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Donald trumps campaign. >> all im saying is that shes under investigation by the fbi. just pause and think about that. thats a pretty uncommon thing for a presidential candidate. >> this disqualifies her from being the commander-in-chief of the united states. >> its not normal to be under not one but two fbi investigations. >> the fbi has reopened its criminal investigation over hillary clinton. [ cheers and applause ] [ crowd chanting "lock her up." >> you wont release the tax returns so you ca...

Counselor to the president, saying people should go out and buy ivana trump products, some department stores were dropping her lines. sean spicer said that she had been counseled -- -- he wouldnt ask them what that meant. within a short time, kellyanne conway was back with martha maccallum on fox news saying that, in fact, the president supported her and very much was unhappy with any suggestion that she had been counseled. your thoughts about all of this? is there an ethics problem in the white...

Ethics problem out of the trump white house, thats not a big deal for me. >> i think the larger point is, it isnt. back to you, noah bookbinder, to your larger point, you dont like whats happening with kellyanne in the specific, but you like it even less in the general because you see this as a pattern of behavior and kind of an outward ignoring of the standards of ethics when it comes to conflicts of interest. and to be clear, we dont really have any proof at this point that the president has d...

White house briefing room, counselor to the president, saying people should go out and buy ivana trump products, some department stores were dropping her lines. sean spicer said that she had been counseled -- -- he wouldnt ask them what that meant. within a short time, kellyanne conway was back with martha maccallum on fox news saying that, in fact, the president supported her and very much was unhappy with any suggestion that she had been counseled. your thoughts about all of this? is there an ...

Thats what i heard. no one disputed that. the committee people -- im sure the white house and staffers work all the time. usually they do it with the knowledge of the committee theyre working for, trying to come to some type of agreed -- >> are you sure it happened? >> i dont know for sure. ive heard and no one disputed it. if its not factual, if its not factual, if theres members -- basically these staffers did not sign non-disclosure, please tell me. if they did that, i think the member or com...

Does this hurt her at all. i thought her answer -- she didnt deny it. she said possibly. >> what is that you say, nia, cute by a little more -- >> right. >> one, theres no way in the world shes there. but the legitimate question, back to that word, this is a person who does not believe in public education. this is a person who fought actively with money against accountability measures for charter schools. shes not even particularly liked by the charter school community in michigan so she has a p...

Is not divesting from his businesses and doesnt feel he has to. that he said the president elect hasnt consulted the ethics office and the president elects plan would not avoid financial conflicts of interest. of course it wont. having donald jr. try to dump pollution costs on the state of south carolina will not relieve the people of south carolina from the mess they are in anymore than having don sr. make that instead. this is a mess. this is not hypothetical. this is happening right now. sout...

The presidents personal income. this week, the president elect announced with great fanfare he is not divest veing from his businesses and doesnt feel he has to. that he said the president elect hasnt consulted the ethics office and the president elects plan would not avoid financial conflicts of interest. of course it wont. having donald jr. try to dump pollution costs on the state of south carolina will not relieve the people of south carolina from the mess they are in anymore than having don ...

South carolina will not relieve the people of south carolina from the mess they are in anymore than having don sr. make that instead. this is a mess. this is not hypothetical. this is happening right now. south carolina has to make this decision. so far republicans in congress do not care. the republicans sign off on trumps ethics plan. so far the only response from republicans in washington to this unprecedented ethics problem for the new administration their only response has been to threaten ...

Order, on pushing the edge in eastern europe, on georgia or so much more that we are not in sync. yes, would we like to have a relationship with russia? but it has to be a russia that is based on common interests and common values. and thats hard to achieve with putin who really is kgb and wants a greater russia. >> senator bob menendez from new jersey, member of that committee talking with rex tillerson. thank you for joining us. quick break. coming up more on donald trump and his announcement ...