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This. does this disqualify chris christie from being in your cabinet. i like chris a lot. a great meeting with one of his harshest critics of the campaign, mitt romney. let s talk more about these meetings. andre bower, former lieutenant governor of south carolina and bill press, cnn political commentator and was a hillary clinton supporter. good to have both of you. good morning. hi, victor. i want to start with this romney/trump meeting. there s the history, of course, of the criticisms back and forth during the election and they have seemed to put that behind them. one issue that still separates them is russia and vladimir putin. i want you to listen to romney in 2012 about russia and putin and what trump said this cycle nkts first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical ....
you know where their united states headquarters is located? in this building, in trump tower. i love china. reporter: so could a mortgage be a gift under the emoluments clause? the bank of china, if that loan is to be renegotiated, the question is going to come up, is it an arm s length transition or not. reporter: a lender, for example, could sweeten the deal by reducing the collateral or lowering the interest rate. emergency the following situation. you have a large foreign government that has a government-owned enterprise. that government decides that it s going to put an extra $100 million bonus in a contract, that would be a violation. even if mr. trump didn t ask for it. reporter: trump s solution is to have his kids run his business. the children, don, ivanka, eric, they re really intelligent, they re really qualified. reporter: but ethics lawyers say that s not a fix. ....
The excitement that conway was as far as being the reason why trump is in office. she made it seem like, oh, god, i can t believe i did this which was an interesting take for snl to have. do you think the muted response is because snl is getting too politically involved in this? they maybe need to take a step back and find the humor? snl has never been a stranger to politics. i think they re equal opportunists when it comes to making fun of politicians whether it s a debate or an election. i don t know if they took a stance. i didn t see it that way but if you re far left or far right and your candidate is being made fun of, you re going to feel a different way about that. snl s job is to make people laugh. i don t think they went in thinking they were making a statement. i think they re putting out there what a lot of people think and i can t believe this happened. i d say alec baldwin, come out. i love you. i love the wig. spend time with your kids but we want to see you on snl ....
Interesting meeting that happened on saturday here as donald trump continues to work poords tilling out his cabinet. that was with retired marine general james maddis. that went for more than an hour. longer than any other meeting and a potential defense department pick. it s likely as republicans control capitol hill that would be in the offing if he was selected. donald trump saying he is, quote, the real deal. let s just keep an eye on mitt romney and general james mattis as well. phil mattingly, thank you. i want to bring in cnn politics reporter steven collins in to talk more about this steady parade of people meeting with trump this week end. good morning to you. i want to begin with people that he is meeting with and start with a list. it. chris: kobas, the secretary ....
who do you feel as the process goes? really efficiently. very good. tremendous talent. we re seeing tremendous talent. people that, as i say, that will make america great again. these are really great people. these are really, really talented people. [ inaudible ]. well, we think he s a great guy. he is some great man. okay. so donald trump is about two months away from becoming president, but it s still not clear what he plans to do with his businesses once he takes office. so the question is what could be potential conflicts between his businesses and his administration. cnn money correspondent cristina alesci takes a look for us. place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me. the president is sworn to preserve, protect and defend the constitution. so help me god. so help me god. so help me god. reporter: but conflicts of interest between donald trump s ....