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Epa scott pruitt still in his job, but he lost a pair of top staffers today. he lost his executive scheduler and a top lawyer. they both turned in their papers. goodbye scott pruitt. we got the news of these top staffers resignations today, the day after news broke that scott pruitt had directed yet another senior epa staffer to ask the chik-fil-a corporation for help getting his wife a chik-fil-a franchise. by way of illustrating life at this government agency right now, i want to show you the ...

And for a coastal island like this, could be a lot of flooding. so theyre preparing by people are boarding up their homes and shuttering their buildings. theyre also stocking up on supplies at grocery stores. and weve seen long lines of people lining up to get water from big water trucks filling up five-gallon containers of water. because if that storm hits like they expect, thats going to bring downed power lines, and it could mean massive flooding in the area. so while the south is going to ge...

Grover nor quist, remember him? i have a new article about him on the atlantic.com, and his theory is that the 10 million vapors in this country rose up and voted republican. >> who are vapors? >> people who smoke electronic cigarettes instead of regular cigarettes. >> they voted which way? >> they voted republican because they want to get the government off their backs because the obama administration was going to regulate e-cigarettes. senator ron johnson of wisconsin, where trump was today, h...

. >> politicians and the pundits could be asking the same. what is the end game. what is this man trying to do with the crisis in ukraine. they offer this as a possibility. high calls his piece the putin improv act. this article is from atlantic.com. what if like the soviets in 1979 he is talking specifically about afghanistan, putin is winging it. the associate professor of political science and the college, welcome and great to have you on. >> its new pleasure to be here. >> do you think vladi...

Limelight. and so hes trying to serve in quieter ways and doing things like hosting golf tournaments for wounded warriors and things like that and has taken himself off the stage primarily. >> shameless plugs. molly, you first. >> my own piece leading the atlantic.com right now about the fall of the heritage foundation and the death of republican ideas. >> oh. >> everybody go read that. >> youre going to plug her thing. >> todays center for american progress is releasing a report looking at wome...

People are in favor of gay marriage, marijuana legalization, live and let live tolerance and thats a libertarian position as well. >> you keep talking like that and sam stein may jump parties. >> whoa. >> molly, thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it. mollys piece is on-line at the atlantic.com. al hunt, thank you so much. i forgive you for your bitter and angriness. the next time the braves come to town you may be able to take a couple. >> i doubt it. >> thanks a lot. still ahead on "morni...

>> they faded away. >> 50 years ago medgar evers was assassinated, his wife had a lifelong dream of singing at carnegie hall. next month her dream comes true. >> good one. hes raising the bar. >> a shout out to all of my fellow howard university graduates, founders library needs you. we need money. howard university, the mecca. >> my colleague has an amazing piece on our website the atlantic.com last week the obama tech team. some crazy pictures if you like ear plugs and mustaches. but also just...

Mississippi, 3.01, alabama in third cheap eats 3.06 a gallon. the priciest and usually so is hawaii. gas averages 4.18. alaska prices in at 4.01 now. california right hind at 3.91. now to the summer spoiler, the atlantic.com calls washington, d.c. the absolute worst city in the country in the summer, citing sprawling plazas and endless city blocks offering little shelter from intense heat. new york city is called the summers smelliest thanks to overflowing trash containers which grow even smel...

States, where ohio and pennsylvania where the unemployment rate is a little lower and the president touched on themes which he thinks would appeal to the voters, my add anyone straigs helped bail out the auto industry. these are heavily unionized area. these are people who came out, strong democratic areas, for him, and so thats what this bus tour was for. you saw him spending a lot of time stopping at restaurants, at bakeries buying cookies, spending time with ordinary folks, trying to appeal t...

Candidates saying if president obama is reelected, you know, iran basically is going to destroy the united states. this is the president who is responsible for the demise of osama bin laden and all the things we are seeing. how can you argue hes weak on foreign policy. >> its telegraphing to israel. >> it used to be henry kissinger that it it has no foreign policy, only domestic politics. thats increasingly true. >> i have to go to shameless plugs. michelle, you go first. >> march 14th look for ...