cornyn, sean spicer, trey gowdy, chris christie, all saying that it is extremely dangerous for her to mishandle classified information and that she shouldn t have further access to it. that s what paul ryan said. my question to you is, do republicans look hypocritical? it is not news that most politicians most of the time are situational ethicists. where they stand depends on where they sit. they re now sitting in different chairs. what i think the republicans on capitol hill know is that every day spent on these distractions and this is what mr. mcconnell is talking about when he pleaded for a little less drama. every day spent on this is not spent on something else. it s not spent on tax reform, health care reform, infrastructure, all the rest. most first-time presidencies have lost whatever momentum and political capital they had by labor day. they ve either put in place their agenda or they haven t.
club, being down at the private club in florida and taking foreign visitors there, mentioning your products constantly, talking about the beautiful piece of chocolate cake that i mean, listen, this is not by accident and unless somebody stops it it s going to keep being g.ing. they have pulled down that post. the cake soundedel really good by the with a i. you mentioned culture because there is this worry among ethicists that you have all these people working in this bureaucracy in washington who will be can you remember seeing favor with the private industry of donald trump. nice to see you bright and early this morning. the trump administration is hitting the canadian lumber industry with stiff tariffs, the first imposed by the trump administration, the president threatened taxing imports on the campaign trail, you didn t hear him talking about canada very much, he was talking about mexico and it was canada that the commerce department is going
incredible job he did in the purchase and turnaround of the chicago cubs is what i want representing our people. but rickets could not untangle his business connections enough to satisfy the office of government ethics and he withdrew. so did president trump s pick for secretary of the army, others billionaire businessman. everybody likes vin senlts. phillip buildin? foefls are experiencing significant decliens. reporter: same story. too many business ties to take the most. andrew plunger flamed out after his business practices came under fire including his hiring of an undocumented immigrant and many of those dwoirmd the white house team have raised sharp concerns with ethicists over their deep business connections and possible conflicts. the head of the transportation
president-elect s critics. reporter: that s what i tried to get answered. let me play for you what was said and we ll talk about it on the other side. and we don t have that sound for you, katy we can summarize. i asked specifically. there s a number of white house former lawyers and ethicists who say it s just not appropriate the way that donald trump is separating himself from his business. his plant doesn t go far enough. sort of a complete divestiture, donald trump will be facing potential conflicts of interest no matter what. obviously trump is not doing that. my question to sean spicer was given that 74% of americans want to see donald trump s taxes and the fact he s refusedo rease his taxes, will he not at the very least release who he is indebted to. who does he owe money to, bank
meetings right now including interviewing prospective cabinet picks. want to bring in david fahrenthold from the washington post. by not divesting, that is a far cry from the type of separation that strict ethicists are calling for. that s right. this is one of the things donald trump should have known would be the biggest question for himself as president and as head of his business. how is he going to separate himself from his business. it seems like he did not make any sort of plan at all before the election and doesn t seem to have that kind of plan now. on the fly he s trying to figure out some arrangement that will work for his business and the country. doesn t seem like he s found anything close to it yet. also, word is there are now conflicting concerns about what it would mean if he would completely divest. they were caught off guard, they were afraid if they put all the properties on the market, it would be a fire sale and also, they were concerned there would be an app