. >> for instance, the country of bahrain decided to hold a bahrain national day celebration in washingtont trump's hotel. is that a case -- this is the national government of bahrain spending money at trump's hotel, is that a violation of the constitution? is trump accepting even a trump organization accepting that money? does that violate the clause? >> using trump towers and they said why wouldn't we want to show that to the united states. they are doing things and they think it will show favor to donald trump. once he takes the oath of office, the clause of the constitution makes it clear he cannot accept the favors. the only way to protect himself is to set up a blind trust or divest in these holdings. every president since george washington respected this clause in the constitution. >> she getting a lot of advice that said the safest thing is full divestment. if he doesn't do that,o who has standing? how do you enforce this from your perch at congress other than impeachment? >> we want to avoid that problem. we want to avoid that crisis and the way to do is. it's not about him, but t

from where i'm sitting right now is hosting an event today or, rather, we event that the governor of bahrain is hosting some event there. foreign interests, company officials who would seek to through these far-flung enterprises or otherwise seek to curry favor with the administration through the it's going to be a heavy lift, i think, for the incoming white house counsel don mcgann, who was the campaign's general counsel, to be able to extricate these things. possibilities being floated from children of donald trump taking over. advisers formally to trump, so it would be difficult to trust that he has a blind trust. it's difficult to have a blind trust when you have your name emblazoned on these properties. that would be thefirst break, th from baltimore and washington, respectively, thank you both for broadcast tonight. >>> we'll take a break here, and trump said his pick for supreme court justice will be like the what justice scalia said about the right to burn the american flag. y pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor

you point out the example of the king of bahrain, the event taking place a month before trump is setffice and you make an interesting allusion to an aspect of the constitution that many people won't know anything about, article 1, section 9, clause 8, it's the restriction on emoluments, this weird, arcane word that meant the articles of confederation about profiting from office, an old latin word. what does it mean in today's reality? >> so, you're right there is this emoluments clause and public officials are not aloud to benefit from essentially gifts with a political purpose. it's also about the optics. it's astonishingly bad for governments like bahrain to think when they come to america, we've got this. we know how this works. this works as it does in say the arab world or uzbekistan. we go and book a big event in a hotel owned by the president or the family of the president, that happens in other countries. other countries think they understand that that's how the world works. it's not how it's meant to work in america. and it's really serious. there are serious, sensible, prac

we have marines out there in bahrain, that happens to be in bahrain, people who are serving.in on a seahawk helicopter, he is from south carolina, serving his nation. all the way from their families on thanksgiving. that is hard. eboni: meghan, obviously from high-profile military family, what is your reaction to this? meghan: only piece of art in my apartment is giant american flag. you imagine how i feel about this. if you want to take the flag down go to walter reed for a day. i think it is disgusting. everybody at am hearse college lost their minds. hampshire. >> hampshire. dagen: what is interesting, donald trump about burning american flag, you should lose your citizenship, which we don't lose in this country or spend a year in jail but it was scale -- antonin scalia in texas v. johnson makes flag burning freedom of speech under first amendment. as repugnant as we find it, as repugnant as antonin scalia found flag burning he understood what the constitution meant. that is what he did. that is what these men and women are protecting, first amendment rights as horrible as

they plan to visit the united arab emirates and bahrain. >>> still ahead, officer on the other side of the law coming up, the arrest made and allegations against him. >>> serious concern over cyber attacks on election day. when most of us make a mistake, officewe own up to it.anks. but not madison nguyen. her vote to slash the san jose police budget was disatrous. one hundred officers were laid off. crime spiked twenty-seven percent. and when nguyen was warned her that cuts left police short-handed, she passed the buck. blamed the police for "spinning information out of control." mrs. nguyen, it's crime that's out of control. blaming others. risking our safety. madison nguyen is the wrong choice for assembly. >>> back to the election as we get closer concern is growing over the possibility of cyber attacks that could cause voter confusion. hackers could be targeting state voter databases. >> reporter: officials at the department of homeland security are very concerned about cyber attacks that could quote, cause confusion on election day. the real concern is not that hackers can somehow

