i'm don lemon, donald, jr., ivanka and eric trump all at today's meeting with tech titans at trump tour. donald, jr., helped interview candidates for interior secretary. eric trump was present for at least one miting between his father and mitt romney and ivanka trump will reportedly take on some of the duties normally assigned to the first lady. her husband jared kushner expected to have his own role in the white house. is there a line between the trump family and business and the oval office? >>> i want to begin with cnn's phil mattingly live at trump tower. phil, what can you tell us about this tech summit at trump tower

jude medical center. >> we're talking about the eric trump foundation. trump foundation itself. where does that stand? >> you know, i don't know super amounts about the trump foundation but my guess is knowing don mcgann as well as i do and knowing the president-elect as well as i do, they want to give the appearance of no impropriety whatsoever. so when that press release comes out and mr. trump is standing at the podium answering these questions from the mainstream media, you're going to get all of those answers. people are going to be happy with this family. >> the president-elect has been tweeting away and he just tweeted this a few moments ago, the so-called i-list celebrities are all wanting tix to the inauguration, he says. but look what they did for hillary. nothing. i want the people. that just happened. >> you know what's great about these tweets? you know when it's really him tweeting versus some communications effort by our communications team. my guess is he really tweeted that. >> i talked to sean spicer and yes, he does most of the tweetin

donald jr., ivanka and eric trump. we're learning the white house office for the first lady will become the office of the first lady under donald trump so just how involved will the trump children be? is this camelot 2.0? i'll ask robert f. kennedy jr. >>> meanwhile the president-elect tells the tech titans this today. >> we have no formal chain of command around here. >> no formal chain of command, what will that mean once donald trump takes the oath after office in just 37 days? let's get right to cnn's phil mattingly live for us outside of trump tower where he will be stationed for a while now. and has been. phil, good evening to you. titans of tech were at turn tower today. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: well, what's interesting, don, is this aren't natural allies. if you look over the course of the last 15 months on a number of different policy issues, the tech community and tech campaign split rather sharply and frankly on the support, itself. they also did. if you look at some of the individuals who are

describing what could have been a fundraiser, at least with the authority of donald trump, jr., and eric trumpperhaps the president-elect himself back with the panel. september 17 was supposed to be the day how donald trump was going to tell us how he was going to separate himself from his businesses. he either canceled or postponed that revelation, that news conference, and when you hear about this fundraising attempt by his kids, if, in fact, that is what it is, it still illustrates we don't have the answers about how he is going to separate himself. >> that's very true. i think we should start off by saying it is hypocritical meeting with ivanka trump for $60 million, getting money for the foundation. it's important to note that ivanka trump and eric trump are part of the administration. it seems as though donald jr. had a hand at picking the next secretary of interior. that being said, there is a difference between getting this money for charity and getting the money to line the president-elect's pockets. that's the bigger question here. trump tweeted that it's a very simple matter, though

eric trump shutting down his foundation. p organization recently dropped its battle with hotel workers in las vegas and d.c. over unionization, allowing the d.c. workers to hold a vote and agreeing to a four-year contract with vegas workers. but still no roadmap on how the president-elect will disentangle himself from his worldwide business empire. and trump's team promising a press conference in the next few weeks to detail trump's business dealings, but of course, this is all a cumbersome process. the general counsel for the trump organization says they're re-evaluating various transactions and working to comply with conflicts laws. donald trump, though, saying he's immune from conflicts laws which is, in fact, true, but kate, of course, there is that little tested emoluments clause we've talked about in the constitution which does bar officials from accepting payments from foreign governments. kate? >> oh, the emoluments still, jessica. thank you so much. great to see you. >> reporter: our favorite. >> our favorite is righ

donald jr., ivanka and eric trump. we're learning the white house office for the first lady will become the office of the first lady under donald trump so just how involved will the trump children be? is this camelot 2.0?

