is, pardoning everybody, but that was before all of the indictments that came out. at this point in time, they would not be paul: he s attempt to go cover up even though there s nothing to cover snup. that would be the perception. paul: okay, when you suggested pardoning, you were saying everybody, that including hillary clinton, anybody involved in clinton e-mail case, basically sweep everything of this issue and put it all behind it? no, no, entirely behind but one caveat, we were suggesting at the time letting congress, have congress seriously investigate with nobody being able to take the fifth, the idea to treat political exercise and not judicial exercise. paul: right to the bottom of it for the american people, tell us what happened, what about the claims in the president s lawyer s memos that came out last week about the obstruction issue and whether or not in firing james comey as fbi
weeks, it s not like had you to give any of those up. there s a three-week extension. and this morning, nine million children from the least advantaged homes in america know, they re going to have health care reform. how is that a loss if you didn t give anything snup but three weeks? and we gained a commitment by majority leader mcconnell on the floor, with specificity, that by february 8th there will be a vote on the floor of the senate on daca, and border security and that that debate will begin with a neutral base bill. there was a lot of concern given his initial wording where he said it is my intention to move to immigration. that what we would have gotten on february 8th is he put a bill by cotton and perdue on the floor, we would have one up or down vote on the floor and that s it, we would have moved on. the actual wording he said on the floor yesterday mattered to the bipartisan group that was trying to move us forward to a real debate that could resolve
away from climate change and moved them to the community. sandy marsh has the story. our plan will end the epa. we have a blizzard outside, there is no warming. this is a landmark event. do you see it as a war on science? there is definitely a battle going on. he says after 20 years at the epa, he was one of the employees to resign in protest at the science approach. what would make you give that snup. the lives of the community i come from and the lives i served. reporter: and you felt they were under jeopardy with this new administration? i know they re in jeopardy. reporter: he says he was silenced after speaking about climate change. i was reassigned to an accounting office in the department. reporter: interior said it moved him to create seasoned leaders with broad and diverse experience. every president since franklin roosevelt has had a science adviser except for this
these things usually run right up to the deadline. they are trying to work with democrats and both chambers of the congress to come up with a spending plan that will keep the lights on and operations running beyond the 99th day of the president s term. everybody wants the government to remain open. it s a matter of how they get there. nice to not have it dominate our news coverage all day friday. thank you very much, kelly o donnell from the white house. for more, we bring in josh barro, senior editor for business insider and caitlin huey-burns. guys, good to see you both. caitlyn, i ll start with you here with this new the washington post poll out with 56% of the people saying that the president has accomplished not much or nothing so far, at least that s the perception. is that also the reality, or is there some in between where it really matches snup. well, it kind of depends who you talk to. the administration is arguing they have ordered lots of reviews of things, ordered a
out here. let s get a couple of things straight off the bat here. let s not make this whole issue about me. the reason i m here in this chair in the county in oregon at all is because of the hammond family. i would be home with my family if it was not for the hammond family being in prison, i would not be here. so let s get that out on the table. s this is not about me. this is about the hammond family and their livelihood been stripped away. so let s get that out on the table right away. but we re talking to you because you have been a spokesman for the group. as you have. that s fine. and we re talk about what would it take why are yfor you p and what would it take? what would it take for me to give snup that s a poor