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Is there any there there? >> i think that people are by and large moving on from the issue of whether or not russia interfered with the election because like the election itself, this is largely settled. people understand that russia had involvement in hacking into the dnc. people understand that they wanted donald trump to winners have us hillary clinton whom they saw as more adversarial and beyond that this becomes more background noise into what is going to be an extremely busy period of action on capitol hill and action with the supreme court nominee and action over the affordable care act...

Gesture, if he will, to try to make a point na he is trying to at least scale back any potential conflicts. >> absolutely. i any it is a very important point to make in fairness to donald trump, which is that there is no legal obligation for him to divest anything, even control, much less ownership. it is not a legal requirement. there is this issue with the emoluments clause. it is very much a side issue. this is all about appearances. it is not about legal obligations. when you are president of the united states, appearances matter. this is an issue a lot of people will be watching, how the ...

Legislation but what's his answer to the pay disparity problem in this country? how is he going to focus on -- i'm serious. >> the answer is kate upton on the back of a convertible eating a cheeseburger. >> there was a report recently that this is where -- >> donny likes it. >> soi depending on how much influence, maybe she can do good. >> that's where her role needs to be key. she needs to focus on those things. that has to be important. her team and everything she does on that issue, it can't be a side issue. it can't turn into the white house counscil on women and girs year seven. >> if it'...

Ill. we do a lot on this show. >> you think we should have a gun-free zone on a military base, chris is this. >> that's not my call. they did it for a reason. >> what's the reason. >> they have operational security issues they have main tennan an maintenance of firearms. that's something of a side issue. >> when i see gun-free zone, that's a flag for the wackos to come in and start shooting people. that's what i see. >> we have plenty of guns in the country. we have more guns than we do people. it's not like we're running at a shortage. when you talk about mental health, there's no question th...

Public officials can say look, we have a large fire in 63-story hotel, we'll suspend the fireworks so firefighters can do their work, please go home. they had to make calculations. i'm sure they'll give their reasons. they might have got through with it with nobody else got hurt and it may be a side issue. the major issue, can they get this fire put out without any loss of life? i think that's yet to be seen. >> stay with us. back out to dubai. joining us on the phone is margaret bashir, reporter for voice of america, currently in dubai. we spoke to a short while ago, you give us an update on ...