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Charge. the president commuted her sentence a week after receiving a personal plea from kim kardashian. the president is said to be considering dozens of new pardons. lets get more from chris cuomo. hes here in washington. got some big sper views later tonight. lets talk about this. what do you make of the president? he seems to be wanting to do more and more of these pardons. >> the impetus seems obvious. on the political side, its that this is unchecked power. the president can do what he want...

On several cabinet members for their performance in last years hurricane season including epa administrator scott pruitt, whos under investigation for ethics violations. >> administrator scott pruitt, thank you scott very much. epa is doing really, really well. somebody has to say that about you a little bit, you know that, scott. >> reporter: one person not getting praised tonight? attorney general jeff sessions, who trump all but ignored. >> attorney general jeff sessions, thank you, jeff. >> ...

Second is capitalism. >> reporter: his father is a billionaire. they donate to super pacs that they say they could not be happier with scott pruitt running the epa into the ground. >> the epa obviously needs to go away. >> reporter: until it does, he and others hope the president will keep scott pruitt right where he is. he was excited about the b possibility of bringing a franchise to tulsa, oklahoma. meanwhile, two of pruitts close rest aides are leaving. one, the very staffer directed the try...

President. he says they havent spoken in weeks. say good job, lets work on this issue now that we know you care about it. he said no. i said why no? this is the problem. not some celebrity comes up and all of a sudden, hes found religion on this issue. we wanted to work with him on it and he didnt. im not going to do it because kim kardashian says so. thats where we are today. >> is he trying, the president as some of his critics are saying, sending a message to others right now? >> i think that...

But it makes it certainly far less likely that he had no idea whats happening here and michael cohen was acting you know l-- unilaterally. >> president trump just commuted the sentence of a whom whose case was argued in the oval office by kim kardashian. now were told hes considering dozens of new pardons. were joined by senior white house correspondent pamela brown. the president is on a clemency spree. >> reporter: thats right. typically presidents wait until the end of their term to grant par...