and eric trump's name. they are not involved in any way and no direct contact of any operational sort of leadership in this organization. obvious question is okay, how did they end up? >> did they ask you if you would take people on a hunting? >> i am told officials that neither eric or donald trump jr. are aware they'll be named in this filing and as we speak it is amended to pull their names off of that and the indications we are given is that because both eric trump and donald trump jr. outdoors men, -- it is a common cause and etc. >> you cannot make this stuff up, halie. >> i know you are creative but you cannot make this stuff up. >> halie jackson, thank you for being with us. >> the search for victims and answers after a powerful explosion, ripped through a fire works market in mexico. leaves 31 people are dead. happening now, north carolina's lawmakers are debating the appeal of the so-called bathroom law. we are going to go live. first, our new pulse question of the 2016 politics made americans bat

criticism of eric trump's foundation co comes after he sl hillary clinton's campaign. >> allegations ump and his family now faces themselves. joining us now is our republican strike that jest a strategist and steve mcman and cofounder of purple strategies. joe, it is good to see you. can we take eric trump at his words. he realizes that you cannot mix these two things while having a father in the white house? >> i think he does. he will stick to his words on this one. i think that the trump children are learning that the presidency is something very special. george h.w. bush when he became the president of the united states, he wrote a letter to his kids, when he was a candidate about avoiding conflicts of the appearance of conflicts. his oldest son george h.w. bush worked in the campaign because i know i was there. he worked with the transition because i was there also. he did not work in the white house. they did work very hard to avoid conflicts. >> steve, let me ask you this. polls after polls, the reason why people worked for donald trump saying that they wanted to drain some of

we know that eric trump sat in on meetings or at least a meeting with mitt romney. now ivanka trump sat in on a meeting with the japanese prime minister. we know jared kushner handled invitations for this tech summit. is this the level of family involvement that the country should expect going forward? >> let's keep going with what else you know. which is every one of those people was listed on the transition team website. they have all been named sign orpart of it. this is a totally transparent process. the people he's trusted, he's made it very clear how much he values the input of his family. he put their names on the transition committee. >> is that -- so -- >> there's a big difference -- as he continues into government, there will be some discussions about what roles everyone will play whether with the business as he talked about with don and eric or ivanka and jared but bottom line, he's been clear from day one with the role his family plays and the trust he has in them in terms of guiding decisions. >> if his sons are going to run the company, which he at leas

trump children in his daily briefing. >> ivanka has been advising the transition team as well as donald jr. and ericll. they're running a role to assist and help move forward and put things together. as has been previously announced with regard to the family business, mr. trump, the president-elect will be holding a press conference in 10 days, to talk about how that will work. and i would expect to hear more information about the business going-forward at that time. >> given that the kids are deeply involved in this, in his business and his presidency, seemingly going to be involved opinion this whole situation is a mess of potential conflicts of interest. how is he going do make that work? >> your guess is as good as mine. >> they may have to hire a whole mess of attorneys. >> i think that would be a great idea. i am sure they will hire the best people they could -- >> the children will be involved, you think? >> especially ivanka really has an interest in making these policy decisions. it's illegal for them to have an official role in the white house. they can't be paid, they can't have an offici

i'm don lemon, donald, jr., ivanka and eric trump all at today's meeting with tech titans at trump tour. donald, jr., helped interview candidates for interior secretary. eric trump was present for at least one miting between his father and mitt romney and ivanka trump will reportedly take on some of the duties normally assigned to the first lady. her husband jared kushner expected to have his own role in the white house. is there a line between the trump family and business and the oval office? >>> i want to begin with cnn's phil mattingly live at trump tower. phil, what can you tell us about this tech summit at trump tower today? who was there and who wasn't? >> well, it was the titans of silicon valley representing apple, facebook google, you name it they were there and the most interesting element of it, don, is almost all of these individuals were deeply opposed to donald trump during the election most supported and some fund raised and gave money to hillary clinton. but there is a recognition despite their differences on a number of different issues, most notably significant policy

and/or eric trump and team. in a statement this afternoon, a spokesperson for the trump transition said "the opening day event and details that have been reported are merely initial concerns that have not been approved or pursued by the trump family and trumps sons "are not involved in any capacity." a spokesperson for the event says the initial pro dur was a work in progress. the new brochure given to nbc today omits mention of meeting trump or his sons. robert costa, the "wall street journal" got ahold of and nbc news did as well the filing for the supposed foundation, the charity filed on december 14 and donald and eric trump are listed on it as directors. is there any conceivable way their two friends and colleagues could have listed them as directors without them having any idea? >> there's no doubt based on our reporting at the "washington post" that the trump family, specifically the sons, are involved with the charity, supporters of the charity, associated with the charity. the question in contention righ

