Pete: coming out of the election and bringing it back to the foundation, daniel, basically hillary clinton, bill clinton no longer have favors to give out, right? she didn t win. this will be a key test for donors of the foundation, did they really gave the money in the past because they wanted to change the world or did they give the money to impact decisions at state department and potentially at the white house? this is a big test now. that is exactly right. a lot of people saying if you want to help fight aids and charitable organizations there is a ton of charity organizations. giving to the clinton foundation is clearly away to earn closeness to people in power. that bet by a lot of people didn t really pay off, right? it didn t really amount to much. question is how much can they raise now? i would venture a lot smaller than what they were raising a couple years ago because people were giving in order to gain access. and that access is now not worth nearly as much as it was worth.
Peter doocy is live in west palm beach, florida, where the president-elect is spending the holidays. peter, what s the latest from this? reporter: gregg, as you know, there s been a lot of pressure from democrats and liberal groups for the president-elect to untangle the financial obligations he has with charity work and his business dealings. now, the transition team continues to insist that at some point in january, before the inauguration, the president-elect is going to have a formal press conference where he lays out the plan for withdrawing himself from the trump organization, from all of his real estate holdings and any other investments that he has. so that s still upcoming, but now he is doing kind of a slow process of withdrawing from some of these charity organizations and something that is notable about his statement about his own charity, he points out all the good work that he thinks they do which is the same kind of thing that he said about his son, eric trump, on friday when eric trump announced that he was going to also step aside from
. back to the people in south carolina, they re starting with what is likely to be a very long recovery from last week s devastating storms. neighbors in columbia say they re banding together this weekend to assess the damage and clean up the debris. charity organizations are rounding up volunteers helping residents remove ruined possessions from their flooded out homes. two disaster recovery centers are open in the columbia area. state officials say they re to help flood survivors who need money for paying rent and other essential home repairs. south carolina didn t get any help from mother nature this weekend. more rain returned to the region yesterday. but there is relief in sight as the storm slowly weakens and moves off the coast. we saw rainfall totals historic across south carolina, over two feet of rain across a widespread region of the carolinas last weekend. we re watching a weak system off shore now. in some cases we saw a couple of inches across south carolina.
Night. no word on his condition this morning. before leaving, president carter did meet with some of guiana s current leaders, the carter center has observed 99 elections in 38 countries. in baltimore, legendary pop artist prince headline adderally for peace last night. raising money for charity organizations in the city. the concert attendees were told to wear gray to honor freddie gray who died while in police custody prompting the city s eruption into weeks of protests. prince released a song entitled baltimore in protest of freddie gray s death. we could learn the fate of patriot quarterback tom brady as early as today. several reports indicate commissioner roger goodell is set to suspend brady some time this week. although an nfl spokesman has dismissed the claims, investigators concluded last week that it was more probable than not that brady was generally aware of what was happening. still, brady denies any part in the deflating of game footballs. and at the vatican, cuban leader raoul castro met with
In syria right now in the kabul area northeast close to iraq, is yn is want it enlargen their caliphate and take over the north belt of sere wra. i understand that.. you know about the 250 christians, the most recent kidnapped christians? i m sorry, judge, we are all devastated. tired and sleepless. of course, we are in touch constantly in touch with their relatives that fled, with eyewitness, with our charity organizations. with our with our churches. and we are all staying and we are all staying in touch with the militia, itself. syria militia, and the kurdish militia, ypg, that are trying to combat isis in this area. now, i understand excuse me for interrupting. i don t have a lot of time. i understand that someone had made a phone call to a relative and isis answered? is that correct? isis switched on the
In syria right now in the kabul area northeast close to iraq, is yn is want it enlargen their caliphate and take over the north belt of sere wra. i understand that.. you know about the 250 christians, the most recent kidnapped christians? i m sorry, judge, we are all devastated. tired and sleepless. of course, we are in touch constantly in touch with their relatives that fled, with eyewitness, with our charity organizations. with our with our churches. and we are all staying and we are all staying in touch with the militia, itself. syria militia, and the kurdish militia, ypg, that are trying to combat isis in this area. now, i understand excuse me for interrupting. i don t have a lot of time. i understand that someone had made a phone call to a relative and isis answered? is that correct? isis switched on the
Area northeast close to iraq, is yn is want it enlargen their caliphate and take over the north belt of sere wra. i understand that.. you know about the 250 christians, the most recent kidnapped christians? i m sorry, judge, we are all devastated. tired and sleepless. of course, we are in touch constantly in touch with their relatives that fled, with eyewitness, with our charity organizations. with our with our churches. and we are all staying and we are all staying in touch with the militia, itself. syria militia, and the kurdish militia, ypg, that are trying to combat isis in this area. now, i understand excuse me for interrupting. i don t have a lot of time. i understand that someone had made a phone call to a relative and isis answered? is that correct? isis switched on the
Buildings together. many people are now calling this a humanitarian crisis. there have been claims of abuse against the immigrants who fled their countries for several reasons, due to violence, wanting to reunite with their family in the united states and because many believe if they make it into the united states they will get a free pass. they are being shackled. they re being routinely denied food and water and medical treatment. and they re suffering at the hands of cbp. we want this to stop. we called upon non-governmental organizations, volunteer organizations, and charity organizations to assist in this effort. reporter: many of the children are being held at three military bases in california, texas and oklahoma. while the government tries to figure out exactly what 20 do next. the immigrants flooded into the u.s. from several countries in central america. yesterday homeland security secretary jeh johnson made it
Board of multiple charity organizations including meals on wheels. now, a female board member of that organization has quit her position because of the charity calendar. here s part of the written statement she gave a local news station, kltv. for the record, my resignation was prompted by the decision of our board president to pose in the nude for the fundraising calendar. yeah. also for the record, dr. sharp says he didn t actually pose in the buff. well, i didn t pose nude. i was wearing short britches. see? short britches. i m not even sure what they are, but i like them. being a charitable man he doesn t hold any grudges against the board member who left because of his photo shoot. she s a wonderful person. smart, a great board member. we hate to lose her. it was just a difference of opinion. so the people who put together the calendar told us quote we understand that a small minority may be offended and we respect that stance. the calendar was done in good faith with much consideration and good taste. our only objective is to raise as much money as possible for a
School sweetheart for 46 years and still knows how to rock a tool belt. you re probably starting to get the picture here. this is a calendar filled with page after page of good sports. dentists, business men, city leaders who strip down for a good cause. it s called the taking it off for the dogs calendar, raising money for the spca of texas to build a shelter for the rescue and adoption of unwanted animals. you can buy your copy at their website. all the models say it was pretty much a no-brainer to be involved in the charity project. what little we could do to sit in a bathing suit and take a photograph, i was proud to do that. there s been nothing negative about it. it s a great cause. the spca is doing a great job. i don t know how anybody could argue against it. exactly. a fun calendar for a good cause. how could anybody argue against it? nobody can except of course someone did. someone has a problem with this particular photo. this is dr. aubrey sharp, keeping it cool in january. he is 69 years old, the dean at tyler junior college and on the board of multiple charity organizations including meals on