to. >> today the white house canceled its daily press briefing without explanation. i'm joined by senator richard blumenthal, one of dozens of democratic lawmakers suing the president for allegedly violating the clause of the constitution. the deal that was enough of influenced in which the chinese government will give half a billion dollars in loans, is that to your mind a violation of the emoluments clause on its face? >> it stinks. it fails to pass the smell test and on its face violates the emoluments claus. there's no need for quid pro quo for it to violate the claus. we've already included that indonesian deal in our lawsuit. and that lawsuit bloomin'thal versus trump, i'm the lead plaintiff, was filed a year ago almost to the day, june 14th of last year. it will be argued in court june 7th. we're going to add additional details to that lawsuit. i think they will figure