inauguration than barack obama who had raised the previous highest amount for his 2008 inauguration. raised $700 million. that was notable because there were a lot of corporations giving, a lot of donors who kept their distance from trump. it was a signal, hey, donald trump is now the only game in town. republican donors' corporations, if they want to play ball and get access, this might be one way to do t. >> can we just say another reason this story should resonate which is that donald trump ran on a campaign of drain the swamp? >> i was going to bring that up. >> anticorruption and hillary clinton was corrupt. it was all about pay to play, that phrase. >> what does that remind me of? pay to play? >> the other piece of this, the other story that we're going to talk about here is scott pruitt, who has spent $107,000 on airplane flights during his first six months leading the apa. >> that was a lot. >> we live in a country where people become a cabinet secretary, you're pretty much set for life. i'm not saying i agree with this, but you can monetize that and make millions of dollars and fly first class or private the rest of your life. is it too much to ask for a little modesty and humility and caring what the taxpayers think? for the brief time you're in office, first class travel, bring your wives to europe, spouses. >> let me show you what scott pruitt had to say then we'll talk more about this. >> there have been instances unfortunately during my time as administrator, as i have sploen and spent time as interaction has not been the best. ingress and egress off the plane, security aspect, those are decisions made by our detail team, chief of staff, i don't make any of those decisions. they place me on the plane where they think is best for a safety perspective. that's how they made those decisions. >> he is basically arguing while passengers in economy accosted