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Why shouldnt new jerseys governor enjoy new jerseys beaches all by himself? it looks like hes having a whale of a time. i dont understand why, whats the fuss, ruth? >> im not even going to point out that you said whale. >> all right, he says, now in the meantime after he said if you want -- im not going to touch that. if youre governor you can have a beach house. his spokespersons response, ruth, and this is a little bit of jersey chutzpah, was to say he wasnt sunbathing because he has a basebal...

The president has been criticizing the russians investigation for weeks for it has been making it known that he is not happy with it. its a lob off the head of the fbi director after that long of criticism creates a real appearance problem, and appearance matters in a political system. the white house is making it very, very difficult for republicans in congress. >> martha: what about the suggestion in the presidents letter that jim, he had told him on three occasions that he was not under inves...

The time he was advising and getting paid and working for somebody else. he was hiding. >> that would have been fatal. >> to whom? >> the ability or appointment to have assumed the national security adviser post. what flynn would say is, hey, listen, i have severed my relationship with this client before i was appointed. >> why not tell everybody he is working for a foreign government. isnt this draining the swamp and getting paid for play? its third world crap. you dont have people paid by gove...

He was working for a foreign government. isnt the whole thing with draining the swamp and we dont have people getting paid by other interests. thats third world crap. you dont have people being paid by other governments working for us or working for a presidential candidate. hes on the payroll. >> i think it definitely gives -- >> $430,000 is a lot of money to be getting paid and not tell anyone you noticed it. did you notice that. i think you knew it. >> yes. i think there was a definite appear...

>> its everything. >> dana: if you find out wait, there was one more meeting, even if its totally innocent, then it becomes an appearance problem. >> look at these news organizations that have doubled or tripled the amount of correspondents covering this president. there is more hunger for coverage. fine. this president embraces that kind of coverage. he loves the attention. he loves mixing it up. think back to that news conference a week or two ago. however, given the hunger, youre going to get...

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In this season of giving, donald trump is giving up his charitable foundation. he says he wants to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interests with his role as president. however, critics say it goes beyond just that. the trump foundation, they say, has more than just an appearance problem. they say it is much less charitable than most, and perhaps is breaking the law to boot. more on all of that now from cnns dana bash. >> reporter: the president-elects team is frantically trying to figu...

Under president george w. bush. judge, always an honor to talk with you. >> pleasure being here. >> it seems to me this is an area that donald trump really has to get right, and there could be some blind spots around. do you think hes done enough to separate himself from his business? >> i dont think we can tell, because he hasnt really gotten up and described what it is that he intends to do to separate himself from his businesses, and its potentially a problem, in part because there are no law...

The hope of getting access to the family, and to him, that also creates the appearance problem. >> and you dont want that appearance. >> right. >> he said that hes going to have a press conference early january to tell us about this so lets just say more to come on that subject. lets switch gears and ask you about the executive orders. part of the repudiation that voters felt in this election was no more executive orders to president obama. now president-elect trump has said as soon as he gets i...

Let me say some things, joe -- >> can we get a close-up of my face? >> im not going to -- >> i want to be friends. im just hurt. >> youre deeply saddened, i know, i know, i know. >> eddie, what were you saying last hour about me? i care too much. >> exactly that. >> one, we hacertainly have an appearance problem. im not sure i can defend the ethics part. one thing thats interesting, i read that 11-page memo, i dont think hillary clintons name was ever mentioned in it. in other words, what was go...