we re launching a new segment today where we talk about trump and his many business entanglements unlike previous presidents who put their businesses in a trust. trump says he will do no such thing. trump s business deals have spanned the globe and we re already looking at foreign interests looking to help trump s businesses. the president can t have a conflict of interest. there is, of course, a difference between what s legal and what s ethical and some scholars point to the emollience clause which says the president cannot receive gifts from an entity. let s go through a couple things you highlighted in your piece recently. after he was elected,
ceo is president-elect and donald trump has even admitted that he has, quote, a little conflict of interest with one nato ally over a hotel. the lead s series of potential conflicts like that one begins today. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin with national news today. we re waiting for a news conference at any moment with new details about the horrific rampage at the ohio state university in columbus. cnn is being told that the attacker was 18 years old. he was a permanent legal u.s. resident. they re wondering if terror was the motive. he drove into a crowd on campus and got out and started slashing people with a large butcher knife. a security guard on campus stopped this from becoming much worse, attacking and killing the