of having worked together with democrats. let s start with chip. not starting with chip. i have done it for years start with chip today. i have more bills that passed than this whole committee put together. all i can say is i like you personally very much, but i am telling you this bull crap that you throws out here gets old, and to do it at the end of this was just not right. i just it takes a lot to get me worked up like this. joining me now, cnn money correspondent, christine romans. wow. that s why tax reform is so hard. it s true. when you look at the senate plan what you are hearing senate brown and some of the economists, quite frankly, the tax relief for rich people and the tax relief for companies is
spotlight, as we head into the midterm congressional races. poppy? absolutely. jessica schneider outside the courthouse, thank you so much. also, i m sure you ve seen it by now, kremlin cash funneled into facebook and twitter. a member of the trump administration with financial ties to a firm linked to vladimir putin s family. it is becoming, really, the dpi beginning of what is coming out of these so-called paradise papers. they were revealed by the international consortium of international journalists. they pored over 13 million-plus documents covering over 70 years. all of this leaked by a law firm based until bermuda. joining me now, our cnn money correspondent, cristina alesci, who follows t s ths the interse money and politics. this could not be more in the heart of your beat. let s dive into this. everyone is seeing the headlines, commerce secretary wilbur ross this morning tied to this. why? well, these documents make a very important link between one of wilbur ross comp
and while some may say the desert is desolate. we prefer secluded. what is the desert? it s absolutely what you need right now. absolutely scottsdale. turning to or money lead. ethics group is suing president trump accusing him of violating the u.s. constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments through his global business empire. this as cnn obtained a letter signed by president trump saying he has resigned from every position he held in more than 400 businesses. it s part of today s installment of conflict of interest watch. we re taking a closer look today into president trump s laundry list of potential ethics concerns. let s bring in cnn money correspondent, christina,
between a president trump, his policy agenda and his global empire. let s bring in cnn money correspondent, christina alesi. what is trump doing as he hands it over to his kids. reporter: that announcement really tries to resolve a big problem for donald trump. it is a question about whether he can make the conflicts basically disappear, and it is not really clear that he can. and it all comes down to that agreement, or that arrangement that he announced. it really falls short based on the conversations that i ve had with ethics experts. look, there is almost nothing in that agreement that meets the standards that ethics experts want to see. here is what happened. trump wants to avoid criticism for backing policies that could directly boost his bottom line, like for example, supporting tax breaks for developers.
it s time to start believing again. so was your internet acting a little wonky yesterday? a lot of popular sites came under a widespread cyberattack. in fact, we re learning now those the internet-connected dvrs, or the web cams that may be in your home may have been used to carry out this attack. we re talking some sites that are visited often. we re talking netflix, spotify, twitter, and there were others that went down throughout the day. and now the fbi, the department of homeland security, they are involved. it s not clear who s responsible just yet, but it s clear this attack affected a lot of people and a lot of businesses worldwide. cnn money correspondent, samuel burke has some of the new details. reporter: this is one of the largest and most serious cyberattacks we ve ever seen in the history of the internet. in fact, we now know that