and particularly when you go overseas to places like bahrain, azerbaijan, inherently political and havevolvement and the big concern here is that they are either going to seek favorable deals from these governmental entities knowing that donald trump is president or that foreign governments are going to offer sweetheart deals for the trumps in hoping to curry favors so there's a lot of work that needs to be done to create as best we can a wall to make sure that doesn't happen. >> in other words the concern you had in regard to the clinton foundation was that a foreign individual or a foreign power could curry favor with the foundation by writing a check or by hiring bill at an exorbitant fee to speak and then therefore ingratiate themselves and then you're saying, you could do business with the trump organization and as long as the kids are running it, maybe your star rises. >> yes. i mean, look, imagine this scenario, the government of russia wants better relations. or wants something favorable from the federal government in washington, dc and the washington government approaches trump

the government of bahrain has scheduled a resenception at the trump hotel in washington, coincidence?? all of these things present conflicts. the only way you can be sure of not having a conflict is to liquidate your holdings, put them in a real blind trust, and let someone manage that without your knowledge about what they are investing in. >> rebecca, as you know, the president-elect previously promised to leave his adult children in charge of that business empire. it looks like that option, though, depending on how he defines it, is still very much on the table. will he still face questions over conflicts of interest if his family is still running the trump organization? >> well, we'll have to see the details of whatever arrangement they're working out here. but certainly if the children are involved in running this company, even if trump completely removes himself, not only puts this in what he calls a behind trust, but liquidates his share of the company, obviously it's his family. you're still going to have questions about whether he's working to try to enrich them. obviously, t

be both the tenant and landlord of the building, and in yet another possible conflict of interest, bahrainved space at trump's washington hotel for a reception next week. if payments are made after the inauguration day, they may violate a provision of the constitution that bars officials from accepting gifts from foreign powers without congressional approval. some argue even the diplomats staying at a trump hotel in an effort to curry favor with the newly elected president would qualify as a gift. the gsa, which runs federal government real estate, declined to discuss specifics when contacted by nbc news. the trump transition team also did not respond to a request for comment, but house oversight chair jason chaffetz called trump's situation with his hotel not unique and that trump and his team needed to organize and get situated. he also said his committee would examine the issues and, quote, be vigorous in our overnight. alex? >>> all right, louis, still ahead, vice president biden expected to return to the senate for one day only. we're going to tell you why. >>> plus, we continue to fo

intelligence security, law firm had office in the united arab emirates, worked on deals for saudi arabia, bahrain. giuliani's law firm, anderson, was massive. hundreds of attorneys employed across the u.s. and the world. and among the contracts they had, he was hired to combat crime in mexico city, el salvador, columbia, chile, signed on to help political candidates in the ukraine. it adds up to a lot of conflict, some countries that are not on the best of terms with the united states and tens of millions of dollars in fees for rudy giuliani. >> can a secretary of state come into office with all those formal business deals around the world? >> you know, it is the biggest strike against giuliani right now. some of it coming from republicans. this is what senator rand paul said earlier today. >> i think it is worrisome, some of the ties to foreign governments. that was the complaint with hillary clinton from many of us, her ties and the monies she received from foreign governments. whether you have divide loyalty is important. >> the other big problem giuliani may have, anderson, is over the iraq w

already the king of bahrain is renting out the hotel. when did that happen?onations to the clinton foundation came under fire from bahraini donors. >> the clinton foundation go to keep poor people alive in africa. >> just saying, full circle. >> trump is pocket money. >> not comparing to charitable. think of the shoe on the other foot in some regards here, that's just the point i'm making. paul begala, alice stewart, thank you to both of you. appreciate it. >>> the election was a bitter pill to swallow for hillary clinton supporters. so bitter for some they're hoping it's not a done deal and they can sway the electoral college. i'll talk to an electoral voter next who says it's gone as far as death threats. look at this... a silicon valley server farm. the vault to man's greatest wonders... selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. uh, i think i found your problem. th