and or eric trump and team. that offer by "the wall street journal," and politico forced the trump transition team to release this statement. the details that have been reported are merely initial concepts not approved or pursued by the trump family, donald trump jr. and eric trump are not involved in any capacity. this is afternoon, the opening day brochure was rewritten. to offer big donors a private reception and photo opportunity for 16 guest guests with vips and celebrities associated with the event and a multidate outdoor excursion for four guests. not a word about hanging with the trump boys. joining us now, one of the people whose work helped stop this from going forward, dave eleven that will, a senior political reporter at the center for public integrity. he was an editor on the story. also david corn is back with us. dave eleven that will, how did you find this story and how quickly did the trump team respond to it? >> took about 24 hours for the trump team to go ahead and formally respond to it. we've

>>reporter: days before christmas eric trump announced he will not be fundraising for his campaign. he says he understands the quagmire. you do a good thing that backfires. now, his dad's wagon thing that my wonderful son will no longer be allowed to raise money for children with cancer because of a possible conflict of interest. isn't that a ridiculous shame? he loves these kids and has raised millions and now must stop. and just yesterday counselor to the president warned what would happen if the eric trump foundation was targeted. >> these folks are trying to help. those people will now suffer because folks are pointing out what they think to be improprieties. >> in west palm beach, peter ducey, fox news. >>> today's storm impacting some of the most vulnerable. at 6:30 pm the many homeless trying to escape the cold wet weather. >>> at first, a live report on the latest conditions and how you should prepare. >>> the snow is coming down causing for rough conditions as many people had up for the holiday weekend. >> vicki dollars is along interstate 80. what are the conditions?>>repo

and both eric trump and donald trump jr.listed as directors of the new organization on the form. there was a -- a pamphlet, a solicitation circulating among donors offering big dollar donor packages for sponsorships that would give them the chance to meet with the newly inaugurated president over inauguration weekend. now, the organizers are saying that information wasn't final, and the trump transition team is distancing donald trump jr. and eric trump from this event. >> have you ever heard of a draft invitation and a concept, meaning that you're listed on this texas document but it didn't mean anything finally? have you ever heard of that in any other situation like this? >> i've never heard of it when it comes to actually filing to create an organization, which is a legal document. they were on that legal document. and it's a little confusing and unclear exactly how their names got on the document and what they did or didn't agree to. >> so when we look at this, we look at this in the context of what is unknown about tru

eric trump foundation auctioning a private coffee with ivanka trump.to grab big bucks with the future first daughter. ozanm.ozkural bid nearly $60,000. he wanted to meet with ms. trump to gain insight into topics like president-elect trump's possible future dealings with turkey and other nations where mr. ozkural invests. another wants to press trump about immigration policy. by this morning the bids was up to well over $72,000. so who won the prestigious java date with ivanka trump? 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. thanks. hmm... the award-winning geico app. download it today. why pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is

eric trump foundation auctioning a private coffee with ivanka trump.who was ready to grab big bucks with the future first daughter. ozanm.ozkural bid nearly $60,000. he wanted to meet with ms. trump to gain insight into topics like president-elect trump's possible future dealings with turkey and other nations where mr. ozkural invests. another wants to press trump about immigration policy. by this morning the bids was up to well over $72,000. so who won the prestigious java date with ivanka trump? zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> a charity auction for a coffee with soon to be first daughter ivanka trump. the bidding was set to end next week. but it was offered by the eric trump foundation to raise money for st. jude children's hospital. he said he considered shutting down the bidding about an hour after the times raised questions. then this morning the auction disappeared from the website. one of

eric trump says he's concerned about the perception of buying access to his father. eric will no longer be able to raise money for children with cancer because of a possible conflict of interest with my presidency. isn't it a shame. he loves these kids and now because of a possible conflict of interest with my administration he must stop. mercedes, is this basically pending over book wards so they don't get into a situation like the clinton foundation pay-for-play, all those things that come up when you start raising money? >> i don't think you can compare it clinton foundation with what eric trump has been dedicating his time and money to. it's clear his money is going directly to st. jude and really has focused on this charitable works for these children with cancer. i don't think you ever saw the clinton foundation handling those times of projects. it's quite different when you have the fact that you have the not only the secretary hoik's husband and wisconsin as a daughter involved in the foundation, they were dealing with foreign governments. many of whom were h

