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Rate. i dont know what the rack rate is, but the federal government sets limits on how much federal employees can spend on hotel rooms. it is county by county so it goes up in rich places. in palm beach county it is $205. this is nearly double what the normal limit is but trump can get away with it because the secret service is allowed to pay whatever rate they need to to be near the people they protect. he is exploiting the loophole. >> thank you for spending time with us. next, republicans r...

Mar-a-lago, he charged the secret service every night for the right to use a room while they protected him. again, you charging the secret service to protect him, and it seems like this could go on indefinitely. hes moved to bedminster and were trying to figure out if hes making the same charges there. >> im assuming thats not a friends and family rate? >> well, mar-a-lago is an expensive place. i dont really know what the rack rate is, but the federal government sets limits on how much federal ...

Started staying at the trump hotel right after he got elected. >> david, what does that say to you based on your reporting? is it just a crazy, wild coincidence that it just so happened that way? >> i can only tell you what the organizers of the trips have told me. they said we were staying across the river in virginia. we couldnt get the rooms we needed in virgina. so we called around and the trump was the only place that had availability. if you think about the prices that the trump hotel is c...

For a couple of nights and got the rack rate, which was $600 a night, and the taxpayers are paying for that. this money is going in trumps pocket. take that 63,000, thats dues for 4 1/2 members at mar-a-lago that trump is getting. >> obviously not getting the money from the whole team to stay there, what does this do to the bottom line for the trump properties or brand? >> its hard for me to know -- the trump organization is very secretive, so its hard to know overall are they going up or down. ...

White house did not respond to requests for comment. one of the big criticisms here is the government pays the rack rate, the highest rate. a cnn investigation found one russian linked campaign used those platforms to exploit racial tensions among americans. the campaign titled dont shoot us posed as part of black lives matter. the campaigns facebook, twitter and instagram accounts are suspended. i hope people understand, your friends are sharing things on facebook, you see things on social me...

Indicate a couple weeks ago that mar-a-lago is charging the federal government whats calling a rack rate, which is a non-discounted rate. and theres no reason to do that to the federal government. >> to make as much money as the possible to the government. thanks so much. my political panel joins me now. bill, let me start with you, i want to get your thoughts on white house chief of staff john kelly. he gave this rare press conference where he explained what hes been trying to do since he came ...

Only if he chooses to. only he takes the time, takes the effort to get rid of these managers. theres a caveat with that. you cant just get rid of managers without having somebody to fill the position. they have a track rate. problems because of the v.a. and restrictions on how much it can pay if they are trying to attract private practitioners to come in and help with the v.a. program. >> excellent point. stand by. we are going to get in a quick break. after this, president trump speaking live. ...

Would be brilliant. >> why wouldnt you do this if youre ahead? lets play under the guise of what they say is rack rate. if their polling shows theyre ahead. why is this a sign of vulnerability? >> youre trying to shake as many trees as possible and shake all the leaves. you dont have the votes you need to have in your column, particularly in these two states. if youre mitt romney you want to kind of project that you have some momentum and theyre trying to do this. this seems a move on somebody w...

Interviews. certainly, there are comparisons. they both use the same raw materials, they both make thin, flexible panels that are less efficient and more expensive than standard panels. going fore commercial and industrial building market. but environmental groups say it is still a good investment. >> any investment program, especially in early-stage industries, is going to have failures. the failures in that program have actually been significantly less than had been forecast in that there are ...

Its made for the comfort of the guest traveling on business or leisure. >> how much do you have to pay for something like this? >> its a great value. >> i heard your rack rate $770 u.s., is that not the most expensive in hong kong? >> were right there with the other luxury hotels here in hong kong. yes, because of course you have these beautiful views and want to enjoy it. but here we can have a cocktail, a little breakfast and have a little chat together. and enjoy the views at the same time. >...