focused on ethics issues and it seems to me that he took ims out of the running today because of his aconcern about the ethical appearances. >> and going on to the other aspects of this continuously unfolding story, the new yo"new times" that they talked about how to influence trump through aides, citing paul manifort. >> i can't get into classified manners, but if you believe the press reports, the shoes just keep dropping one after another, and it is my understanding that the president hired lawyers to deal with it. as far as i can tell, they will have a loss et full of shoes to deal with. in termsf the intelligence committee, i feel it is very important to enforce the spn on mike flin. so, at this point, i'm going to continue to focus on making sure that we can get open hearings, number one, following the money, number two, a treasury appointment to get more communities, and you have to follow the trail of the dead bodies. >> and we should quickly point out that the president has every right to have an attorney, and the white house council has a different job and that job is to protect the