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>> yeah, good. i was worried we wouldnt keep the brand going without the fireplace. >> lets have our chat. >> fireside chat. >> another weekend, another trump official caught in some corruption scandal. this time epa chief scott pruitt after news reports surfaced pruitt rented a room in a washington townhouse from a pair of d.c. lobbyists whose firm lobbied the epa. he reportedly rented the room for pennies on the dollar as for what it would go for market value. whats your reaction? >> broadly i...

I think what they didnt know is that he as president he would not release his tax returns. he would continue to get rich. and the people around him would continue to get rich in office. and they would pass a bunch of policies to help them get even richer. none of those things are what he was promising during the campaign. i think thats what gives it the power. >> this is the biggest gap between what was promised and what was delivered. all this drain the swamp stuff. but so much of the campaign ...

And the people around him would continue to get rich in office. and they would pass a bunch of policies to help them get even richer. none of those things are what he was promising during the campaign. i think thats what gives it the power. >> this is the biggest gap between what was promised and what was delivered. all this drain the swamp stuff. but so much of the campaign was basically the clintons were enmeshed by this this sort of corrupt crony network of self-dealing which is just remark t...

Public. but i think its very toes show that he has continued to get himself rich, as you just demonstrated a few of the points. the people around him have done the same. and you didnt even get into all the petty corruption that this cabinet has been engaging in and their policy agenda has also been about just enriching people like donald trump, including donald trump himself. >> you know, as i was reading your piece, i was reminded of the 2006 mid terms which i covered very closely. >> yeah. >> ...

Wotus and regulatory roll back. theyre afraid if for any rhine attorney general jeff sessions leaves, scott pruett is eligible to serve for 120 days. >> there are self-dealing issues that go far beyond scott pruett. lets go back to the magazine cover where they write, to be out for yourself is probably the most disqualifying flaw a politician can have. do you, hugh hewitt, who has a much longer history around politics than i do, do you have ethics concerns with president trumpt or his administra...

To do that. in fact quite the contrary, bringing in people, smacking of nepotism and self-dealing. >> as weve established, they are the best people to have this conversation on a good friday night. thank you both so much. coming up for us, what was president trump talking about when he talked about north and south korea to a union audience in ohio this week?

The phrase it was not his. he said it was given to him but he didnt like it, but then he he said it at an event and the he kept saying it. but that was a promise made to his base. >> im so glad you brought that up, brian. because drain the swamp is something donald trump has owned. and not only is he not draining the swamp, we see again and again self-dealing is the perfect word. that could be the subheading of the trump administration, self-dealing. and its not only the white house has tried to...

Modest sum each night for staying in a capitol hill condo she co-owned. its generated scrutiny about the environmental protection agency administrator. scott pruitt has been in the news for the security detail and the extraordinary arrangements he has around him including but not limited to his desire to sit in the pointy end of the airplane where the seats are wider. >> at least hes not icing anyone that we know of. >> there you go. no icing. >> look, this has been a problem for any number of t...

The old ways of washington that president trump says he was going to cleanup. he said he was going to drain the swamp to the extent its been drained, were just seeing the crocodiles and alligators in there. a $1,500 a month apartment is not a bad price, but the arrangement he has with this lobbyist where he only pays her for the nights she stays there, i would love to have that with my bank on my mortgage. only on the days i stay there. i think its going to be a problem going forward. i cant ima...

Refusing to do that. i mean it is really troubling, and if donald trump wanted to drain the swamp he has not shown any one iota of evidence wanting to do that. in fact quite the contrary, bringing in people, smacking of nepotism and self-dealing. >> as weve established, they are the best people to have this conversation on a good friday night. thank you both so much. coming up for us, what was president trump talking about when he talked about north and south korea to a union audience in ohio ...