the eric trump foundation is ten years old. it has done enormously great work in many different corners -- >> it's the same thing the clinton people said when they were defending their allegations of pay for play. they were selling off a million dollar trip to hunt with the boys and hang out with the president. that sounds like paying for access -- >> how that's the same as bill clinton giving a million dollar speech in russia and then hillary clinton while secretary of state turning around and giving 20% of the u.s. uranium interests away. little bit different. >> it's paying money to get to power. >> very different than -- very different than worrying about, quote friends of william jefferson clinton getting the contracts after haiti suffered the devastating her cane in 2010. very different than allowing foreign governments to come into the state department like it's some concierge for money -- >> so paying a million dollars to hang out with the president is okay? >> i didn't say that. >> i know, you're not answering. you're

so, eric trump telling "the new york times" as unfortunate as it is i understand the quagmire. you do a good thing that backfires. were these stories that raised these questions actually raising legitimate questions? that caused maybe -- >> i don't know if it's apositi back on charity. but it's just a fact of life that the trump family and all of people associated with them do have tremendous conflict of interest and this is something the media really should pay attention to. paying attention to it in a good faith effort understanding that it's a complicated issue for everybody to deal with it's not just the family, it's going to be all the properties, all the businesses. there's so many ways that different corporations and foreign governments and other people can work with trump family, or their business ties to affect their interests. the media really do need to be on top of this. being on top of it in a calm, racial way. >> -- the family hadn't totally grappled with winning the presidency would mean and kind of facing reality that in the effort to raise money for fighting ca

a little bit about eric trump's foundation. but now they are no longer fundraisingith this and allowing access to them for donations. james in ohio. you support mr. trump. caller: good morning. yes, i am for trump. i have tried democrats and republicans. i am 71 years old. and i don't think we go anywhere with either one of them. trump might be the only way out of the mess. we haven't tried him. tried -- en't host: i understand that but the question is, do you have concerns about potential conflicts of interest? what do you think donald trump say or do so there are no issues. caller: as far as the kids being in there with him, i think it is great. had his kids and nobody complained. these kids are good kids. they are smart. their father taught them everything they know. he wants the best for all of us. host: listen to the washington post editorial this morning. "no backdoor influence had letters. when bush was running for president, he was appalled to read in the newspaper that a lawyer had been hired by a defense contractor. th

donald junior, ivanka and eric trump all at the meetings. donald junior helped interview candidates for interior secretary, and ivanka trump will reportedly take on some of the duties normally assigned to the first lady. is there a line between the trump family and business and the oval office? i want to begin right now with phil mattingly live for us at trump tower. good evening to you. what can you tell us about the tech summit at trump tower. >> it was the titans of silicon valley representing facebook, apple, google. the most interesting element is almost all of these individuals were deeply opposed to donald trump during the election. most supported and some even fundraised and gave money to hillary clinton. there's recognition, this t policy issues are now largely controlled by the president-elect. that's why they met today. there was not a huge amount of substance covered and not a huge amount of bearing of grievances but an understanding that this is a relationship that has to work going forward for both parties and the first of what

trump white house. for instance, while we're expecting eric and donald jr. to take over the day to day operations of the trump organization, not only were they in this meeting but don jr. helped interview candidates for interior secretary. eric trump sat in on a meeting with mitt romney when they were considering him for a secretary of state. and it does look like perhaps ivanka trump will have the clearest divide. seems like she slykely to move over to washington and also to have a more formalized role within the white house. we're being told by sources that what used to be the first lady's office will become the first family office. this will be an opportunity for ivanka trump to have an office in the east wing and sort of act as a washington hostess but also to help advise her father on policies we may think of she could bring a more liberal perspective to. for instance, family leave, for instance, climate change. now, all of this is still up in the air until we see donald trump announce how he plans to divvy up his white house from his business. that was

the eric trump foundation. however, on friday, mr. trump said he thought it was a ridiculous shame that outside pressure, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, was going to get his son out of the charity business, basically. he did not use any of the similar language calling this rick d ridiculous. he did just say he wants it to eliminate the possibility there is a conflict of interest and does plan to pursue his philanthropy just in different ways now. gregg? >> peter, what kind of contact did mr. trump have with vladimir putin over the holiday weekend? >> reporter: it was indirect, gregg, but the president-elect took to twitter to say that he heard about something the russian president commented on about the way that democrats have been behaving themselves since the election. since hillary clinton lost the election. so mr. trump went on twitter to say this. "vladimir putin said today about hillary and dems, in my opinion, it is humiliating, one must be able to lose with dignity. so true." that twe

