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How do you deal with that situation? the starting point, of course, is transparency. what are trumps financial interests? and i dont know if we really know the extent of his financial interests except he has a lot of buildings with his name on it. >> when you say hes got to take steps, you mean that just in terms of like preserving the illusion of decency here, right? you dont actually mean that in any legal sense? >> no, not in any legal sense. and he certainly cant be forced to. but as this be...

Bribes abroad. we dont have anything reciprocal in that regard but weve never had to confront that issue before. no president has ever had these kinds of financial interests so were really in brand-new territory. how do you deal with that situation? the starting point, of course, is transparency. what are trumps financial interests? and i dont know if we really know the extent of his financial interests except he has a lot of buildings with his name on it. >> when you say hes got to take steps, ...

>> well, trump cant control what a foreign government or a foreign company does but he certainly has to be aware of that. and hes got to take steps at some point to make sure that there isnt that kind of currying of favor. this is -- we have a law called the foreign corrupt practices act. american businesses cannot pay bribes abroad. we dont have anything reciprocal in that regard but weve never had to confront that issue before. no president has ever had these kinds of financial interests so we...

Changes. with his brother as president, politics will remain the same. theres zero freedom of expression and those that think something will change, its like an illusion, it doesnt exist. as long as the castro family has the power, the change will never be favorable. >> from spain to the united states to venezuela and in cuba itself, a mix of reaction. lets talk b. more about the reaction and the implications of fidel castros death. bringing in joel ross. the latin american analyst at the risk m...

Dictator is dead. but no one should be under the illusion that cuba is free because hes dead. it still is not free. it still has a dictatorship and represses its people. so we have to keep democracy as a shining light in the west, we have to keep fighting to help the cuban people and not prop up the cuban government and that is where president-elect trumps policy comes in. he wants a better deal and says hed it over and over again, whether trade deals, whether weakness being shown, hes for havin...

We, let me bring back my panel. carl, let me start with you. trump, as we saw, meeting with two businessmen from india, they currently own trump-branded properties over there and, you know, trump, look at this, here they are with his trademark thumbs up. look, this is -- makes a lot of people uncomfortable. >> right. and you have, you know, what theyve always said, the government has always said you have to avoid the illusion, not avoid conflict of interest, the illusion of. ill say this, obviou...

These things are going to be very contentious with congress or in the case of the iran nuclear deal, not entirely clear what he wants to do. and he needs to sound out allies who are very much alarmed by this. so again, its the -- he was talking about the appointments. also an important part. the executive actions. things that will give the appearance that the country is taking a fundamentally different direction. now, it may not actually be true in matters of substances. only so much he can do w...

>> while many things broke his way during the parole hearing, the end result was not what orosco had hoped for. >> what the parole office has recommended, isf, im not too happy with. >> rather than reinstate his parole, the board decided to send orosco to an intermediate sanction facility, a halfway house, that provides drug counseling to parole violators, for a period of six months to one year. the hearing did, however, allow orosco to continue an important illusion. >> im happy my mother didnt...

That was a surprise. >> all right, sir. i hope everything goes well for you. >> while many things broke his way during the parole hearing, the end result was not what orosco had hoped for. >> what the parole office has recommended, isf, im not too happy with. >> rather than reinstate his parole, the board decided to send orosco to an intermediate sanction facility, a halfway house, that provides drug counseling to parole violators, for a period of six months to one year. the hearing did, however...

That, as long as it keeps america safe. >> dalia, your response that. thats wrong with what he just said if you think so? >> well, whats wrong, when he had this conversation yesterday with megyn kelly, what he said is theres precedent and the precedent we all assumed and i think she assumed correctly, the constitutional precedent is the 1944 case of carmatsu. that case is absolutely constitutional. hes right. its never been overruled. that case also stands as the blackest mark for civil libertie...