it was targeted at shia pilgrims who came from bahrain and baghdad.pt to deflect attention from what is happening in mosul itself. in mosul that battle still rages on and the death toll continues to rise. including women and children who are caught in the middle. snimers and ghost car bombs are among the most deadly employed. now 100 more iraqi special forces arriving to replace some of the men leaving after 20 straight days of bitter fighting. the battle has been -- progress is still very slow. remember the soldiers are six miles from the city itself. it's going to be a long way from here. >> benjamin, i mentioned at the top, thousands of u.s. soldiers are in harm's way and involved in the operation against isis. what are they doing specifically and who do loved ones need to know about what's playing out? >> first and foremost, they continue to do their job and do not get holidays the way the rest of us would. they are trying to celebrate thanksgiving and in some of the bases and we've seen on the uss dwight eisenhower where jets continue to take off

we have tilted too far in the direction of bahrain in my view, we need to values between riyadh and unclef we don't, then our regional neighbors will continue to find ways of balancing against iran's outsized role in iraq. if the iraqi political class has not learned that lesson, there will be very little room for hope or optimism, it seems to me. iran's role in iraq will always be destructive. iran will always want a weak iraq. it doesn't matter who governs in iraq. if hamanahi's son became the prime minister of iraq it will be in iran's interest for iraq to be weak. i'm not saying we want the chaos on their border that we have had tensed 2014. the last point i'll make -- and i have gone over my time, i apologize -- is that the pmus and militias have to be disbanded after the military operation is over. that is much, much easier said than done. i am told -- we'll see if this happens, that after mosul is liberated from isil to expect a fatwa from the grand ayatollah al sistani thanking the rank and file of the pmus and telling them they need to go home. as mr. pregent said, the leadership

commentator on many arab and non-arab radio and satellite stations including al-jazeerakuwait tv, bahrain tv, bbc, and sky news. so please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] and dr. abowd will be first. >> thank you, everyone. now, do i have to be wired or this good enough? okay, great. thanks to the organizers and for all of you for coming today. this is one of my favorite events in november, every november. this wonderful conference. even if it happens a few days after certain elections. [laughter] that tend to be somewhat depressing. let me say a few words today about jerusalem. i want to flush out both the contemporary situation in jerusalem and also look at some of the screenologies of rural -- genealogies of rule and power that have produced the kind of arrangement of very much separate and unequal, even apartheid-like arrangements that we see today. and earlier presentations, as many of you know, today address colonial legacies, and i too want to do that as well. but i want to connect what is undeniably a colonial legacy, namely the british period of colonial rule in pal

thousands of protesters came out into the streets in bahrain and the united states back saudi arabiaand an invasion to cross an uprising against democracy. i can stand here for hours and give other examples. as we speak saudi arabia's bombing yemen, killing thousands of civilians. the arabia is targeting hospitals. and us planes are refueling saudi planes and sharing intelligence and it's happening not justin american acquiescence but american approval . so the leadership that i would like to see in the united states actually opposing democracy around the globe instead of attending to be for democracy but actually just choosing which democracieslikes to uphold because of its interests . >> thank you. [applause] actually, i have two questions. i will ask the fair trade question and as to the next year one, the military question. first with europe. mister trump has said he would want to defund a lot of nato but he also applauded nato for terrorism which they have done. what has been his effect on nato and the uglier one, deals with china's influence over north korea. and threatening to

