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Contractors work. everyone takes it seriously. they take the public trust seriously. they take it seriously you don't call up the ceo of chick-fil-a to say can my wife have a franchise. tell me i'm not crazy here that this is aberrant behavior. >> you're not crazy. this is aberrant behavior. especially the new political cadre comes into town and they are extraordinarily so lis to us of what the career folks will say about these things every little issue will be run by them. whereas clearly pruitt and his crowd came, got to the epa and it was like, what can we get here? how about some you know,...

Inappropriate? wildly inappropriate to send, to the official government employee scheduler accepted a message to the ceo of chick-fil-a about an exciting business opportunity in which you then pitch a franchise for your wife when are you a cabinet secretary? >> don't you just love his response by the way, sure, we love chick-fil-a. we need more of that in this country. it's all about the chain. >> not just in this country, back in oklahoma. >> there's no doubt it's wildly inappropriate and everything you've mentioned, he's got an ethics an avalanche of ethics problems. as paul is suggesting, y...

Let them out of a certain amount of ethanol for their fuel which is important to grassley in his state where he's from. if you're unhappy with the situation with scott pruitt, they may be calling for him to resign, but so far, not a ground swell on all of that pile of ethics problems. >> well, if he didn't get the message, maybe that $33,000 phone booth isn't working. up next, money, power, politics. president trump filed for financial disclosure forms so what can we expect to find? later today, democratic senators will force a vote on net neutrality. they're trying to reinstate rules that t...

Pruitt's trips. that's just the latest. there are investigations into his travel expenses, security detail and other possible ethics problems. joining us now is christine todd bhitman, great to have you here. you did this job. you know what this position entails. do you think scott pruitt is fit for this job? >> no. i really don't. i think these ethical lapses have been amazing and what they've done is they've undermined the morale, that combined with his approach to the epa which is i hate it, i don't think it should be, this is obviously reflective of the president's agenda and the president...

The work of the agency do something outside of that. you have another use of imporp government resources and another indication that scott pruitt has to go not only because of these actual individual violations that it appears he's been committing but send the message. we've had cabinet member after cabinet member with these ethics problems and without demonstrating that these people will be taken out when these ethics violations become clear. you just can't send the proper message. >> thanks so much, jennifer. thanks for all soubjects. >> thank you. coming up, body language. emmanuel macron...