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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 defend scott pruitts apartment by saying this is a friend and this is discount, this is lobbyist. if this was a fantastic friend you would be giving it to them for free. the fact this is discounted deal, the conflict of interest is also about the p...

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 the white house officials, the cabinet department officials. this short of -- this self-dealing, this comfort with 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...

Theres a lot of interesting investigation that is have just come out today. politico did a big investigation as well. one of the things weve seen is, for example, ryan zinke, speaking of self-dealing. concerns about people of the interior department being asked to share information ahead of time, market valuable information about u.s. oil reserves and 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 wantin...

That is approved of in the white house. so whether its the now the new attempt to try to roll back auto emission standards which will cost consumers literally billions of dollars and expose more kids to the risk of asthma or whether its his reversal on the clean power plan or whether its you know, his decision not to ban this dangerous agricultural chemical, i guess hes doing what the president wants him to be doing. and if you have to give him some grudging credit, hes somewhat more effective a...

To save taxpayer money, thats something that would have been politically electric for pruitt. but they werent cutting a deal to save taxpayer money, they were cutting a deal to save pruitt personal expenditure. this affected his personal individual wallet. his personal bottom line. stories like this can have a major impact. for many swing voters the russia narrative, some of the more complex policy issues dont necessarily resonate but i chatted with a former white house official who pointed to a...

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? and later some fascinating new numbers are out about the kinds of people who came out to protest gun violence a week ago tomorrow in d.c. and so many other locations. steve ckor...

I imagine we will hear about not only this but other cabinet officials with sort of self-dealing and being too tight with those who seek influence with that. >> and that promise to drain the swamp, trump has talked about 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 own...

And that was something i guess that is approved of in the white house. so whether its the now the new attempt to try to roll back auto emission standards which will cost consumers literally billions of dollars and expose more kids to the risk of asthma or whether its his reversal on the clean power plan or whether its you know, his decision not to ban this dangerous agricultural chemical, i guess hes doing what the president wants him to be doing. and if you have to give him some grudging credit...

It back and said it was given to him but he said it at an event, the crowd kept wild, 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 defend scott pruitts apartment...

Cost consumers literally billions of dollars and expose more kids to the risk of asthma or whether its his reversal on the clean power plan or whether its you know, his decision not to ban this dangerous agricultural chemical, i guess hes doing what the president wants him to be doing. and if you have to give him some grudging credit, hes somewhat more effective at it than someone like ben carson or some of the other cabinet officers. >> i think thats probably right on the money. i have to ask t...