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Including a $1,600 first class ticket from d.c. to new york. six times the price of coach. and more than $36,000 for a military jet from cincinnati to new york, so pruitt could catch a $7,000 flight to rome, where he and his team took in the sights before official meetings, visiting the vatican and sampling the local delicacies. just a few weeks ago, another first class international trip, this time, to morocco. all on the taxpayers dime. pruitt is now under investigation, just the latest in a s...

>> laura: dumb? i dont think so. he is telling the stories that people want to hear. personalizing, sterile statistics, charts and graphs. real antidotes and though, you know, i have got to say thinking about dumb, i would feel pretty dumb if i had been one of those g.o.p. donors snickered into writing a million-dollar check into jeb bushs super pac. put down a payment on a house in georgetown because i was sure hillary clinton would win and i would be working in her administration there is a br...

>> laura: dumb? i dont think so. he is telling the stories that people want to hear. personalizing, sterile statistics, charts and graphs. real antidotes and though, you know, i have got to say thinking about dumb, i would feel pretty dumb if i had been one of those g.o.p. donors snickered into writing a million-dollar check into jeb bushs super pac. put down a payment on a house in georgetown because i was sure hillary clinton would win and i would be working in her administration there is a br...

All over this country to work now on follow through. this is an epidemic that is a crisis. >> right. but you talk about being concerned about that follow through. what are you going to do? what can you do to make sure that that actually happens? that this isnt just more talk from d.c.? >> well, first we need to put all of the pressure we can on congress to make sure they expand health care coverage. >> what does that pressure look like? what does that mean youre going to do? >> well, im going to...

His body was left out for 48 hours before anybody could go back and get it. how does a man get left behind? this is the big question that the military has to answer now. the president talked about it being tough on him. well, you know, it is tough on the families. sergeant la david johnson, 25 years old. leaves behind a young widow, two children acres third on the way. this young man, we now know he worked at walmart at the produce counter, before he found the u.s. army and found his career and ...

Necessary. this is not a necessary war thats coming up here. this is not a necessary conflict. this doesnt have to happen. unless somebody wants to diffuse a crisis. one thing i learned working with richard holbrooke is, get the killing stopped and dont let it start again. if this goes into war, the consequences are unpredictable. why do this? the best way to stop that movement is to stop the name calling and personalizing of this. >> well leave it there. i wish we had more time. enjoy the weeke...

What i said then was, you know, the president, mr. trump is at his best when hes talking about the issues. and i continue to say that. and i think thats something that hes aware of that everybody he works with is aware of. i think that because hes -- no, look. we have these many examples of how, look, hes -- he takes -- we know, he takes a tough and confrontational style. the mood in the country at the time that he ran was one of frustration and anger that was justified about policy is. im not t...

That hes aware of that everybody he works with is aware of. i think that because hes -- no, look. we have these many examples of how, look, hes -- he takes -- we know, he takes a tough and confrontational style. the mood in the country at the time that he ran was one of frustration and anger that was justified about policy is. im not talking about personalizing, im talking about policy. im talking about people who thought that government had betrayed them in a lot of ways, including president ob...

Criminals were amongst us. we are americans fighting for you. we are americans fighting that none of this happens to any other american and it shouldnt. and i think everyone of us needs to really do a check on your conscience if your fellow american doesnt mean as much to you as an illegal criminal does. because the legislation is not about a political party. its about the safety of an -- safety of america. we have to forget about partisan politics and vote whats best for every american citizen ...

Black men repeatedly sent protesters into the streets. it was the killing of trayvon martin by a neighborhood, that prompted an unusual response by the president. >> when trayvon martin was first shot, i said this could have been my son. >> they thought by personalizing it in those terms it would help people have a better understanding of what its like for young african-american men. >> reporter: also striking a powerful chord after the june killing of 19 worshippers at a historic black church i...