these the guys who wrote the policies that the president-elect campaigned on. you ve said that. in a series of tweets mr. trump said he and his children will hold a press conference to explain how he will remove himself from his business empire. i will be holding a major news conference in new york city with my children to discuss the fact that i ll be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to make america great again. while i m not mandated to do this under the law i feel it is visually important as president to in no way have a conflict with my various business. hence legal documents are being crafted which take me out of business operations. the presidency a far more important task. the u.s. office for ethics tweeted to trump as we discussed with your counsel, divestiture is the way to resolve these conflicts. having that big dog and pony show with his children, does that suggest that the children will be the run to run the
considering dr. ben carson as the head of h.u.d. right now, he is en route to mara largo where he will be spending time with his family members. a little time off even for the president-elect. thank you very much. it is not clear how donald trump will address concerns about his sprawling business empire. his new role as president and potential conflicts of interest. cnn s tom foreman is working this for us. this issue came up today. did it. the meeting with the new york times, donald trump was asked about numerous business relationships that could 38 ground work for trouble, for conflicts of interest. and yet he still appears to be stradling the fence between a private interest man and a public servant. when donald trump opened his billion-dollar scottish resort in 2012, he had big ambitions. we wanted to be what we determined could be easily greatest golf course anywhere in
viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following breaking news. japan bracing for a tsunami of up to ten feet after a powerful earthquake. japanese media are reporting a wave has been spotted off the coast of fukushima, the same area that was hit by a tsunami in 2011 that killed more than 20,000 people. also tonight, with donald trump now just two months away from assuming the presidency, there are new questions about a sprawling business empire and potential conflicts of interest. the president-elect s team is denying trump discussed business in meetings with the japanese prime minister and in a phone call with argentina s president. trump has been venting his anger in a series of tweets. trump lashed out at the cast of
president trump is not moving as quickly as members of congress would like to distance himself from his business empire. would donald trump have to not only divorce himself from the business of trump but the fact his name is on all of these properties around the world, does that still potentially lead to a conflict of interest that you just laid out? i mean, it could, yes. the real question is whether he s earning income. if you put it in a blind trust, his decisions won t be a bearing on how much income is being earned and political decisions by the u.s. government affect the value of those properties. thank you so much. appreciate it from austin, texas. donald trump is considering a special session to repeal obamacare on the very day that he is sworn into office. the bold prediction coming from his campaign manager this morning. he also has talked about convening a special session on january 20th after he is sworn in as president of the united states to do this very thing, to
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