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I know sons, fathers, grandfathers. i see a guy i look like someone who looks familiar. from 20 years ago and i go is your father -- your father tom smith he ever here? he goes, oh yeah, he was here 25 years ago. i go, i know them. >> and they just keep coming back and back and back. >> i wonder how that affects you. >> you cant let it. >> why? >> its sad. its sad and its draining. >> you think about what chance do they have if their father was in jail, their grandfather was in jail, you know, t...

Still aahead, how could you drain the swamp when you havent hired anybody to do the draining. >> u.s. stocks hitting another record high. dow up 113 points, goldman sachs an boeing had a strong showing and the s&p gaining 14 and the nasdaq rising by 50 points. u.s. trade deficit shank to over $42 billion as exports rose and imports fell. the trade gap is up 9% so far this year. according to the congress department. netflix shares at an all-time high as they hike prices. the standard service is n...

Official government purposes, or is it more from president trumps perspective about his failure to produce on obamacare? >> well, i think theres, first, no doubt that the president campaigned on so-called draining the swamp, and theres something a little swampy about using a lot of taxpayer funds more these private flights and military jets. but theres no doubt that there is also simmering anger from the president about the failure of congress, his administration and his white house to repeal ob...

He has kept others on board because they had a had performance in their underlying jobs. they had a record of accomplishment to fall back on within the administration. but tom price was probably already on the bubble when this private jet situation came to light. >> but, jeff, relative to the draining the swamp thick and drooift charter travel, its not just price. theres also steve mnuchin, and constitute pruitt and ryan zinke. all said commercial flights wouldnt suffice for what they had to do....

Charter flights are only subject to approval biy hhs lawyers. since the inauguration the white house has authorized 77 government flights for cabinet officials. when you compare that to 2009, it was 94 flights. you do the math. the obama administration approved 17 more of these than the trump administration. >> meantime were learning tensions are running high at the department of health and human services, sources tell cnn theres a witch hunt for leakers. people hiring lawyers at their own expen...

>> well, i dont want to say. but well be announcing something today. well be announcing something today. >> and, jake, just as soon as we said that, we do indeed have breaking news that the secretary tom price has indeed resigned. just as we were told it would happen, that he would resign, im told the president is prepared, of course, to accept this resignation here. this again as we heard was about optics. was about the whole idea of draining the swamp, saving taxpayer money simply was not done...

Previous administrations have had secretaries that flew an awful lot. >> lets talk to cnns senior economic adviser, steven moore, who also advised the trump campaign and cnn global economic analyst rana feruhar, business associate and editor for "the financial times." welcome to you. and steven moore, i mean, just honing in on secretary price, you know, he says he will, his word, "absolutely stay on" as health secretary. should he be fired for this? >> no, he shouldnt be fired for this, but he m...

And he flew commercial. >> hold on, around the world, by around the world she means washington, d.c. to philadelphia. >> yeah, exactly. this, though, things like that with the trump administration being so above all ethical considerations, the corruption that starts at the top of the oval office and clearly has the triple-down effect to other people in prominent positions in the administration, i do feel that over time, that is really going to chip away at the narrative of draining the swamp. be...

Flight that were -- remember -- chartered for him. so drew, is 51 grand a enough here or should he be paying back the full million? >> i mean, 51 grand is a great deal for $900,000 worth of flying. id love to pay that percent of my airplane ticket when i fly. he didnt take just the one seat. he took the entire plane and the plane was full of his staff, his security detail. all that was flown for him. if were to really believe that hes apologetic in saying sorry for this and wanting to atone you ...

Into congress. >> you need some consistency. you need consistency in government. you need people who can get in and do what they are supposed to do. theyre not even fully staffed on the executive level and some of these important agencies. mnuchi mnuchin. price. maybe hes going to go. how many people can you fire around you before you end up with no one? this draining the swamp. >> hes restocking the swamp. >> if you shoot your own alligator, are you draining the swamp? >> he keeps restocking th...