eric trump sat in on vetting meetings with trump and romney. donald trump jr. did sim at interviews with secretary of the interior. the trump kids may be great people and great business people. none of this is personal. but it is simply a fact to point out, they have not been sought out for their vetting experience in federal hiring or demonstrating experience in the particular staffing challenges of international diplomacy or the interior department. the interior has complex staffing. 75% overseeing fish and wildlife, land and minerals, the national park service, the indian bureau, all of those have to be managed by different people and there are people in government from both parties with experience in that. with expertise. trump's children do not. and they're doing work instead of those people because apparently they happen to be donald trump's children. is anyone in government going to do anything about it? a group of house democrats saying, don't wait any longer to do oversight into conflicts of these issues and address what they call gop stone walling so

and eric trump are not involved in any capacity. obtained by nbc news removes any references to photo-ops or hunting excursions with the trump though don jr. and eric are listed as honorary co-chairs and a new look at james comey's decision to revive the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails in the final weeks of the race. on tuesday, the fbi's request for a search warrant related to hillary clinton's private e-mail server was unsealed showing investigators believe there was probable cause a laptop seized as part of its investigation into anthony weiner contained classified information. that turned out not to be the case. the heavily redacted documents contain few specifics. clinton's former spokesman blasted comey tweeting the documents show his intrusion on the election was unjustified. this as president-elect ramps up a new war of words with bill clinton after the 42nd president told a local new york paper he received a phone call from trump after the election describing trump as cordial then saying mr. trump doesn't know m

>> no good deed goes unpunished, eric trump. i mean, they should have known this months ago that they could not be using their foundations or, like ivanka, you know, setting up a coffee date and auctioning it off, even if it is for charity, because it does suggest getting access to the president of the united states by paying a certain amount of money. and that's just so obvious and not complicated. why, after the ivanka incident, which they could have claimed that maybe they didn't know, then eric and don jr. do it again with this texas to foundation? makes absolutely no sense. >> emily? >> these are issues that are really clear-cut and easy to see there's a conflict of interest. what makes me nervous is that they didn't even see these easy clear-cut things. what down the road that may be harder to judge are they not going to see and then it's going to come up and the consequences are going to be much greater than a charitable donation and a charity coffee with ivanka. >> isn't the obvious question if you run for president of t

i imagine eric trump of their time. not to spoil the story totally but the twist is somebody steps on a butterfly, goes off the path and just stepping on the butterfly changes the course of history so some terrible stuff happens in the present. and this is before the chaos theorists invented the notion of the butterfly effect which is based on the same premise, but it raises a number of these issues that come up. you ask yourself if you go into the past, first of all would you be able to interact with it or what yowould you just be a free-floating consciousness, and then if you can interact with it, can you change things and if you do change things, and this is a more sophisticated question, but it's one the science fiction writers got to first, if you are in history, but history tend to get back to its natural track. >> you can take your pick. we have the end that expresses the former view that yes you can mess things up that history tries to get itself back onto the path. >> or maybe we have our own versions. you're n

trump's two adult sons, don jr. and eric, who mr. trump says will run his businesses to wall off the president-elect from conflicts of interest. cnn political reporter sara murray is live outside trump tower. and sara, trump was supposed to announce his business plan tomorrow. how to wall off his presidency from this empire. but that press conference, that announcement, it's been postponed. why? >> reporter: well, that's right, jake. tomorrow was supposed to be the big day. now that is being pushed to january so they can sort all of this out. ethics experts have raised a number of concerns about the roles the children have been playing, both in the trump organization and in the building of donald trump's administration. but as of today there still seems to be no wall. don jr., eric trump and ivanka trump, all sitting in on that very important meeting between donald trump and top tech ceos. donald trump's transition turning into quite the family affair. as the president-elect tops montana congressman ryan zinke to lead the interior. so

