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$12 billion to settle more than 2000 lawsuits linked to the opioid crisis. >> its very significant never before have we ever seen a member of a private industry offer so much money to try to deal with a public health crisis of this magnitude. >> reporter: people familiar with the potential deal telling nbc news purdue would file for chapter 11 bankruptcy and restructure the company into a for-profit trust run independently. profits from sale of the drugs would go to the cities, counties and stat...

Disgraceful. >> i want to go back to that press conference, it seemed nonsensical at the time. they described there is no chance which he be subject to conflicts of interest, but despite that they would take remarkable steps and put the presidents interest into a blind trust that is absolutely not a plind trust. it is a trust run by his children whom we know she in constant touch with. this has been a farce since the beginning, what do you do about it? >> what should have happened from the begin...

Coming up and hes been looking for financing. the family has been looking for financing for years now and cant get it. in "the washington post" story it talks about the moment jared went into the white house, the financing dried up. so it makes sense that foreign powers would try to only talk to -- >> lets make something clear. nobody was lining up to finance 666 before that either. >> right. now its exponentially more difficult. it would make sense that china, uae, israel, mexico, would all wan...

These papers are just some of the many documents that ive signed, turning over complete and total control to my sons. >> that was then president-elect trump, placing his businesses in a trust run by his sons. the president remains the sole beneficiary and can withdraw money whenever he chooses. his problems hosted foreign governments, lawmakers, lobbyists and more organizations throughout 2017. lets just take a look at a few. just down the street from the white house, the trump international hot...

Laws against this. there is no law against this, but there should be. there absolutely should be. >> "the wall street journal" analyzed ivankas twitter posts and found out that the ivanka trump appeared in 46 of the 68 outfit posts since she became the white house adviser. again, as you said, she is -- she stepped down from actively managing the brand. she still has her own ownership stakes in her companys assets, which are in a trust run by the family. but shes still getting a multimillion doll...

Dinner together and then we learn now that her company was granted three preliminary trademarks. now, shes stepped down from the day-to-day operations from her brand and has put the assets into a trust thats controlled by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law. shes not the one filing for these trademark requests but t optically this is not a way to suggest that theres no conflict of interests there. >> she can say over and over again that shes didvested but its her brand, right? >> right. its her...

People and we will make our own choices. you want a government that keeps its promises. a great spirit of optimism is sweeping and you see it. it is sweeping all across the country. look at whats happening to the stock market. look at whats happening to every poll when it comes to optimism in our country. it is sweeping across the country. >> the two older sons of president trump inaugurated a golf course in dubai. the first project with the trump brand to be launched since their father became p...

Responsibility in washington is filing a suit that claims every time one of the presidents businesses accepts payments from foreign governments, it violates part of the constitution. the c.r.e.w. says as long as the president has a stake in the trump organization, the people have no way to know if his actions are motivated by personal profit. the white house has not responded to the suit. the president said he will not sell, but put his businesses in a trust run by his sons. one of the sons, eri...

Clause in the constitution. as long as the president has a stake in the trump organization. the people do not know if he is motivated by personal profit. the white house is not responding. the president will not sell, but put the business in a trust run by his sons. one of the sons, eric trump, tells the times the lawsuit is harassment for political gain. frankly i find it very sad. critical confirmation votes for the cabinet picks. senators will debate on mike pompeo for the cia director. the...

The dow was just under 8,000 which would suggest anyone liquidating their assets at the time was likely taking a bath on them. now on the eve of trumps ascendancy, a completely different economic environment. the dow is just under 20,000, the markets have been hitting record highs for months and yet even in such a beneficial atmosphere, donald trump still refuses to sell his holdings in his company. his lawyer explaining yesterday its just too great a financial sacrifice. instead hes placing his...