heather: that is happening a lot with the trumpet ministration trying to make people step up to the commitments previously made under other administrations but he seems to get the criticism. thank you for joining us, appreciate it, have a good weekend. the time is 18 after the top of the hour. facebook under fire for taking a met one of the countrys founding documents, the social media giants calling the declaration ...

230 hhs employees to help deal with this. the planning on the front end of this was not very good. >> pete: yeah. clearly, there is a backlog here that should have been anticipated at some level. zero tolerance policy has created unintended consequences in this case. we also see news reports in the last couple of days under the previous administration or other administrations where kids were handed back to mules unintentionally being trafficked because not enough protocols are in place. im at le...

That is capable of launching nuclear armed ballistic missiles. they believe its being built on the east coast. it was last saturday that leaked satellite images appeared to show the kim regime working to increase their production of enriched uranium and making improvements to three separate facilities. the national security advisers say nobody in the administration is naive. >> weve seen how the north koreans have behaved before. the president has been very clear. hes not going to make the mista...

Administrations that -- >> all right. thank you for joining me. >> for more on scott pruitts long list i am joined by former white house. kristen, i will start with you, it worked. it worked. >> thats very generous. i think that i was one of barrage of nails in this coffin that scott pruitt built himself. so much credit goes to investigative journalist. activist groups and

That required energy companies to provide information on methane emissions from their drilling operations and he withdrew a 1995 policy that imposed limits on nearly 200 pollutants from major industrial polluters, including arsenic, lead and mercury. scott pruitt defended the presidents decision to pull the united states out of the paris climate accord and the u.s. is now the only country that is not a party to the 2015 agreement. pruitt also had an impact on the agency itself. according to the ...

In washington, in europe as well, as well as leaders there, are saying, yes, china has manipulated trade rules through its intellectual property policies and other market access restrictions. however, what do you do about it? in prior administrations, i think that the action was, lets take china to the wto. the benefit of that is the u.s. usually wins, and we do when we sue china at the wto. the cost is that its slow. and so i think the trump administration rightly is saying, we need to do more ...

Because there most likely not the same kinds of headlines and ethic scandals. and so you are still talking about a person who is former industry lobbyist. i couldnted -- counted a list 30 some administrations he lobbied for. thats what they are questioning him leading the epa. >> less swampy scott pruitt. and sounds like this was a huge surprise over to the rank and file at epa. >> yeah, a couple of people i have spoken to or colleagues this did come as a surprise. that they were planning meetin...