mr. trump signed an executive order on rolling back regulations, dow's c.e.o. was at his side. let's look into some of the questions being raised about each of these examples. jay solomonroke the news about exxon-mobil in the "wall street journal." and norman eisen is a former special counsel to president obama. his expertise is government ethics. jay, let me start with you. what effects? >> the arctic and the black sea are the most sought after, pioneer spots for oil exploration, and, you know, for the future earnings for the growth of the business, this is seen as kind of one of the last great places to explore. >> sreenivasan: how much money are we talking about here? how significant is this potential? >> i mean, president putin, when they announced the deal in 2012, said it could be as much as $500 billion in investment and huge amounts of oil and gas is in that region. >> sreenivasan: is it typical for these types of exceptions to be asked for on humanitarian grounds and other reasons? >> there are if you look in iran or burma as the obama administration was kind of pursuing their policies, there were exemptions grantedded for humanitarian or technology reasons, b