mr. axelrod sitting in occasionally. i think the influence generally of mr.n is passing strange, if i may say so, given his background and his approach to national security policy, his admiration for lenon. a number of things that trouble me about him him in these all important national security meetings. >> let me ask you about the policy that comes out of this process. when you look at something like this travel ban, the temporary ban, the seven countries. among them is iraq. you know very well because you negotiated the treaty with iraq. what that means is that iraqi army that's fighting isis and allied with the united states in coordination with american advisors is being told that they cannot visit the united states. people who are putting their lives on the line to fight isis and support american foreign policy are banned from visiting the united states. that seems like a pretty screwed up policy and there surely should have been a process that you said here are general objectives, but it's probably a bad idea to have a blanket ban on iraq given they ar

russia but former russian chess master and human rights advocate garry kasparov tells our jim axelrod that mr. trump must be careful not to become a pawn in putin's dangerous >> sometimes i feel it's like a day in a bad dream. >> reporter: garry kasparov doesn't like the way the relationship between donald trump and vladimir putin is taking shape. >> he always came up with some kind of-- comparing, you know, putin's actions, you see those of the united states. >> reporter: do you respect putin. >> i do respect trim. >> he is referring specifically to this exchange. >> putin is a killer. >> there are a lot of killers, we have a lot of killers, what you think our country is so innocent. >> you hardly find a person that trump didn't touch but putin was always an exception. >> reporter: a former world chess champion who became one of putin's most vocal critics in russia, kasparov was arrested and beaten multiple times finally fleeing four years ago before fellow dissidents bore is nemtsov was murdered and vladimir c-- poisoned twice. >> the way presenting the well to russian people, yes, we do ce

mr. trump's opaque businesses are involved. jim axelrod has been trying to make the questions as clear as possible with the help of a republican who has worked for three administrations. peter wehner is now with the conservative ethics and public policy center. >> reporter: donald trump has insulted everyone from federal judges to fellow republicans to meryl streep. he's even taken a shot at the pope. >> putin's a killer. >> there are a lot of killers. we got a lot of killers. what? you think our country is so innocent? >> reporter: but he's seemed to bend over backward to avoid criticizing vladimir putin. >> obviously there is something going on here. >> reporter: peter wehner wants to know why. he worked for ronald reagan and both bush administrations, writing speeches and generating policy ideas. >> there's smoke here, and there's fire. we just don't know the nature of the fire. >> reporter: part of it, says wehner, could be financial entanglements between mr. trump's real estate empire and russia, pointing to the words of donald trump,

mr. i., as he was known, died last week at the age of 87. he was a billionaire who gave a lot to his city, sometimes in ways that no one knew. here's jim axelrodorter: as the line of mourners in downtown detroit made perfectly clear, the city just lost someone very special. >> i think mr. ilitch was the most significant person in detroit. he was detroit. he loved detroit. >> reporter: mike ilitch built a billion-dollar pizza empire with little ceasar's, owned the detroit tigers, and won four stanley cups with the red wings. by all accounts, kind and philanthropic, it turns out as good as ilitch was, he was actually even better. >> something i didn't expect. >> reporter: that is rosa parks. yes, the rosa parks, an american icon. after the bus boycott in montgomery, she moved to detro detroit, where in 1994, a man broke into her home, beat, and robbed her. damon keith is a federal judge and knew both mike ilitch and rosa parks. >> i said, "mike, i don't want rosa parks going back to that bad neighborhood." >> reporter: so ilitch helped arrange for her to move to a much nicer apartment, and then sent checks like this one for the next 11 years, pa

mr. trump's opaque businesses are involved. jim axelrodng to make the questions as clear as possible with the help of a republican who has worked for three administrations. peter wehner is now with the conservative ethics and public policy center. >> reporter: donald trump has insulted everyone from federal judges to fellow republicans to meryl streep. he's even taken a shot at the pope. >> putin's a killer. >> there are a lot of killers. we got a lot of killers. what? you think our country is so innocent? >> reporter: but he seemed to bend over backward to avoid criticizing vladimir putin. >> obviously there is something going on here. >> reporter: peter wehner wants to know why. he worked for ronald reagan and both bush administrations, writing speeches and generating policy ideas. >> there's smoke here, and there's fire. we just don't know the nature of the fire. >> reporter: part of it, says wehner, could be financial entanglements between mr. trump's real estate empire and russia, pointing to the words of donald trump, jr., in 2008, "

