matt dowd there is a -- matt dowd. >> you cannot take advantage or benefit from a foreign state or a foreign government. that's a huge problem for donald trump. lana: there have already been a few meetings that seem to blur the line between business and government, first with real estate developers in india, and now a british politician who, may have been lobbied about the trump golf course in scotland. now the first house republican is breaking ranks to criticize mr. trump's business entanglements, writing, "you rightly criticized hillary for clinton foundation. if you have contracts w/ foreign governments it's certainly a big , deal, too." meanwhile, supporter rudy guiliani said he could see the president-elect dropping his pledge to instigate an investigation into his former rival hillary clinton, but could go either way. >> there is a tradition in win an election, you sort of put things behind you. i'd also be supportive of continuing the investigation. lana: regardless of what mr. trump decides, it is worth noting that in this country, the president does not decide who should or

, matt dowd you cannot take advantage or benefit from a foreign state or a foreign government. that's a huge problem for donald trump. there have already been a few meetings that seem to blur the line between business and government--first with real estate developers in india, and now a british politician who, lobbied about the trump golf course in scotland.... now the first house republican is breaking ranks to criticize mr. trump's business entanglements, writing, you rightly criticized hillary for clinton foundation. if you have contracts w/foreign govts, it's certainly a big deal, too. #draintheswamp meanwhile, supporter, rudy guilianni said he could see the president elect dropping his pledge to call for an investigation into his former rival, hillary clinton. but could go either way giuliani there is a tradition in american politics that after behind you. i'd also be supportive of continuing the investigation. lana zak tag: and regardless of what mr. trump decides, it's worth noting that in this country the president doesn't decide who does or doesn't get prosecuted. that

, matt dowd there is a clause in the or benefit from a foreign state or a foreign government. that's a huge problem for donald trump. there have already been a few meetings that seem to blur the line between business and government--f irst with real estate developers in india, and now a british politician who, the nyt reports, may have been lobbied about the trump golf course in scotland.... now the first house republican is breaking ranks to criticize mr. trump's business entanglements, writing, you rightly criticized hillary for clinton foundation. if you have contracts w/foreign govts, it's certainly a big deal, too. #draintheswa mp meanwhile, supporter, rudy guilianni said he could see the president elect dropping his pledge to instigate an investigation into his former rival, hillary clinton.. there is a tradition in american politics that after you win an election you put it behind you. lana zak tag: it appears that the trump charitable foundation may have admitted to the irs that it violated a prohibition against using foundation money to help themselves or their busine

where he wrote "i don't believe all cultures are morally equivalent" matt dowd this is a guy that's unfiltered and very much in the mold of donald another name being tossed around? former rival mitt romney. the two will be meeting this weekend in an attempt to mend fences? after sharing some heated words in the past trump: mitt romney - the guy is a donald trump is a phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university and trump university is back in the headlines... the president settled a lawsuit today that alleged trump u was maggie rulli close "we're told trump does not admit to doing anything wrong? but under the settlement he will pay 25 million dollars to more than 600 students of the university. maggie rulli abc news washington." a u-s marshal has been killed while trying to make an arrest in georgia. 53-year-old patrick carothers was part of a team looking to take dontrell carter into custody. he was wanted for attempted murder of police officers and domestic violence in south carolina. when officers entered his home the suspect was also hit and died at the

now let's bring in abc's matt dowd and cokie roberts and, matt, seems like the experts at lot along the way. join the group in this. i think when you look at the market as rebecca knows this full well the market likes predictable, right. i think every speech that came out starting with donald trump to hillary clinton to barack obama's speech is a calming influence on this election. the market likes that. but i think ultimately the market just like the voters are going to look at what donald trump does instead of what he says. >> that's what i wanted to ask about. what's unpredictable, what he's going to do. you worked with president bu though he lost the popular vote and said he had a mandate. such a jumble of different kinds of policies inside donald trump's campaign. does he go through with things like the immigration building the wall or reach out with republicans and pretty much pass their agenda. >> i think he's in a more unique situation than george bush was. donald trump won more electoral votes than any republican since 1988 and lost the popular vote by a bigger -- he will lose