we have tilted too far in the direction of bahrain in my view, we need to values between riyadh and ankara and if we don't then the -- our regional neighbors will continue to find ways of balancing against iran's outsized role in iraq. if the iraqi political class has not learned that lesson there will be very little room for hope or optimism, it seems to me. iran's role in iraq will always be destructive. iran will always want a weak iraq. it doesn't matter who governs s in iraq. if hamanahi's son became the prime minister of iraq it will be in iran's interest for iraq to be weak. i'm not saying we want the chaos they had in 2014. the last point i'll make -- and i have gone over my time, i apologize -- is that the pmus and militias have to be disbanded after the military operation is over and that is much, much easier said than done. i am told -- we'll see if this happens, that after mosul is liberated from isil to expect a fatwa from the grand ayatollah al sistani thanking the rank and file of the pmus and telling them they need to go home. as mr. prejean said, the leadership of the pmus

thousands of protesters in the streets of bahrain is part of the arab spring and the u.s.-backed saudi arabia and crush the uprising against democracy. hours. give examples for saudi arabia's bombing yemen, killing thousands of civilians. saudi arabia is targeting hospitals. targeting hospitals. is sharingstates intelligence as this is happening. not just of american approval.ce, but the leadership i would like to see the united states actually upholding democracy around the globe and set of pretending to uphold democracy. whichly choosing democracy and likes to uphold interests.its >> thank you. [applause] >> i have two questions. i will pass on the economic fair trade question and ask you the nastier one. the military question. first, europe. mr. trump has said he wanted to defund and a lot of nato but he has also prodded them to pick up terrorism. which they have done. what has been his effect on nato. the uglier one deals with china's influence over north korea and threatening to pull back. trump has been talking about providing missiles korea, andouth possibly taiwan

really, you do have egypt, a big country, but our other major non-nato allies are jordan, bahrain, kuwait, morocco, and tunisia, none of which are the military powers. we fight together, we do some cooperative training, basing there, but our major non-nato allies are not really major in any way. the major relationships are countries with whom we don't have formal alliance relationships, principally the u.e. and saudi arabia. we sell them tens of billions of dollars in military equipment, we do training, logistics, support. we have sold them some of our most capable equipment. the block systems, the battle tank, guided missiles. we have spent tens of billions of dollars ourselves, we have committed troops. we have done all kinds of things. but it is not under the rubric of the formal kinds of relationships that we think about when we think about alliances. in the middle east context, this complicates your perimeter, andrew. we have a relationship with israel that doesn't fit anything we do anywhere else in the world. we have treaty relationships which are not our biggest relationships in t

. >> from bahrain to istanbul to london. and in the airports.estaurants and we have a big catering company and we're licensing company like i sell things on hsn. so i keep busy. >> what's the harder part? the chef part or the business part? >> my love is the chef part. you know what? if i could do only one thing, it would be cooking all day and forget about lawyers, accountants, and things like that. but it is the restaurant business so i have to take care of business. we have to make money to stay in business. so we have to watch every penny. so it's really important. >> so you got all the different cuts, right? you got obviously filets, new york, primes. >> and meat from different countries, different states here. we have a farm from idaho which i know well. and i go to visit wherever they produce beef for us. >> what's your favorite steak down there in what kind of sauce? >> i like the snake river from new york. it is a cross in between the black angus steak. >> what kinds of side? like au gratin potatoes? >> sauteed spinach, chocolate souffl

thousands of protesters in the streets of bahrain is part of the arab spring and the u.s.-backed saudi arabia and crush the uprising against democracy. hours. give examples for saudi arabia's bombing yemen, killing thousands of civilians. saudi arabia is targeting hospitals. targeting hospitals. is sharingstates intelligence as this is happening. not just of american approval.ce, but the leadership i would like to see the united states actually upholding democracy around the globe and set of pretending to uphold democracy. whichly choosing democracy and likes to uphold interests.its >> thank you. [applause] >> i have two questions. i will pass on the economic fair trade question and ask you the nastier one. the military question. first, europe. mr. trump has said he wanted to defund and a lot of nato but he has also prodded them to pick up terrorism. which they have done. what has been his effect on nato. the uglier one deals with china's influence over north korea and threatening to pull back. trump has been talking about providing missiles korea, andouth possibly taiwan