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Speculation over bringing his wife along for a trip to europe as well as reports of emerging distance between him and his senior staff. theres also ben carson who was caught up in an ethics mat we are the purchase of a very expensive, $31,000 dining set to redecorate the housing and urban development. i think that more importantly, with respect to all this, the president put in place people who did not have the relevant experience for a lot of these positions. he also assembled one of the wealth...

Denied the carsons had any involvement in this selection of this dining set. i want to read a quote. this spokesman told me, quote, they had zero awareness of this purchase being made. and for carsons part, he put out a statement and painted a picture of more of a limited involvement. he said he briefly looked at catalogs of the dining furniture and his wife also briefly looked at catalogs to make sure the color matched the other decor but again, the e-mails paint a different picture. they weren...

Ryan zince over travel. e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt over pricey hotels and first class air fair. ben carson over the $31,000 dining set. betsy devos for a poor performance on 60 minutes. jeff sessions over the russia investigation and chief of staff john kelly for exerting too much control over the west wing. the president, aides say, is disturbed by house his team has become a punch line. >> ill scared. >> its okay. youre going to make a great surgeon general of the until no. i run the de...

Questions about russia. this is her lane. this is education and she was being asked about schools in michigan. >> its the competency level for a number of these controversial nominees is just appalling. people watch these things from home and say who is running these different departments? there have been scandals in almost every one. we had ben carsons expense of dining set table. you have to wonder whether he was supposed to drain the swam many but it doesnt seem like anything is being run wit...

$31,000 dining set. steve and louise taking trips on with government planes. accepting tickets to wimbledon. now you have the interior secretary ryan zinke spent $139,000 on books in his office. what do you make of this behavior? >> on his doors. i dont know where the word books came from. but that would be a lot on books as well. >> don, they would have to be very rare books. >> my book. >> and they must be rare doors for $139,000. thanks for having me back. and look, i served in government as ...

These first four, all of them are still in the cabinet which is somewhat remarkable. you mentioned zinke. $139,000 on doors. important to note the interior department says he didnt know about it. lets start to his left, insp t inspector general report showed mismanagement at the veterans administration. plus dont forget last year he used taxpayer dollars to go to europe, his wife went with him and his chief of staff doctors an e-mail trying to cover it up. ben carson, $31,000 dining set purchase...

Thank you, jack. pree appreciate it. when we come back, the interior department spending $140,000 on doors for secretary zinkes office. thats a lot more than $31,000 for ben carsons dining set. your friend @just_marea. you like her. shes really good at social media. she buys stocks in companies that "stand for something." you like her. shes always up on the latest trends. she got in early on the whole goat yoga thing. and her sunsets are always #nofilter. you like her. but youd like her better...

One of donald trumps major campaign promises was that he would drain the swamp in washington. he might want to the start with his cabinet secretaries. some face questions about what they are doing with your tax dollars. i want to talk about this now with ambassador norm eisen, a cnn contribute era former white house ethics czar. and former congressman from florida, david jolly. good to see you both this evening. >> norm, ben carson and his $31,000 dining set. steve and louise taking trips on wit...

Clear that kelly admonishes constantly and hes not the only one, do you get the sense that those closest to the president are starting to get nervous about this investigation? >> i think if she havent, they certainly should be. the drive is going to be on going. they made a lot of mistakes so far. >> thank you, john. thank you, jack. appreciate it. >> you bet. >> when we come back, the interior department is spending nearly $140,000 on doors for secretary zinkes office. that is more than the $13...

Administrator, scott pruitt, attorney general jeff sessions, education secretary betsy devos, all under fire for various reasons. cnn politics writer wanda summers here to discuss. lets tick through the scandals. ben carson comes to mind for more than one reason. >> there are a couple of different things there. the first of which as we reported yesterday, ben carson considering moving -- removing a phrase from his agencys mission statement, removing the phrase, free from discrimination or is con...