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These questions. and i hope that leader mcconnell would have at least on monday or a very short order a meeting of all centers in one place so we can ask the attorney general questions about how this happened, ask the deputy attorney general and any other relevant official. >> and 10, one last question before we have to go. do you opposegy new fbi nominee until there's a special prosecutor named? >> i think it's going to be impossible for us to consider the next fbi director until we have a special counsel who is given the opportunity to investigate these questions. >> thanks. brooke, back to ...

Again, i think the idea that he's going to his own hotel shouldn't be a shocker. it's a beautiful place. it's somewhere he's very proud of and i think it's symbolic of the kind of government he's going to run. he's very proud. it's an absolutely stunning hotel. i encourage you to go there if you haven't been by. >> trump hotel in d.c., one of the scenes of inaugural festivities and critics are saying ground zero for conflict of interest problems for the new president. according to government rules no elected officials can benefit from government property. trump making a show of turning his bus...

In those cases and others will try to use those cases not only to attack on the merits but as a political tool, particularly here, where donald trump has refused to provide his taxes, refused to provide a lot of information the american people are used to having. >> reporter: ambassador norm izon served as the chief ethics lawyer in the obama white house. he and his counterpart, richard painter from the george w. bush administration, agreed these lawsuits aren't only unprecedented but a dangerous distraction. >> the president needs to focus on protecting the security of the united states, on r...

So-called reform of the office of congressional ethics. what that means is an attempt by members of congress to exert pressure on the office to back off from investigations of ethical improprietities on the part of members of the house of representatives. this is going to be an ongoing story. it's unfortunate. this soon after an election. people are getting back to business as usual in washington and not living up to their commitment to serve the american people. >> your a former chief ethics white house lawyer. let me go to the white house now and ask about donald trump. the president-elect h...

Conferences scheduled for last week but postponed indefinitely. joining me now, richard painter from the university of minnesota. he was formerly the white house chief ethics lawyer for two years under president h.w. bush. you escaped freezing minnesota for the sunshine of california. glad you're with us. >> exactly. >> as you well know, the u.s. financial conflicts of interest statute prohibits people in the executive branch from holding assets that would clash with their official duties. however, for some bizarre reason, the vice president and the president-elect are exempt from this. there ...