let's bring in matt dowd and jon karl to talk about this more. put up our tracking poll. we said it shows a three-point lead for hillary clinton overall nationally but part of the reason it's close you're seeing a scramble in states and encouraging signs for donald trump in blue states and encouraging sign for hillary clinton in red states. >> reporter: there's no question this race has tightened. donald trump is still behind. hillary clinton is still the favorite in this race but the map is really gotten jumbled. look at the new polls we have out in the last 24 hours, first of all, hampshire now at a tie. this is a state that for over a month, hillary clinton looked like she had a comfortable lead. now we have had a series of polls that shows that donald trump could actually win in the state of new hampshire. look at traditionally red states, we have first the state of arizona. this is one that the clinton team said they are going after. look at this, a poll that shows trump up but barely outside the margin of error. that is uncomfortably close for a republican in arizon

let's bring in matt dowd. matt, there are warring camps in trump world, giuliani, romney, who do you think gets the nod or could it perhaps go to a third party? >> well, i think this whole romney for secretary of state thing has been a rather bizarre anyway -- this is a guy as you me trump a phony, a fraud and a con and now he's interviewing for secretary of state in this. i don't think anybody knows. i think as you're right. the power centers are pushing. the establishment is i think pushing for mitt romney or somebody like mitt romney and then sort of loyalists to donald giuliani or somebody else they believe is loyal in this. i think the longer this goes on the more problematic it gets for donald trump. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton's lead in the popular vote keeps growing. it's at around 2 million votes and now green party candidate jill stein is calling for a recount in several key states. do you think this effort is going to go anywhere? >> well, this continues to be such an historic thing. the idea that

>>> all right, george, we bring in abc's matt dowd down home in austin, texas. and cecilia and tom remain with two appointments of donald trump? >> it's interesting, robin. donald trump is demonstrating again a split personality in this. consistency has never been a hallmark of donald trump. he once said maybe there's two donald trumps. i think what you'll see is, the question becomes, what are the lines of authority? how does the information flow? for the president of the united states, information flow is importan or does it become a lord of the flies? we don't know. >> we have seen that same balancing of president-elect trump in his public statements over the course of the the last weeks. some conciliation. some sticking to his guns. >> he's made a lot of the right statements over the course of this. presidents will be jujd on their actions. appointments to the white house, in my view, and the staff, are more important than the cabinet. they determine what the president sees. decisions. all of us have great hope and are giving him a chance in all this. but am

cokie roberts and matt dowd. >> watch that heavy weight. >> s >> yeah, she knew. she knew. we heard from both campaign managers in the first half hour. kellyanne sounding optimistic. everyone believing it will be a tight race. you don't feel that way so much, matt? >> having been in her position in races before, there's not much more she can say. a but very solid hk hg lead, probably about four or five points. i watched some of the new york and hillary clinton is about four miles ahead in the 25th mile of the new york marathon. >> he can't help himself. >> no i can't. can donald trump still win? yeah. she would have to stop running smep would have to walk. probably fall down to lose at this point. >> 24 hours to go. she's not walking today. campaigning all day. we have never is seen anything -- so many things about the campaign we can say this about. the influence of james >> it's phenomenal. the judgment is questionable. he's not the prosecutor. he's the head of the nation's police force. to prom congress he'll come back. he does come back. now he's back again. think the p

matt dowd the country is very concerned about diversity and how the appeals are made and what happened in the campaign and again senator sessions could have real problem getting approval by the senate. another appointee facing resistance? leuitenit gener national security advisor. michael flynn "it's going really well and it's a great transition. at the republican national convention flynn incited the infamous "lock her up" chant against hillary clinton... and in his book, field of fight, flynn wrote "i don't believe all cultures are morally equivalent"a top democrat on the house intelligence committee says he's "deeply concerned" with flynn's "inflammatory remarks" and the transition team has filled one more spot - pompeo of kansas... currently a member of the house intelligence committee... as director of the cia. maggie rulli close trump also plans to meet with former rival mitt romney over the weekend. the two have exchanged some heated words in the past, and this meeting is supposed to be all about 'mending fences" maggie rulli abc news washington this morning iowa senator chuck g

matt dowd/abc news political analyst: the country is very concerned about diversity and how the appeals are made and what happened in the campaign and again senator sessions another appointee facing resistance.... leuitenient general michael flynn...named as national security advisor. at the republican national convention flynn incited the infamous "lock her up" chant against hillary clinton.....and in his book....he wrote "i don't believe all cultures are morally equivalent...." the last picked.....kansas representative mike pompeo as the directoro of the c-i-a.... speaking of president-elect his lawyers federal fraud trialm in san diego until after his inauguration. they appeared in court just hours ago. the lawsuit was filed in 20-10 on behalf of former trump university students....who claim the real estate courses didn't deliver what they promised. it's scheduled to start november 28th - trump will be sworn in as president in january. no word yet if the judge will delay the case... now to some consumer news.. fiat chrysler is recalling nearly 89- thousand cars and wipers. the most s