karl rove was never anywhere near, david axelrod never had a voice in it. so it's less about mr.n himself and more about not politicizing a critical institution in terms of the national security of the united states. >> the white house pushed back that the steve bannon merits being on it at least in part because he served as a naval officer. >> i don't think that background has anything to do with it. knowledge in terms of the national defense isn't a qualifier, necessarily at all. he was a naval officer for i think about ten years. this is just at an entirely different level. he's clearly a political guy, a political supporter. he's very close to the president, and, as i said in the op ed. each president gets to choose how they put their national security council together, that politics gets involved in national security issues, it does happen, but it happens outside the situation room, which is where the national security council meets. and so i would hope and really, the purpose, the whole purpose of the op ed today was i hope that president trump will reconsider the structure

axelrod learned how the billionaire helped the woman who made history. >> reporter: as the mourners made perfectly clear, the city just lost someone very special. >> i think mritch was the most significant person in detroit. he was detroit. he loved detroit. >> reporter: mike ill ich built a billion dollar industry with pizza and owned the red wings and tigers. it turned outed a good as he was. h was actually even better. that is rosa parks, yes, the rosa parks, an american icon. after the busboy cot in montgomery, she moved to detroit where in 1994, a man broke into her home and beat and raped her. >> i said, mike, i don't want rosa parks going back to that bad neighborhood. >> reporter: so ilic helped arrange for her to move to a much nicer one and sent checks like this for the next 11 years paying rosa parks' life for the rest of her life. >> he just believed in helping people. >> reporter: it's only coming to life after his death because mike ilitch never said a word about it when he was still alive. >> there are people of wealth in this country who are still concerned with underprivileged and those who are deprived. >> reporter: rosa parks taught us all

axelrod learned how the billionaire helped the woman who made history. >> reporter: as the line of mourners in downtown detroit made perfectly clear, the city just lost someone very special. >> i think mrch was the most significant person in detroit. he was detroit. he loved detroit. >> reporter: mike ilitch built a billion dollar industry with pizza, owned the tigers, and won four stanley cups with the detroit red wings. not only was he good, it turns out he was even better. that is rosa parks, yes, the rosa parks, an american icon. after the bus boycott in montgomery, she moved to detroit where in 1994 a man broke into her house and beat and robbed her. >> i said, mike, i don't want rosa parks going back to that bad neighborhood. >> reporter: so ilitch helped arrange for her to move to a much nicer apartment and then sent checks like this one for the next 11 years, paying rosa parks' life for the rest of her life. >> he just believed in helping people. >> reporter: it's only coming to life after his death because mike ilitch never said a word about it when he was still alive. >> there are people of wealth in this country who are still concerned with underprivileged and those who are

mr. i as he was known, died last week at age 87. he was a billionaire who gave a lot to his city some times in ways no one knew. here is jim axelrod. >> reporter: as the line of mourners in downtown detroit made clear, the city just lost some one very special. >> i think, the most significant person in detroit. he was detroit. he loved detroit. >> he built a billion dollar pizza empire with little caesars, owned the detroit tiger, and won four stanley cups with the red wings. by all accounts, kind and philanthropic, it turns out, as good as he was, he was actually even better. >> something that i didn't expect. >> that is rosa parks. yes, the rosa parks. an american icon. after the bus boycott in montgomery sunny moved to detroit. in 1994, a man broke into her home, beat, robbed her. daniel keith is a federal judge and knew mike ilich and rosa parks. >> mike, i don't want rosa park going back to that bad neighborhood. >> so ilich helped arrange for her to move to a nice apartment and sent checks like this one for the next 11 years, paying rosa parks' rent for the rest of her life. >> heap just believed in helping people. >> report