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President biden is going to be there any minute. Dont go away. Stay with cnn to see what happens with this historic moment, thank you so much for joining inside politics. Cnn news central starts right now. President on the picket lines, standing with Striking Union workers and fighting for a key battleground state. Its a historic trip with potentially big consequences. The meltdown before the shutdown. House republicans one day closer to saturdays deadline and no closer to an agreement. Is the s...

Biggest impediment to ethica oversight on a scotus? >> shame on him. of course, thats a word i jus use but its worth using ove and over again with thes justices there is this culture of exceptionalism on the cour that we are somehow above th law. the reality is that he may hav some concerns about recusal an that may owe to our curren structure of the supreme court whether he is -- no one who could fill in first of all, we lived wit only eight justices for a long time now after mitch mcconnel ref...

Senior Additional Solicitor General Sarath Jayamanne, PC, retires from service on January 16 after 32 years as a prosecutor with the Attorney General’s Department. As a counsel, he figured in the prosecution of many landmark cases including the Hokandara murder, Katuneriya double murder, Tony Martin case, Kobeigane beauty queen case, Murder of High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya and Mirusivil massacre. Jayamanne also served as the Director-General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations o...

For close aids the washington post reporting despite telling fox he found out this week that is not true. pruitt is dealing with new problems. drafis is resigning it is unrelated the questions but at a time others are look to get out. new memo from an epa lawyer suggests he okayed the arrangement am where pruitt rented an apartment based on gift rules but did not have all the facts. third house republican called on pruitt to go. the new york law make are believes it is the best interest for mr. ...

>> i dont think that thats even remotely fair to ask that question. >> okay, so why did you then accept $50 a night to rent a condo from the wife of a washington lobbyist. >> lets talk about that. that has been reviewed by ethics officials here, they said its market rate. >> youre wenting irenting it wife of a lobbyist. >> who has no business before this agency. >> thats kind of a sweetheart deal -- >> no, its not. >> the epas top ethics official clarified his initial signoff saying he lacked so...

If this is successful, i think its going to put some fear in a lot of politicians. >> and this is why you have gift rules. >> right. >> and virginia doesnt have very tough gift rules and theyre trying to tighten it up now. i suspect it will be easier to tighten up the gift rules. but this is why they exist for politicians, because people do try to buy access. >> john, lets move on to the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. got himself into some hot water with conservatives in new york when he sa...

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Bill shultz. in hawaii he is a choking hazard. and he is damn smart for a bleeding heart. next to me is john devore. if he were a trashcan people would bang him in my driveway. and good to see you pinchy. >> check out the science section with the front page story on sexual addiction. thanks for allowing us to report on a fake disease, tiger woods. just being a man, greg. >> i know. >> im not. >> go uh away. it looks like charlie went too far-ly and so wrangle is in a tangle. in a report releas...

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