my discussions with president-elect trump have been enjoyable and enlightening. eric sources telling fox news that mr. trump will be selecting former texas governor rick perry as the secretary of energy. you may remember that oops moment for the governor as mr. perry famously forgot the name of the department when he wanted to say he was trying to abolish entirely that occurred in 2011. that you may recall at one of the presidential primary debates. >> name the third one. >> third agency of government, i would do away with education, the commerce, and let's see. i can't, the third one i can't, i'm sorry. oops. eric: may finally live that down. the president-elect has not officially made the announcement on mr. perry's selection but apparently will have the department he momentarily forepot. sure bet he will not forget it again. martha: the president-elect postponing a planned news conference that was supposed to be on thursday the 15th and to talk about his businesses an how he would divide them and avoid a conflict interest but he also made news on future of his glob

how much money heather saved by switching to geico. >>> we were talking about donald trump's son eric and he assured a muslim american comedian that his father would not push for a register tri for muslims. interesting >> we heard him talk about that on the campaign trail. eric trump ended upsetting right next to this man muhammad amirror during a recent flight to scotland. he dismissed the idea of a registry and told the comedian not to believe everything he in an interview amir described the conversation as mostly present but said trump seemed disconnected from reality. interesting. >> yes, it is >> hillary clinton may not have won the election but the hearts of a lot of parents, newborns share her name. according to a report released by baby center. the number of babies name ivanka trump, there was a 39% increase, and more donalds were born this year with a 5% increase >> not the big winning name like he wants to see in the election, still 5%. >>> many celebrities are staying away from donald trump, including musicians who refuse to play at his inauguration. but one country music a

trumps. the brothers are named as managers of the non-profit, but a transition official tells nbc news, don and eric weren't aware they were being listed as directors of this newly formed entity, adding, their names will be removed from the filing. outside lawyers say that shows good judgment on behalf of the trump brothers. a spokesperson for opening day tells nbc news neither son will be involved in the day-to-day operation of the non-profit. lester? >> hallie jackson tonight, thank you, hallie. >>> and now springing into action during an emergency in the air, richard marx and daisy fuentes with their tale of a violent passenger and flight attendants unable to restrain him. we get details from miguel almaguer. >> reporter: it's not your typical snapshot of grammy singer richard marx who was helping to subdue a crazy passenger. these photos show marx springing into action as a flight attendant appears to be holding a stun gun. marx's famous wife, daisy fuentes, also aboard, posting a guy sitting in the rex row from us got crazy and started attacking the flight attendants and passengers when he star

ask you about the tweets, talking about eric trump and calling it a suspension of fund-raising operationshis charitable foundation raising money for the st. jude's children's hospital, does amazing work as well as other children's hospitals around the country. donald trump tweeted that it is terrible that this shapp iis ha. this is horrible. doesn't he have a point to some extent that now his son is not able to raise this money for these kids? >> he'll have a continuing problem, continuing issues over the line between his family's interests and the country's interest and where there might be a conflict between them. we had a poll out showing a majority of americans say donald trump has not done enough to separate his interests, his family's interests, from those are the country's interest including one out of five trump voters. something i think some concern, not the biggest concern on people's minds, one of the things that alarmed some people about president-elect trump. there are things you can do as the child of a business leader that raise no questions. give you admiration like raisin

i'm not sure donald trump or eric trump will admit to being involved in this.he purpose and usefulness is undefined. if it's to raise money, we don't know where it's going and who paid into it for a long time. this starting a charity five days before and using it to funnel the money that will be used to buy access to the president. there is a lot of questions that raises. >> it's a charity and not a political organization. why can donald trump and the gop get away with this with the same acquisitions against hillary clinton over and over again during the campaign? >>> are i don't know that they are getting away with it. there will be a lot of questions raised. >> that didn't seem to go anywhere in terms of voters. >> trump won the election, but that doesn't mean that people don't care. now that he is the president-elect, he's alone on the stage and hillary clinton is not there to be compared to. this will raise questions for him on inauguration day and the day after. if he is mixing business and eric and don are supposed to be running the business and the presi

and eric trump really handle taking over the reins at trump tower? we'll find out. with pg&eof to save energy because wenie. wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california. >>> welcome back. you're watching msnbc. i'm stephanie ruhle. talking about a big question heading into the new year. is what exactly president-elect trump will do to separate himself completely from his businesses to avoid conflict of interest. so far he said his two sons will manage the businesses. but can they really run the trump empire independent of their dad? joining me now, bill, special correspondent for vanity fair, who has been investigating whether the trumps trump can handle it all. first, i want

