," insisting dodson's story was categorically untrue and complete garbage.e have zero ties to russian investors." re reached out to him for comment, but. no response. despite eric trump's denial, james dodson standsdy h dby his story. it did happen. it happened on the golf as we were walking. that simple. a conversation between two guys. i guess i understand their concern now. it seems to be he's referencing their connections. >> reporter: and this isn't the first time one of trump's sons has spoken of business ties to russia. back in 2008, at a real estate conference in manhattan, donald trump jr. revealed that trump's businesses see a lot of money pouring in from russia for projects such as those in dubai and in manhattan. back to this latest case involving eric trump, author james dodson recalls when the younger trump told him about their funding from russia, he said it seemed like he had nothing to hide. >> he was not even remote bli uncomfortable. there wasn't a whisper of any issues with the trumps and russia. it was -- that was still a year and a half

. >> reporter: andre dodson packed up his things for a few days. >> we are probably the furthest away from it, but you could still feel the heat of that fire. >> reporter: early saturday morning fire engulfed the construction site next to their townhouse. this is the second fire at the department and retail complex known as the intersection. the first sakes harm fire destroyed the project back in 2016. oakland fire officials say it is likely saturday's fire destroyed all of the current building materials yet again. the site is still keeping fire crews busy. so dodson was told to stay with friends for the next few days. >> we probably won't be able to get in for the next two days according to at finishes who needs to come in -- according to atf who needs to come in to do an investigation. there was a flare up around 11:00 p.m. >> reporter: after the fire was under control, the burnt and mangled construction crane had the team worried it was going to collapse. neighbors on the south side of ad eline street were evacuated saturday until heavy equipment could come and -- adeline street we

reacting to the reporting from james dodson. it is a recollection from some guy three years ago through a third person. we own our courses free and clear. eric said the report was cat gore ickly untrue. we have zero ties to russian ev investors. >> there are ways to demonstrate if that is true. i don't want to hang this on disputed reporting. i have come back to what i have been saying this morning. the republican party. republican leaders show little interest in getting to the bottom of the contacts with this president and russia. a country that interfered with the election. and there are ties of financially implicated. i cannot for the life of my why they are willing to drop all of their kurss scuriosity on this. >> david sanger. >> following david's point. during the campaign and prior to it, we heard a lot for very good reason about concerns of the clinton foundation and if the contributions that were made from foreign powers might affect decisions that secretary clinton made when she was secretary of state. we didn't find m

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. >> and then here is john dodson. and this is a secondary account.ist about what he heard from eric trump. and that was in 2014 about three years ago. >> i said eric, whose funding? i know no banks because of the recession, the great recession, have touched a golf course. he said, well we don't rely on american banks. we have all the funding we need out of russia. i said really? and he said oh, yeah. we've got some guys that really, really love golf, and they really invested in our programs. we just go there all the time. >> how do you view that? >> hard to say that's come patble with this letter either. i would note that eric trump has denied that account for what it's worth. >> yeah, he will show that as well. it's interesting. that's an account and a tweet from eric trump. this story is completely fabricated. another example of why there is such a deep distrust of the media in our country. #fnews. march 8 is the release of the letter and they release it now during this firestorm. your thoughts on that briefly. >> obviously, this is coming. it's in

just yesterday, golf writer james dodson said that in an interview he did with eric trump back in 2014t russian banks had funded some of the golf projects that the trump family had been involved with. we have clearly not heard that from president trump before. eric trump took to twitter this morning saying that this story is completely fabricated. another example of why there's deep distrust in the media. eric trump if this is any way fake news, if you did not receive funding from foreign -- russian owe la gashgs, russian banks come sit down here any day of the week and clear this up. if you're going to call it fake news give us the opportunity to hear your voice and tell us the correct story because back in 2008, his brother don jr., at a real estate conference said a disproportionate amount of their investors come from russia. so when all of these things line up and line up and line up what do you make of this? >> there's a way for them to quickly prove their point that this is all fake news. open the books. open the books. let us look. >> you're dealing with a president who hasn't g

i guess just the reporter dodson. >> yes. meaning who is funding the golf course. i know no banks because of the recession. the great recession have touch add golf course. no one is funding golf construction. dead in the water last four or five years and this is what he said. quote, well, we don't rely on american banks. we have all the funding we need out of russia. >> i said really? >> and he said, oh, yeah. we've got some guys that really, really love golf. and they're really invested in our programs. we just go there all the time. >> and you also have junior said most of their money comes from russia. >> this is the difference between the soviet and russia era. the soviets didn't have business. didn't have international businesses. russians now directly or indirectly can tie up the u.s. can influence western businessmen. and this is a loose ship. >> not just with the trumps, but obviously you go to london. it is mosque west. >> but it's not necessarily done with an eye to influence politics in these countries. mostly it's