in the pros ses cess of that inw which she did from the white house she promoted ivanka trump s apparel line. elijah cummings called this in his words, a textbook violation of government ethics law. the white house press secretary sean spicer today said she has been counseled, he used the word counseled, on the subject. is that enough? well, it was totally inappropriate for kellyanne conway or for any public official or public employee to use the white house or office for personal gain for themselves, their families or people that they know. so, i think this was totally inappropriate. i think there will be the ethics there will be ethics committee that will look into what she s had to say and it s up to others to determine whether she should be counseled beyond that and whether there should be some other action taken. is congress doing enough right now to deal with potential conflicts of interest in the
judge gorsuch said to me that he found these attacks on the judiciary by the president to be disheartening and demoralizing. today, meeting with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss the nomination to the high court, the president denying gorsuch ever criticized him. his comments were misrepresented. white house press secretary sean spicer insisting gorsuch was talking in general terms, and not directly calling out the president. the judge was very clear that he was not commenting on any specific matter, right. then he was asked about his general philosophy. he literally went out of his way to say i m not commenting on a specific instance. reporter: but that statement refuted by gorsuch s white house appointed spokesman and a senate republican who met with the nominee and said they discussed the president s criticism. disheartening is a great word. judge gorsuch and i talked about that and frankly he got pretty fashion at about it. your answer about the context doesn
white house counselor kellyanne conway sparked another controversy while defending trump s decision to blast nordstrom for ending sales of ivanka trump branded item. don t buy i m going to give a free commercial here, go buy it today, everybody. reporter: her sales pitch drawing the attention of ethics watch dogs who say it could be a violation of federal law. asked about conway s remarks, spicer only had this to say. kellyanne has been counseled and that s all we re going to go with. she s been counseled on that subject and that s it. reporter: so, the white house counselor has been counseled on that subject. and, wolf, when it comes to criticizing judges, remember, this is not the first time. during the campaign then candidate trump criticized u.s. district court judge gonzalo cure yell who was handling a case against trump university, saying the judge had an absolute conflict in presiding over the case because of his mexican heritage. now, the press secretary said
this fight against terrorism are the people who are going to be turned off by this order. and what we re seeing already is that isis and other terrorist groups are using it as a recruiting tool. we re going to have much more on this coming up. once again, the headline right now, the breaking news, the 9th circuit court of appeals has just announced that they have reached a decision. the three judges have reached a decision and will be announced soon. we ll of course have that as soon as the announcement is made. let s talk about the u.s. supreme court nominee, judge neil gorsuch. you re a leader, the democratic leader of the senate, minority leader chuck schumer, his team put out this statement. i ll read it to you. sean spicer just made it crystal clear that judge gorsuch has refused to condemn president trump s attacks on the judiciary. that makes it already weak response already weaker and is further proof that the judge has not demonstrated the kind of independence necessary to b
tickled by what she did this morning. he probably was. but she s paying the price. the white house press secretary sean spicer said she has now been formally counseled. you know, dana, i want your thoughts on this as well, but stand by just for a moment. we re going to get back to that. breyona, i want to you stay with us as well. we have some more breaking news coming into the situation room. we re going to take a quick break. we ll be right back. well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it s a fortune. well, i m sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we re just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did. getting closer to your investment goals starts with a conversation. schedule a complimentary goal planning session today.