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>> i don't think that that's even remotely fair to ask that question. >> okay, so why did you then accept $50 a night to rent a condo from the wife of a washington lobbyist. >> let's talk about that. that has been reviewed by ethics officials here, they said it's market rate. >> you're wenting irenting it wife of a lobbyist. >> who has no business before this agency. >> that's kind of a sweetheart deal -- >> no, it's not. >> the epa's top ethics official clarified his initial signoff saying he lacked some key facts when concluded it didn't violate gift rules. the epa inspector general is now r...

If this is successful, i think it's going to put some fear in a lot of politicians. >> and this is why you have gift rules. >> right. >> and virginia doesn't have very tough gift rules and they're trying to tighten it up now. i suspect it will be easier to tighten up the gift rules. but this is why they exist for politicians, because people do try to buy access. >> john, let's move on to the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. got himself into some hot water with conservatives in new york when he said this. i'll play it for our viewers. this is a radio interview or a tv interview in new york. ...

Get you a check of our top stories right now. just minutes to go until president obama lays out yet another plan for a health care bill. he is embracing a few republican ideas in a nod to bipartisanship, he is signaling and will signal we're told very strongly that democrats are ready to push the overhaul through without republican help. you can watch him here live, wolf blitzer and the best political team on television will be joining me momentarily to start our coverage of the president's speech. >> charlie rangel istarial giving up his gavel as the chairman of the house ways and means commi...

Bill shultz. in hawaii he is a choking hazard. and he is damn smart for a bleeding heart. next to me is john devore. if he were a trashcan people would bang him in my driveway. and good to see you pinchy. >> check out the science section with the front page story on sexual addiction. thanks for allowing us to report on a fake disease, tiger woods. just being a man, greg. >> i know. >> i'm not. >> go uh away. it looks like charlie went too far-ly and so wrangle is in a tangle. in a report released on friday, it concludes that charles wrangle violated congressional gift rules by accepting corp...

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