Reporter Global Super StarGeorge Michael launched into Pop Culture History in 1984 as half of the british duo wham. Singing Careless Whisper. Time can never mend the Careless Whisper reporter by 1986, michael launched an incredible solo career. His number one album faith raising eyebrows with the first single. The risque lyrics and provocative Video Drawing sharp criticism of those wanting to bring awareness to the growing Aids Epidemic and the need for safe sex. I gotta have faith faith producing four number one singles. Including Father Figure. I will be your Father Figure reporter one more try. You
the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart knows out to his family and all of his fans. Of course, he was known for his music, but he was also known for his advocacy for the Lgbt Community as well as aids awareness. Poppy, don. Ian lee, thank you so much. Obviously, his music, but his advocacy. He came out later in life and did a lot for the gay community. Do you remember wham . Because i was 2. In the last hour i said i think like Father Figure i meant Careless Whisper. I didnt know he messed up because i was 2. Father figure was later. What an amazing musical artist and he will be forever remembered. Well continue to follow that. We have to move on now and talk about some politics and specifically israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahulashing out at the Obama Administration for refusing to veto a u. N. Resolution condemning settlements on the west bank. Cnn Correspondent Orin live in jerusalem with the latest on this. Hi, don. If you want an idea on how angry Prime Minister netanyahu is think about this. On Christmas Eve here in jerusalem, here in the holy land summoned the ambassadors. Of the ten countries. It was the u. S. Ambassador in particular who met with netanyahu. Netanyahu expressing his anger One More Time directed at president barack obama and at Secretary Of State john kerry about this resolution. Heres what netanyahu had to say at the cabinet meeting. Over decades, american administrations and israeli governments have disagreed about settlements. But we agreed that the Security Council was not the place to
shot at the longstanding israeli relationship. You dont see this as personal from the president to Benjamin Netanyahu. As many people believe it is. Why . I mean, i think its a combination, poppy, of personality differences. But more so profound policy differences. And i think this was inevitable. You had a soap opera literally playing out for the last eight years. The most dysfunctional, unproductive relationship between an israeli Prime Minister and the u. S. President. In my experience of working this issue for the last 25 years. And its appropriate that it would have ended with more. The israelis didnt get the memo on Settlement Expansion and the Obama Administration was determined, finally, to signal
been subsidizing massive Settlement Growth. Know these settlements just to be clear for our viewers. Part of the settlements of this address are in places like East Jerusalem are in different place than say the 2011 resolution. East jerusalem has a different status, yes. Thats true. But settlement, Settlement Growth in East Jerusalem also seriously undermines the twostate solution. Certain parts of it because if you cant have a palestinian capital in East Jerusalem. You cant have a viable Palestinian State. When it comes to the twostate solution. This is something that Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has been vocally continue to be supportive of, whether his actions are different than some of his words. His critics would say on that, lets pull up what he said recently. In may he said i remain committed to making peace with the palestinians and with all of our neighbors. Were willing to negotiate with the arab states. So that it reflects the dramatic
changes in our regions since 20 2002, but maintains the agreed goal of two states for two people. You say this is a bad outcome. What happens now to the prospects of a twostate solution . I think one of the reasons the Prime Minister is so angry is because he tried to mobilize the President Elect on one hand. He tried to mobilize the president of egypt in the other and he didnt succeed. The other realities, i think he knows whats coming. He is going to inherent an administration that is very proisraeli and very likely to provide the israelis with more discretion and more margin on many different issues. Iran Peace Process. The reality is he is going to be caught between an International Community that is going to continue to hammer him, even though the u. S. Will defend him and his own right wing that will use the onset of the Trump Administration to argue that you see the americans really dont care about settlements. They have appointed an ambassadamba ambassador that is clearly vocal in this regard. Bottom line, poppy, is this. The settlement resolution and the expansion of settlements basically miss the point. This Peace Process lacks the leadership, it lacks the ownership, it lacks enough congruence on the two sides in order to be ready for primetime. That is essentially the problem. Without leaders on both sides, not just the israeli side, on the palestinian side and without effective u. S. Mediation and i suspect youre not going to have either in the period ahead. Were going to remain stuck and i suspect the situation is going to get worse before it gets worse. Peter, do you agree with that you have donald trump, if he can get David Friedman through congress, you know, this is a very controversial pick for ambassador. Someone who is supportive of War Settlements and who wants to move the embassy to jerusalem and also who basically said, i dont believe in a twostate solution. Where netanyahu says he does believe in a twostate solution. Netanyahu lets be honest. Benjamin netanyahu has never supported the kind of twostate solution that had been seriously negotiated in the past. He never accepted the idea of a Palestinian State near the 1967 lines, which is the only parameters for a Palestinian State that have ever been seriously considered by the United States government or an Israeli Palestinian negotiation. No Peace Process to destroy. Yes, the politicians haalestini and divided and flawed leadership. I totally agree. We have an israeli Prime Minister who never accepted the basic parameters for a Palestinian State where do these next two administrations move together . What will likely happen is that israsrael will move perman israeli control over the west bank and as aaron rightly says, the world, not the United States. The United States will be isolated but the rest of the world. The europeans and others will increasely move to put pressure on israel and not be good for israel. But this is netanyahus bed that
he has made. Guys, i have to leave it there. Aaron, peter, we appreciate it. We have a lot ahead on new day and well speak with the israeli ambassador to the United States ron dermer. He will resolve his Charitable Foundation, but its not that easy. How will he do it and can it happen before he takes his oath in 25 days . Thats next. In your bed . Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. The President Elect announcing this week, he says that hes going to dissolve his Charitable Foundation to avoid any conflicts of interest, but it is unclear how he will do that before taking the oath of office come january 20th. Cnn ryan nobles live for us In Washington with more. Good morning, ryan. Don, good morning to you. Trump, himself, has not personally donated to this foundation since 2008 and currently has no employees and hasnt actively raised funds in some time but in a statement the President Elect said he has instructed his attorneys to dissolve the charity. Avoiding the appearance of any