>>> all right, george, we bring in abc's matt dowd down home in austin, texas. and cecilia and tom remain with us here in the studio. matt. you just heard george's interview. what do you make of the first two appointments of donald trump? priebus and bannon. >> it's interesting, robin. donald trump is demonstrating again a split personality in this. consistency has never been a hallmark of donald trump. he one time described himself of saying there's two donald trumps. i think what you'll see is, the question becomes, what are the lines of authority? how does the information flow? for the president of the united states, information flow is if the because that's where their decisions come from. is it a team of rivals? or does it become a "lord of the flies"? we don't know. >> we don't know, and we have seen that same kind of balancing of president-elect trump in his public statements over the course of the last weeks. some conciliation. some sticking to his guns. >> i think, george, i think has made a lot of the right statements over the course of this. presidents

trump's port foal quo pose as a chhllenge says matt dowd. >> you cannot take advantage or benefit from a foreign state or a foreign government. that is a >> reporter: there have already been a few meetings that seem to bl the line between business and development. first with reaestate developers in india and now a british politician who the "new york times" reports may have been lobbied about the trump lf course in scotland. now, the first house republican is breaking ranks to criticize mr. trump's many business biz entanglements. supporter rudy giuliani says he an investigation into his former rival, hillary clinton but he could go either way. >> there is a tradition in american politics that, after you win an election, you sort of put things behind you. i also would be supportive of continuing the investigation. >> regardling of what mr. trump decides, it is worth noting in this country, the presiddnt does not decide who should or shouldn't be prosecuted. that decision is intended to be made by investigators based on evidence incident of politics. >>> this more than, we have new numb

matt dowd back with more. ivanka's company forced to pull back that promotion pretty quickly. >> yeah and she absolutely had to do that. i think that, listen, donald trump and ivanka and her whole family has always dealt with their brand and how they can utilize what they are a way that can enhance it, but like her father is going have a difficult process of transitioning from private life to a public life and they'll have to change the way they do business. >> now, but this isn't the first time you've seen family business mixed with the presidency so what is another past example of this? >> you're right, michael. roger clinton, president clinton's brother put out an album which apropos called "nothing good comes easy" in the midst of while he was president billy beer in the midst of it. always get the candidate and the office holder in trouble and most of the time they have to shut it down quickly. >> this is something very different coming up. you've seen his kids on the transition team, and his son-in-law p

. >> still a long shot for clinton but surprisingly it is that close and, matt dowd, looking at the closing arguments on the clinton side you got president obama just out there trying to mobilize voters. on the trump side you've got him making charges from the stump and then melania yesterday. >> i just wanted to let the melania speech and the irony of that speech sink in. she comes out against cyberbullying and married to one of the biggest cyberbullies that we've ever seen in this. i think it was totally political malpractice to let her go out like that. it would be like bernie madoff's wife speaking out against investment ponzi schemes. >> you'll get a tweet from donald trump today. but on -- >> bring it on. bring it on. days, four days. is there anything any other external event you think could affect the voting or all momentum? >> as we saw last week when we were talking about hillary clinton had a rough comfortable lead was moving in and the comey announcement adjusted the race by two or three points. anything can happen in the final three days. we've seen it in elections in years pas

. >> matt dowd, we saw these protests overnight. donald trump in his first speech his very gracious salespeople talked about binding the wounds of the nation. what more do you see him doing to address the majority who voted against him and those protesters? >> well, i think he's -- it's more than just him and i think it would be great if he keeps the calming words that he'got going and i think he needs to supporters who say, listen, we're in this together. i think this is going to sort of -- it's going to stay what it is, but watch for the january 20th inauguration. i wouldn't be surprised if this protest culminates in something we've never seen in a presidential inauguration. >> we will be watching. okay, matt dowd, thanks very much. >>> amy is here's with other top stories. >> that's right, good morning. >>> details still coming in but we are told two police officers have been shot responding to a domestic call in a small town of the hospital. no word yet on their conditions or the circumstances surrounding the shooting but a sear