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I think the heart of the matter is that the problem is that the palestinians want to kill -- >> i just wanted to be clear, you werent talking about todays announcement today in the report that was put out today? >> one needs to pay attention to what has happened and led up to it. >> very quickly? >> a different frame, of course well express sympathy for the plane crash that took down 90 members of the russian vocal chorus, but russia today is doing a number of nefarious things around the world. ...

We frankly dont know what thats going to look like yet because he hasnt really told us. we just heard murmurings. whats the outline here? how will he carry out the separation? >> finally, mr. trump is saying he also wants to return to running his businesses after he leaves the white house and he doesnt want anyone outside the family owning the rights to the trump name while hes away. again, how does this curtail conflict of interest concerns? >> well, so you have the democrats, the bottom line i...

Things and later you pay the tax. would he want to go through that whole hassle and eventually you have to pay taxes, right? >> eventually, although eventually in theory hell have to anyway if he ever sells the properties he owns. usually when we talk about this stuff and putting assets in a blind trust, were thinking about a candidatwho owns a bunch of shares in a publicly traded company. if he were to try to sell his real estate holdings, you cant just tell them into the stock market. youd hav...

Washington. thanks for being with us. >> great to see you. >> we want to see what you are saying about the microsoft pulse question. time magazine names donald trump person of the year calling him the president of the divid states of america. can he bridge the divide? a whopping 92% of you say no. including some of you who tweeted at me a few minutes ago like maryanne who said trump needs to show me taxes, liquidation of stocks. actions mean more than tweets and lies. we want to know what you th...

Through various mechanisms. how can he possibly divest himself unless he sells all of these to people who are not related to him in any way? >> the thing that he needs to do, and every president has done some version of this, a blind trust or the equivalent since 1978, what he needs to do is immediately, and he can do it with one stroke of the pen, he needs to get a top independent professional. not a family member and not a friend. and turn all of his interests over to this trustee to liquidate...

Now where should it be possible to do that liquidation. and then all the money he has taken out of all of those deals, he has paid for them, that money goes behind a wall in the trust. so some version of that has been done. of course trump has unprecedented conflicts. weve never seen anything like this in american history, particularly the foreign ties, including at this hotel, which is selling its services, its rooms to foreign governments. >> were going to have to leave it there for tonight. a...

Visually important as president to no in no way have a conflict of business with my various businesses. it takes me out of business operations. heres the big thing. politics and ethics are all about perception. how does he leave the companies that bear his name. all 268 of them and how does he leave behind the conflicts they pose? liquidation or a fire sale. he has to avoid a firestorm of conflicts later. let me bring in again our chief legal correspondent. ari, i want to dive in on the one issu...

Announced that he will announce this over two weeks in advance. there is still more time for people to influence his decision. for him the question is, whose ethical judgment accept using? they say hell go every step he needs to. bla bla bla. they need to use someones ethical judgment had is pristine. this is how far you need to go. even if it means giving up yourer personal and professional county for decades. >> lets be clear. the top ethics lawyer in the obama administration and the bush admi...

This? >> reporter: well, we dont know what it means, as you said. were less than really two weeks away from what hes calling a major press conference. what we do know is that the president-elect seems to finally be acknowledging that this conflict of interest potential is a big deal. we have sort of the perception that there could be a conflict of interest and then we have the conflict of interest itself. on the latter side you have things like the post office of which he owns in d.c. and theres...

Giving up an operational role but is he giving up his full financial interest in the business and if kids are still running the business, and particularly if they are running the business and continuing to advise him and sit in on white house meetings, that presents a conflict that a lot of people are concerned about. theres nothing in the tweets that suggests hes not going to address the problems, but they dont speak specifically to liquidation and is he getting out of not just the operational ...