it has been more than four months since donald trump held a press conference. he is putting a new one on the books setting december 15th as the day he'll explain his plans to deal with his business empire after he is sworn in. i want to bring in hallie jackson and ali velshi. let's talk about donald trump's tweet he is going to have this press conference. though he doesn't legally have to do it, he'll be separating his business ties from his new role as president of the united states. >> correct. a couple of the highlights here from what we know, because i think there's some big question marks, right? number one, the subject of it will be the conflicts of interest that frankly have been in the headlines since the night he was elected. these are real questions. while he is exempt, he's right, he is exempt from federal conflict of interest laws, there is still the appearance of conflict that could be a concern which he references when he