. >> some other news today, the eric trump foundation run by one of donald trump's sons has announced that they're going to stop fundraising to avoid appearance of conflict of interest because eric trump now admitted in an interview that he can see why some people might think a donor would be possibly seeking access to his dad the next president. well, his dad the next president is talking about this and he thinks that it is ridiculous that his son has to stop raising money for sick kids just because they are worried about a possible appearance of a conflict of interest. trish. trish: all right, thank you so much, peter. good to see you. the islamic refugee killed overnight. americans are a little on edge after calling of lone-wolf attacks. it has just been scrapped by president obama. following the 9/11, foreigners were required to register with u.s. authorities, guess what, obama did away with that program. thank you very much. joining me right now fox news contributor and executive editor bret baron, can he just do away with something like that? >> sure. donald trump can actually r

donald jr., ivanka and eric trump. we're learning the white house office for the first lady will become the office of the first lady under donald trump so just how involved will the trump

donald jr., ivanka and eric trump. white house office for the first lady will become the office of the first family under donald trump. so just how involved will the trump children be? is this camelot 2.0?

or eric trump. both of trump's sons are listed as the leaders of the new nonprofit. it's causing conflict. the trump transition team has released a statement saying trump's sons are not involved in any capacity. >>> police officers from cape may county will witness history when donald trump takes the oath of office next month. six middleton officers will join other officers to provide security in washington for a presidential inauguration. it's a first for the department. >> once i heard the security detail, i had to be one of the first ones to sign up for it. >> they're covering all the expenses for the officers including their salaries. >>> the rock & roll hall of fame is making history for its inductees for 2017. ♪ here they are. pearl jam who played at wells fargo just this past april. joan biaz is the only woman among this year's inductees. electric light orchestra, e.l.o., journey, tupac shah core, the first hip-hop artist to be inducted. now it's your turn. music fans, do you agree with those choices? is there anybody left off that list you think should be add

trump residency. i'm going to have his ear. my brother eric is going to do have his ear. we're hunters. we're competitive shooters. this is what we do. we live the lifestyle. >> reporter: and the new trump hotel in washington. the trump family received a tax break of more than $30 million to restore that old post office which is still observed by the federal government and leased by the trump. and that is where the questions of potential conflict lie. when donald trump jr. who will run the trump real estate empire is also helping pick cabinet secretary, it is clear the wall between the family business and the presidency are not so clearly defined. >> and "outfront" now. mark preston. jackie kucinich, and other great people. don jr., sitting in on a meeting today. tweeting about the meeting with the tech ceos. interviewing and vetting a cabinet nominee. this is trump's son who trump this week said on twitter would be the one running the trump businesses. >> right. not until next month though. when they hold the news conference. >> for me, having his family involved in providing guidance,

a brochure is listing donald trump, junior and eric trump as cochairs. access of president trump was promised for donating $1 million or more. that promise has been deleted and a trumps spokesperson said the details were initial concepts not approved or pursued by the trump family. mr. trump's sons say they will not be attending the event. >>> also today, the presidential inaugural committee has unveiled the official schedule of events. the festivities begin with a reef laying at arlington national cemetery the day before mr. trump is sworn in and concludes with a national prayer service the day after inaura january 20th. >>> everything you need to know about getting around town during all the inaugural events you can download our free wusa app. >>> new at 6:00, it's a scam they say that started from the top. two whole foods employees are suing the grocery chain after managers were caught cheating them out of years of bonuses. delia gonclaves is live outside the whole foods on p street in northwest dc this explain. this goes behind those two employees, de

. >> the eric trump foundation has announced that it is going to stop fundraising because eric trump admits that some donors could be expecting special access to his dad, the next president and his dad, the next president is weighing in on this also on twit internal revenue. his son's need to stop raising money for sick kids to avoid the possibility of a conflict of interest is a ridiculous shame, jon. jon: all right, he always calls it like he sees it. thanks very much, peter ducey. >> russian president vladimir putin also saying he would be willing to visit the u.s. if president-elect trump invites him. the comments came after putin's end of the year news conference. this is where he addressed everything from u.s. relations to the berlin terror attack. katie logan live in news room. hi, katie. >> that press conference lasted almost four hours. nothing unusual there. something mr. putin does every year. he talked about many things including u.s.-russia relations. he said he expected security and an economic ties to normalize future and denied involvement or interference during elect