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House, including chief of staff john kelly, who have urged and continue to urge president trump to fire scott pruitt. were being told that, you know, he is -- you know, the president is increasingly getting the message from people around him that mr. pruitt could be a liability for him in the midterms. but you know, weve seen time and time again that president trump very much supports the regulatory rollbacks that mr. pruitt is doing at the epa. >> shannon, the list on "the new york times" is co...

. now his former deputy chief of staff is speaking out. there is a third calendar, the bigger thing was, we would go on and do this trips aese trips an thing you know we would be asked to scrub things that would be troe controversi controversial. i saw where chief of staff ryan jackson had to give one of the staffers pull $600 bill out of his wallet to give to this young lady. >> for what? because she was charged and not getting reimbursed? >> it was hotel room inauguration is what the family ...

Wrong. >> there were low level, and other reports today, low level staffers, being asked to charge trips on their credit card and not being reimbursed. did you ever, is that something you witnessed first hand? >> absolutely. i actually saw where the chief of staff ryan jackson had to give one of the younger staffers, literally pulled six, $100 bills out of his wallet and gave it to this young lady. >> because she had charged something and not been reimbursed. >> it was hotel from the -- hotel ro...

House, including chief of staff john kelly, who have urged and continue to urge president trump to fire scott pruitt. were being told that, you know, he is -- you know, the president is increasingly getting the message from people around him that mr. pruitt could be a liability for him in the midterms. but you know, weve seen time and time again that president trump very much supports the regulatory rollbacks that mr. pruitt is doing at the epa. >> shannon, the list on "the new york times" is co...

Trips on their credit card and not being reimbursed. did you ever, is that something you witnessed first hand? >> absolutely. i actually saw where the chief of staff ryan jackson had to give one of the younger staffers, literally pulled six, $100 bills out of his wallet and gave it to this young lady. >> because she had charged something and not been reimbursed. >> it was hotel from the -- hotel rooms from the inauguration that his family stayed in. >> $400 meal in rome, you have also got him, w...

Dominating headlines, youre on tv, we know the president is tuning in, thats when youre really in danger. >> i was reporting this out for nightly news and i was struck by the fact there are at least 15, 15 separate ethics investigations hes facing. francesca, we heard from this whistle blower a second ago. he also addressed this washington post report we were talking about in the -- where pruitt asked assistants to put hotel reservations on their personal credit cards. >> where the chief of staf...

Testimony of issamantha dravis, who was the top policy associated administrator, for mr. pruitts first year in office, plus a few more months, is that he repeatedly enlisted her in searching for a job for his wife, marlin. she is a nurse by training who spent the last two decades at home raising their children. he approached samantha dravis, asking her to reach out and find a job. not only was a job in washington, but earned north of $200,000 a year. >> what is the epa saying about all this? wha...

For "the new york times." break this down for us. what exactly did these e-mails reveal? >> sure. thanks for having me. so new e-mails that came out over the weekend showed that there was even more extensive conversations, communications, discussions both policy and professional between mr. hart, the lobbyist as you say whose wife owned the condo that mr. pruitt rented for $50 a night when he was there. and the epa then previously known. these were overwhelmingly e-mails between mr. hart and mr....

Detail. the detail has ballooned under perata, creating expenses like seats in first class that have drawn the attention of watchdog groups. >> now "the new york times" reports lobbyist jay steven hart, whose wife rented the $50-a-night condo to pruitt, also asked pruitt for help getting three people on the agencys prestigious science advisory board. those people recommended by smithfield foods, a company that was a client of harts lobbying firm. got that? the epa did not respond to a request fr...

Among those leaving, pascal perrotta, the special agent in charge of pruitts security detail. that detail has ballooned under patriot acreating expenses like -- perrotta, creating expenses like seats in first floss college education, that have drawn the attention of watchdog groups. >> lobbyist jay steven hart who rented a $50-a-night condo to pruitt, also asked for help getting him on the prestigious advisory board. the epa did not respond to a request by "the new york times" for a comment. >> ...