greg farrell great reporting. reporter greg farrell on that exclusive. let's bring in bill gavin. he join me now on the phone. a reactions from the president's counsel. me ask you as somebody looking in on this from the outside. legal ramifications in the immediate term before this investigation actually closes some time down the road? >> well, i think based on the that have come out this morning, the possibility exists at least that some of the transactions of the trump onanization had an impact russia-trump actions during the process. bob mueller is a great guy. he's going to sift through facts.tease out the if there's nothing there, he will report there's nothing there. anybody to do with this point in time, let bob wherer's investigation go it will go. vonnie: we are talking about the president. as we learn more about this, it does bring up certain questions. ultimately about whether he can forth.ted and so there will be ramifications in polling as well. think that if in fact, -- i say anything on he character. if in fact, there's negative bob mueller, i think that will cause

greg farrell is the led reporter on that for bloomberg. he joins us now. very much for being here. it's a lot to summarize, a lot to absorb. the new information that you're putting to the fore, which seems to be freaking the white house out is that the president's business dealings and personal finances are in the bull's-eye now for these investigators. >> yes. what we now know, what we weren't sure before, is how expansive a view of his mandate bob mueller would take. it's clear in this initial two months that he's looking back beyond a decade to apartment sales to russian nationals here, to a beauty pageant in moscow in 2013, to a 2008 sale of a florida property that you've spoken about before for twice the price to a russian oligarch in 2008. anything that -- any financial transactions involving russians, particularly those like the florida one that seemed not to make sense at first glance. >> i'm glad you mentioned that one. the palm beach house sale. one of the president's lawyers, jay sekulow tonight singled that out to "the washington post" as somet

vonnie: greg farrell thank you for that.tinue to follow this bloomberg the day on television. nejra: let's turn to the markets with our guest for this hour. speaking about the economy and marketkbone of the bull in the last few years. also an investment opportunity for many. next guest isn't as optimistic. be more investors to cautious. me now is cia guy monson. i want to get into the possible tie between the donald trump campaign and russia. broadening that to president trump's transactions business tie as well. in your world, what impact does have? >> i think it raises a question the trumpether -- if trump right aggressiveto be an rate. all three of those would appear to be threatened in enormous of time concentration distraction taken up by this battle. it's really a question for the u.s. growth agenda. nejra: how did that affect your allocation. you recently actually sort of brought down your waiting example.for your advising investors to be more cautious. >> we certainly are. numbers the last five years of the terms for

. >> greg farrell who broke the story, let me turn back to you.volves trump and those linked to him, associates. can you tell us who exactly? >> former campaign chairman paul manafort. there was an investigation that has been subsumed into mr. mueller's probe. in addition to that, there is a lot of focus on transactions, financial transactions, to the bank of cyprus, including when wilbur ross was vice-chairman of the bank. comerms of jared kushner the investigation is interested in any transactions involving financing for the properties that mr. kushner helped to manager run on behalf of his family. >> we are bringing the secretary of commerce into this even as he is involved in negotiations with china. wilbur ross was serving as vice-chairman of the bank of cyprus is also being investigated. >> i would not say being investigated. it is that at the beginning of a probe, and mueller's team is taking a wide you of that come and that includes looking into if there is anything worth digging into at the bank of cyprus when wilbur ross was there. the a

greg farrell has been digging into that. i want you to listen to what he told anderson a couple hours ago. >> what we learn said that he is taking a broad view of the investigation and not a narrow view. so the mandate he was given in mid may is open to interpretation. anything related to russia and that might have resulted in interference in the election. he is clearly going back more than a decade to any real estate transactions. he is clearly focused on any major transaction that has taken place, like the miss universe, you know, 2013, in moscow, with the flipping of the florida mansion. in order to get information. yes, you have to issue subpoenas. >> do you know the exact financial interest he is looking into? donald trump bought a house in florida and a mansion -- >> yes. >> for like $41 million. >> good memory, yes. >> and sold it -- >> four years later in march of 2008. sold it. having done almost nothing with it. for $95 million to a russian oligarch. >> so cnn hasn't independently verified his reporting. but seems

greg farrell is a "bloomberg news" investigative reporter. >> that's what this is all about. they have to look into trump's own finances and see if there's been any unusual benefit beyond the purchase of apartments, if there's anything unusual about all the business transactions that have taken place over many years between russian nationals and him. >> yang: although the white house said the president does not "intend" to fire mueller, his comments still raised red flags for some senate judiciary committee democrats. >> what we're watching is an obstruction of justice case unfold in real time with the president of the united states trying to set limits on a legitimate investigation. >> mueller has the right to investigate this and he was given that authority by the justice department, and he reports to the justice department and not the president of the united states. >> yang: committee chairman chuck grassley said he was not worried. >> as i know mueller or 13 years or how many years he was head of the f.b.i., he's going to do his job and that's all that matters. >> yang: g

greg farrell helped to break the story and he joins us now. congratulations on the scoop, greg.e about which of trum p's businesses the special counsel is looking into. sense, it isbroad all russian purchases of property, known interactions between the russians and trump. we highlighted the highest profile ones can in addition to the high-rises in new york. thursday -- there is the soho development, the licensing fee he got from the pageant in moscow come with a friend of his brought over there. of then there's the sale palm beach, florida, luxury insion, oceanside mansion, 2008 more than twice than what trump paid for it years earlier. julia: do we have any sense of what precipitated the expansion of the probe, and who else is included in trump's known associates? greg: no, and be careful in terms of expansion. this is more of a signal that mueller's view is to take a broad look on anything involving russia going back with trump. on the chance that it might shed insight on events that occurred in the last two or three years. taking a broad view of what the , going back to the e

with a story from greg farrell. other talk in the nation but this financial 'snkage into president trump financials. jonathan: -- francine: we will focus a lot on that. let's get to first word news. taylor: we are starting with washington. multiple reports that some of president trumps lawyers are trying to undercut special investigator robert mueller. according to the washington post, lawyers are building the case that he has conflicts of interest. the new york times says he is trying to get some of their team fired. colorado, mike pompeo said the russians want a warm water naval port. kingpin ofecome the the middle east. the imf has agreed to another bailout for greece. they say they have approved in principle a new loan for as much as $1.8 billion contingent on eurozone countries providing debt relief. accept. will reportedly the free movement of eu citizens up to four years after the brexit agreement. prime minister theresa may has made regaining control over immigration policy a redline of her brexit approach.