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Conflicts of interest that still surface more than a year into the trump presidency. our guest is the deputy managing editor of pro publica. these people work hard. he repeatedly smiles, looks at the camera and says there are none, is he right? >> i dont know that hes right that there are no conflicts of interest. what he is right about is the government never anticipated there would be a situation like this. where a businessman has an active business in the oval office. >> we can say divesting ...

That same time span. who are those women? those are the women that we were talking about in mountain brook, alabama, that have voted for republicans their entire life, that could not bring themselves to vote for republicans there or in northern virginia. trumps approval rating is 12 points higher than it among women. the largest gap between men and women when compared to his predecessors. yamiche, look at the stories we all heard when you talk about northern virginia and the governors race and i...

National security secrets. if youre watching everything that comes in, whats preventing you that making sure your real estate deals arent benefiting from it in some ways as well or picking up on this information. the first rule of thumb when you go in government is to get rid of all your associations outside of the government and the private sector. >> usually we see your tax returns. we know about that as well. the things i listed, the kislyak lavrov meeting, the unsecured phone, the releasing ...

President trump is breaking a longstanding tradition of his last seven predecessors that could mess up productivity. breaking with tradition, trump skips presidents written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings. trump as opted to rely on an oral briefing of select intelligence issues in the oval office rather than getting a written review each day. according to three people familiar with his briefings, reading a densely intelligent book is not trumps preferred style of learning, accor...

Investigation. thats just a dangerous road to go down. it really needs to stop so muellers team can be assessing all this information without it being tainted in the public arena. >> ben, can i ask you about some reporting from "the washington post"? the president is skipping written intelligence reports and instead relying on oral briefings? the post notes thats contrary to the practices followed by the past, i think, seven predecessors. what do you make of this? is that an area of concern? >> ...

Chali chalian. i keep looking down at my twitter for the president saying, hey, how come the media is not reporting the market is down 2,000 points in the last few days. >> i dont think youll see that note any time soon, john. obviously we are seeing the very reason why donald trumps predecessors of both parties tended to stay away from talking about the fluctuations in the market. the moment you take credit for the gains, you know youre going to get some blame for the losses. here is the thing....

Made that this fight then is worth having? >> well, first of all, i think youve defined losing as him having to give answers. >> theyve defined it. they defined him losing to give answers because theyre nervous hes going to lie. >> no, no, no, no. i just dont agree with your characterization. i think what you see going on is a negotiation. president trumps lawyers as his predecessors have are using the fact that his -- of his office to contain the scope of examination. look, when i do deposition...

Wall street unlike any of his predecessors. jay carney, former press secretary to barack obama, tweeted today that they never spoke about the stock market. thats a slight exaggeration. they did once in a while, but it was very rare. obama and the presidents that came before him would do this infrequently because they knew of the dangers. they knew they could have an image like this today. the president in ohio giving a speech about the economic benefits of their tax cut, and while hes talking, m...

Were knocking down some of the barriers to business growing. >> he was the business? >> thats right. he was the art of the deal business guy. he would both -- woeboast at ti that he understood why the markets would boom once he got in the office. we would hear it at the white house where he would tie himself to the fortunes of the market unlike any of his predecessors. a former press secretary to barack obama tweeted today that they never spoke about the stock market. thats a slight exaggeration...

>> he was the business? >> thats right. he was the art of the deal business guy. he would both -- boast at times that he understood why the markets would boom once he got in the office. we would hear it at the white house where he would tie himself to the fortunes of the market unlike any of his predecessors. a former press secretary to barack obama tweeted today that they never spoke about the stock market. thats a slight exaggeration. they did once in a while, but it was very rare. obama and t...