stake through the heart of the trump business and brand. you can see him here entering the courtroom a few hours ago. he is the first member of the family to be called as a witness by state prosecutors, but he will not be the last. his brother eric is set to testify, as well as his sister ivanka, and his dad, the ex-president himself, who is scheduled to take the stand monday. donald trump jr. along with his brother eric trump have spent their entire careers at the trump organization. eric runs day-to-day business, and trump jr. is a trustee of the business entity that technically controls the entire trump org. because of their roles, they stand accused of committing fraud for years and years and years, involving those financial statements that have been submitted by the company. in his testimony so far, donald trump jr. has been asked about his grasp of accounting on that nbc news reports, quote, he said he was aware of what g-a-a-p is, quote, generally accepted accounting p
size today, that shot certainly helps to tell the story. like washington, in new york, there were fears that this thing was going to have to be called off midway through because the crowds grew too large and unwieldly. morgan radford in new york. i heard you saying how far east this crowd had pushed for people that know new york city, talking about it clear over to lexington avenue. reporter: brian, that s right. we are standing here and already on just outside of trump tower. these crowds became so large and the streets completely at a stand still and people parking the cars, urging them to keep on walking and here with past two hours. [ inaudible ] in this country and just telling him straight there we
obviously, that russia issue looming over tillerson s nomination and hacking looking over congress as well. ed senate foreign reses committee, armed services committee, intelligence, why not just have a select panel, if you will, bring all of these resources together, instead of duplicating all of these investigations? that s what democrats want. smk like the benghazi committee that went after hillary clinton or 9/11 commission. republicans are resistant. particularly the republican leadership, mitch mcconnell and marco rubio. could be problematic for donald trump and easier to do it to the standing legislative committees and have more control over the process and people they trust, like a bob corker, a john mccain, for instance, dealing with it rather than a more unwieldly process by a stand-alone committee. interesting reporting on your part. elise, pressure on you for more reporting from the diplomatic area. and rex tillerson nominated as the next secretary of state? i ve tal
on doing about the debates, because of that criticism. you can t be the official tv channel of the republican party. you can t be the republican party and give a one-finger salute to all three of the states who vote first in the republican primaries. you just can t do that. i think they ll have to change what their plans are on how to handle this giant field. but you have to feel for them logistically. it s going to be difficult for them to handle this huge number of candidates. and we ve understand that thus far. but lest you think that the republican party is embarrassed by that problem. lest we think that the republican party is at all bothered by this unwieldly, historically enormous field of candidates, they re really not bothered by it. quite the contrary. because, apparently, the republican party is fake canvassing republican mailing list patsies all over the country with a supposed candidate list of not just the 19 might be candidates who really might be running, the republican
have to change what they re plan on doing about the debates, because of that criticism. you can t be the official tv channel of the republican party. you can t be the republican party and give a one-finger salute to all three of the states who vote first in the republican primaries. you just can t do that. i think they ll have to change what their plans are on how to handle this giant field. but you have to feel for them logistically. it s going to be difficult for them to handle this huge number of candidates. and we ve understand that thus far. but lest you think that the republican party is embarrassed by that problem. lest we think that the republican party is at all bothered by this unwieldly, historically enormous field of candidates, they re really not bothered by it. quite the contrary. because, apparently, the republican party is fake canvassing republican mailing list patsies all over the country with a supposed candidate list of not just the 19 might be candidates who really