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So as those probes loom over his head, it is interesting that this is the timing that we are seeing that he is moving away, jim. and just a quick mention about the person who will take his place, andrew wheeler is absolutely respected within the agency, and thought to have the ability to carry out the same policies, but maybe without some of these scandals, jim. >> right. former coal lobbyist himself. thank you have much. drew griffin joins me now, as he's exposing one of the recent controversies for scott pruitt. they just called for the inspector general 0 to investigate whether pruitt had c...

Investigators and the parameters for any investigation that happens? what do you think it will be about, and do you think he can even avoid it? >> well, at this point it seems unlikely he can avoid at least being interviewed by the special counsel's office. there have been reports for weeks that lawyers have been negotiating the terms of that appearance, the format that it will take, programs the duration it will take, certainly the topics that will be covered, where it will be. all of these sorts of things that prosecutors particularly in this case when the interviewee is the president of the...

The leaders and treasury secretary, who by our reporting, got cut off by the president. he sides with democrats, surprises everybody. he goes to north dakota, kind of says, hey, everybody is happy. maybe not super happy but a little happy. he brings heidi heitkamp up on stage with him and says she's a good woman. what are republicans thinking? >> what republicans need to think is stop assuming that they can control this president and his agenda. that they are going to be the ones in the driver's seat calling the shots with the administration. the assumption coming in to this was, hey, he doesn...

Conflict of interest is pointing out they've been thrust into an untenable position. we don't i don't know donald trump has done had because he hand had a press conference. we will continual our reporting on it. new tonight, progressive groups saying the election mourning, that's over. tonight they're saying it is time to get on with the fighting. and we're learning key details about what democrats want to do and what they want washington democrats to do. plus the controversy over russian hacking e-mails ask who are all these anonymous e-mails? the person who broke the nsa surveillance story...

Tillerson called him a quote more on saying i think it's fake news. but if he did that i guess we'll have to compare iq tests and i can tell you who is going to win. nbc newsstand by our reporting. as frequently happens when the president says something arguably off color, the white house is laughing it off. >> does the president expect the secretary of state to be offended when he's questioning his intelligence? >> again, he wasn't questioning the secretary of state's he will intense. he made a joke. maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometimes. he simply made a joke. he ha...