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$110 billion figure is off the mark. the saudis have only followed through on that about $114 billion -- $114.5 billion so far. this is as the president also insisting that he has no financial interest in saudi arabia. he says he has none. but we know his hotels have made hundreds of thousands of dollars from the saudis just since he took the oath of office. and we might know more if this president had released his tax returns as every president since richard nixon has done. heres what our found...

Essentially pay cash into the trump family pockets. it is hote clause. the guests check out. ivanka trump cashes. in. >> and jill, a judge hearing the emoluments case has been saying -- making rulings lately favorable to the plaintiffs in the emoluments case exactly t what ronsalking about. >> i would say its about time because it seed obvious to me from the very beginning that this is your classic case of why people should not have two jobs. and not only for them to have reported thats the kush...

Foreign officials, foreign lobbyists show up and essentially pay cash into the trump family pockets. it is hotel emoluments clause. the guests check out. ivanka trump cashes. in. >> and jill, a judge hearing the emoluments case has been saying -- making rulings lately favorable to the plaintiffs in the emoluments case exactly about what rons talking about. >> i would say its about time because it seemed obvious to me from the very beginning that this is your classic case of why people should not...

Trump organization as well? >> were asking the judge to declare -- issue a declaratory judgment that trumps activities are violative of the constitution and to enjoin him from continuing in them. its that simple. >> all right. maryland attorney general brian frosh, one of the two attorneys general involved in the emoluments case. thank you for your time. lets end the hour with a look at the markets right before the close. we were talking about tech stocks a little earlier. the dow jones industri...

The e.c. defendant and trump want to arbitrate this case. but they got to actually ask for it first. and technically speaking, they havent asked for arbitration yet. so avenatti is now allowed yet to ask for discovery. so it is a technical denial of the motion, not on the merits, they will absolutely rebring this motion once the e.c. defendants asked for arbitration and i promise you, they will ask for arbitration. >> you have the presidents team saying this is an order without merit and michael...

Injured enough because trump might be using his power as president to take business away from other tax pairs in thyers and maryland. >> i looked at what the judge wrote, 40 pages including what role this hotel plays now in the cultural or political life of washington, d.c. what did we learn from the judge? what did we learn from attorneys about the role of the trump international hotel in washington, d.c. today and how that influences this case? >> they actually ended up citing press coverage. ...

That begins with the president sharing with his team what his priorities are for particular position, if we are talking about a cabinet position, of course, also there is a difference between the outset of an administration when the position is vacant and replacing an incumbent which raises its own set of difficulties and challenges politically and other wise. but in either case, when there is decision that a cabinet level appointee is going to be made, months in advance there is -- ab sent extr...

In terms of the finances of this hotel, of this organization? how could this case moving forward give us more insight into that? >> well, this case will let us know something about donald trumps finances and it will certainly let us know about the finances of the trump post office hotel. we believe it will show that donald trump is not only receiving payments from foreign governments, but also -- this is already a matter of public record -- the lease pursuant to which he has the trump post offic...

Most important thing on my docket. just essentially saying dial it down. im not going to treat you special. you may be the -- the president may be involved or something everyone else cares about, in my court youre no more important than any of my other cases and now that is not exactly what he said in the foot note and -- there you see it. you have the graphic right there. and it is one of my favorite foot notes in a long time. this judge has indicated just from this order he will follow the rul...

Herself admittedly signed. but the president has a catch 22. he has a hob sons choice. caught between silea and caribdas and he has to choose and say im david dennison and im a party and enforced against stormy daniels and this case should go to arbitration and i get a million dollars every time she opens her mouth. however if he does so, the collateral consequences could be devastating. hell be admitting that he was a party to this agreement and then in addition this agreement raises several po...