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Warming, that scott pruitt, as ter the epa administrator, will not be someone who denies that basic science. >> first and foremost, scott pruitt has respect for the rule of law. and he understands, also, the heavy burden that the epa, by getting outside of their wheelhouse and past their mission, the burden that they have put on businesses. you know, at one point in a hearing, when we were doing our oversight work for the epa, i asked the administrator about cost benefit analysis. and her response to me was they didn't do cost benefit analysis, because they were interested in the end product. ...

But an attacking criminal unlike a deer shoots back. i do think we may be able to work together to prevent purchasers from trafficking in guns. the oversight work i conducted on illegal operation fast and furious shows there are some gaps in this area of law that should be closed. besides legislative proposals the president recently took 23 executive actions on guns. and without knowing exactly how they are worded, we don't -- can't find fault with them. and probably should not find fault with a lot of his actions. despite this administration's claim to be the most transparent in history, the ...

so this all actually happened late last week when the financial giant revealed it had made this risky credit bet in the european market. so now, we're hearing three executives are expected to resign and bloomberg is now reporting morgan's entire chief investment office of london could be cleaned out. the trades are raising some very, very serious questions this morning about whether the country's biggest bank learned anything from that financial crisis. let me remind you, that was merely four years ago and what happened to the laws that were supposed to stop all of this? that's one o...

breaking public health scare. a confirmed case of mad cow disease in california has the agriculture department here in washington on full alert. the fatal brain disease not only can be passed among cattle, scientists think an equally deadly variation can be transmitted to humans who eat contaminated beef or dairy products. the first confirmed case here in the united states in six years. elizabeth cohen joins us from the cnn center in atlanta. elizabeth, one of the reasons people get so scared is the potential. what does this mean for the food supply? >> you know, for this one cow tha...

The senate judiciary committee, not involved in thisouse hearing today. senator you just heard it there from the attorney general. he says that some of his critics, and he didn't name names, some of his critics are trying to score political points with some of these fast and furious allegations. your response? >> he said that to a letter to me in october, and i take offense to it, because i think in the 30 years that i've been doing oversight work i can't be accused of politics, because i probably have been tougher on republican presidents than i have on democrat presidents, so obviously i rec...