conflict with my role as president. I decided to pursue my interest in philanthropies in other ways. A spokesperson for new York Attorney general Erictia Niderman Who was a Hillary Clinton supporter and launched an investigation during the Campaign Said the Foundation Cannot legally dissolve until their investigation is complete. Now, schneiderman has been investigating how trump used the foundation to settle personal business dealings. Now, speaking of those personal business dealings, trump has also said that hes going to remove himself from his Global Business empire, but hes yet to explain how. And all of this news comes at a time as there is a bit of a Staff Shakeup for trumps Incoming Administration and his Incoming Administration said he decided not to take that job because it would be too demanding for his young family. Don . Ryan, i appreciate that. Lets discuss now with New York Times eric lipton. You have been writing about this. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on new day. Hope you had a great holiday. Donald trump said he would dissolve his personal foundation, to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president. Are you surprised at all by his decision . No, not very surprised. I think that the problem is that youre going to be Oout Solicut Soliciting Money and then you take that money and give it to other causes which in some situations donald trump has done. Of course, david has documented not many times but if youre out there soliciting money, then people are going to give it to you because youre president of the United States. They could be trying to impress you, influence you by writing big checks. Makes it very hard for someone who is in a public position to solic it money for a charity or their children. He reached the conclusion that he needs to shut this foundation down. In the meantime, speaking of
that, this is from the dnc, a statement on that. He said the Trump Foundation also has a pitiful record of service and, instead, has service as a slush fund for trump to bribe elected officials, attack his political enemies and buy portraits of himself. Do you agree with that assessment . I wouldnt go that far, but it has been well documented both by the Washington Post and New York Times and other News Organizations that the Trump Foundation was used to serve the interest of the Trump Organization and donald trump himself in addition to making some charitable contributions. And there was a fair amount of criticism of how this money was used during the campaign and, so, it also has been under suspension by the new York State Attorney general prohibited from raising money because it was not appropriate appropriately in the state of new york. This is a troubled Charity Foundation already. Again, for those reasons, not
surprising, that hes interested now in liquidating it. Again, as ryan reported and as you just mentioned the new York AttorneyGenerals Office is saying, not so fast. The foundation is still under investigation. He cannot shut this foundation down while its under investigation. Thats right. Its a subject of an investigation by the attorney general. Its presumably a civil review to determine if it broke any laws. There could potentially be a penalty. So, you wouldnt want an organization to be liquidated. So, it had no money to pay a fine, if that were to be the determined. Its not surprising that they would be negotiating presumably with the state Attorney Generals Office to determine as part of the desire to liquidate it if there needs to be some type of an agreement which includes, potentially, some type of settlements. Republicans have said that this investigation is partisan. Is that so . I mean, if you are not registered to be soliciting money in new york state and youre collecting donations on
behalf of the foundation, i mean, thats something that the attorney general, which has jurisdiction over charities is going to look into. So, well see. I want to talk about his sons because his business is going to be run by his sons don jr. , eric. Theyre on his transition team. Short of liquidating the company, can trump really be free of conflicts of interest . I mean, there are both democrats and republicans and the office of government ethics, which each have said that they think the only appropriate way for him to be president without questions about potential conflicts is for him to liquidate his holding, sell them and put the proceeds into Treasury Bonds or mutual funds and let someone else handle the management of that money. Thats really the only way for him to be president he has said that his businesses are so complicated because of what he does, that it might be virtually impossible for him to do that. Does he have a point . That would be very difficult to accomplish. And almost impossible, in fact,
to accomplish before he is sworn in. And, so, there are others who suggest that maybe the appropriate transitional step is for him to have a trustee who would help oversee the business and make sure that there is not inappropriate communication between his sons and the administration and then perhaps also in the trustee would help oversee some of the sale of some of the assets while hes in office to get rid of the ones that prevent the most serious conflicts. My guess is that is where we are headed. No way he would be able to liquidate everything by ina Inauguration Day and something he said he doesnt want to do. We are likely headed towards some sort of outside party that would help the sons and other Family Members oversee the company as he serves as president. Whether or not thats sufficient is an open question. As we have seen throughout the campaign, his supporters dont seem to care. He didnt release his tax returns. What does this mean Going Forward . What kind of presidency will we see with this . I think unless he does liquidate, hes going to consistently be faced with questions of potential conflicts because whether or not its a labor issue that hes deciding on as president and then theres a Labor Dispute perhaps at one of his hotels. I mean, theres so many or hes involved some branded property overseas at the same time he is trying to do Foreign Policy with a particular country. Theres going to be questions and its going to dog him. I think thats why its in his interest to address these. Eric upton from New York Times. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Holiday travelers looking to extend their stay at grandmas house, listen up. You may be in luck. Snow, ice and freezing rain making your trek home pretty tough. Well check on the winter storm and how it will impact your trav travel, next. You cant predict the market. But through good times and bad. At t. Rowe price. Weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. At clorox 2 weve turned removing stains into a science. Now pretreat with clorox 2 watch stains disappear right before your eyes. Remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. Ththen out of nowhere. Crying. Third time that day. I wasnt even sad. First the stroke, now this.