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>> were at a point now with scott pruitt being investigated by the house, the senate, the government accountability office, the office of management and budget and inspector general, with that many investigations going on, i simply dont see how in any other time he survives even this long in his job much any longer. >> the mantra of the administration was were going to drain the swamp. >> they brought in one big alligator from oklahoma. >> not everyone agrees. >> scott pry it uitt is doing a job...

Wanted to buy her historic home. about a half mile from the state capital. >> i did get a call from i believe scott and said, were interested in buying the home. are you going to sell it? >> real estate records show pruitt and four other investors bought the home, according to "the new york times." which also reported that one of the investors was registered lobbyist justin whitefield. he was pushing for changes to state workers economy session rules, changes pruitt advocated for. they bought th...

>> do you have confidence in mr. pruitt? >> i do. thank you. >> up next, drew griffin has a look at the controversy surrounding this cabinet member, pruitt under fire, the battle at the epa, starts now. the following is a cnn special report. >> we are going to end the epa intrusion. new energy revolution. epa is a disaster. its killing us. our plan will end the epa. >> a campaign promise being carried out about this man. >> i think that scott has done a fantastic job. i think he is a fantastic...

Republicans who believe like him the epas policies under obama were unconstitutional and anti-business. he says pruitt is doing exactly what he, more importantly the president wants. >> scott, please. >> destroy the epa. >> the epa obviously needs to go away. the reality is we have a federalist society. most power resides at the states. it was a republican who started the epa. but it was a huge mistake. >> some of the scott pruitts biggest financial donors when he was running for political offic...

Definitely dreaming. then again, dreaming is how i got this far. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. scott pruitt was just five years out of law school when he began his political career. as a state senator for oklahoma. >> scott was one of the young up and comers. >> in 2003, marcia was a lobbyis lobbyist. >> you were building relationships with any key stake holder, whether the president of the chamber or key elect...

Agency and to human health. >> scott pruitt is completely accomplishing longtime decades long conservative agenda items. >> now one of the presidents top cabinet members surrounded by scandal. >> pruitt is now facing 10 investigations. >> pruitt had a $50 a day condo. >> phone booth that resembles the maxwell smart cone of silence. >> you cant just go around acting like a big shot. >> from first class travel to 24-hour security detail to huge raises. could pruitt be the next to go? >> who is thi...

Able to carry out federal immigration laws to make sure we found people who were in our state illegally, who committed crimes and got them out of the country. i think we are going to have to recognize that the federal government has to stetson up and do its job. secure the border and crackdown on players. >> this question to ken. >> governor, other than seeing elections, is there any reason the labor law has to be run, or can it be eliminated and turned over to the states? >> thats a fair questi...

Texas congressman ron paul. for the next question, scott pry -- pruitt. >> you said on fox news sunday that medicare, medic cade and social security are unconstitutional. i presume that means you will eliminate those programs. how will you do it? >> if you think so. you all work on obamacare, and you talk about it being unconstitutional because there is a mandate. but how many other programs in medicine -- they are all mandates. do they not have to pay medicare taxes? i looked at article one sec...

The other ones are sort of not for me to get riled up about. i am so concerned about not following the constitution we have on the property rights and the rule of law and the monetary issues and going to war issues. those are the kind of things i am concerned about in the constitution. >> we are in our final minute. >> short on time. quick question, if you could suggest every american read one book, what would it be? >> one book? excluding something religious oriented. >> it could be. >> well, i...

Immigrants. i actually empowered our state police to work with ice to be able to carry out federal immigration laws to make sure we found people who were in our state illegally, who committed crimes and got them out of the country. i think we are going to have to recognize that the federal government has to stetson up and do its job. secure the border and crackdown on players. >> this question to ken. >> governor, other than seeing elections, is there any reason the labor law has to be run, or c...