DISTANCING YOURSELF OR HAVING A

ARM'S LENGTH RELATIONSHIP TO

YOUR MANY BUSINESS ENTANGLE

ENTANGLEMENTS, NOT GOOD.

FEDERAL LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE HIM

TO DO THAT BUT HE WILL DO IT

NONETHELESS.

THE PROOF IS IN THE UNDERLYING

DOCUMENTS.

THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THESE

DOCUMENTS ARE ABOUT.

THESE MIGHT BE DOCUMENTS OF

SIGNE

SIGNE

SIGNE

SIGNED DIVESTITURES.

BUT THAT IS THE KEY WORD.

NOT DISTANCING YOURSELF, NOT

ARM'S LENGTH, NOT LETTING YOUR

CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY DEALING

WITH IT.

THOSE ISSUES.

>> PART OF IT IS I ASSUME WILL

HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN, WILL

THERE BE A CONTINUING ROLE FOR

HIS CHILDREN.

>> WILL THERE BE A CONTINUING

ROLE FOR HIS CHILDREN AND HOW

WILL IT AFFECT JAROD KUSHNER HIS

SON IS LAW WHO IS GOING TO HAVE

A POSITION IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

HOW DOES HE DIVEST HIMSELF AND

HOW IT RELATES TO HIS WIFE,

IVANKA, DAUGHTER OF

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP.

ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE YET TO

BE RESOLVED.

AND THAT MIGHT BE A PART OF THE

PRESENTATION TODAY.

AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, THAT WAS

THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF THE

PRESS CONFERENCE FROM THE

BEGINNING.

IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR MED

DECEMBER AND THEN BECAUSE THE

DEAL ENTANGLEMENTS WERE SO

DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE, THEY

WANTED TO TAKE MORE TIME.

I WAS TOLD LAST NIGHT BY A

SENIOR TRUMP TRANSITION OFFICIAL

IT HAD NOT BEEN FULLY LAWYERED

EVEN AS LATE AS 11:30 LAST

NIGHT.

THEY WERE STILL WORKING OUT THE

FINAL DETAILS AND THEY MAY HAVE

IN FACT BEEN WORKED OUT AND THE

PRODUCT OF THAT WORKING OUT

MIGHT BE THERE.

BUT I DO KNOW AND CAN REPORT

AUTHORITATIVELY, THIS WAS --

THESE WERE EFFORTS GOING ON ALL

THE WAY UP INTO LATE LAST NIGHT.

>> HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT THE

PRESS CONFERENCE TO GO ON?

IS IT GOING TO BE OPEN ENDED OR

HAVE THEY SET LIMITS ON IT?

>> WE HAVE RECEIVED NO

INFORMATION AND NO LIMITS, NO

SUGGESTION OF HOW MANY QUESTIONS

WILL BE TAKEN, HOW MANY

FOLLOW-UPS WILL BE GRANTED, WHAT

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS WILLING

TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT HE IS

OVERALL COMPORTMENT OF LENGTH OF

THE PRESS KOCCONFERENCE IS GOINO

BE.

I CAN TELL YOU HAVING DONE A LOT

OF THE PRESS CONFERENCES DURING

THE CAMPAIGN, THEY WERE WIDE

RANGING, COVER 30, 35, 40

MINUTES AND HE WOULD TAKE A LOT

OF QUESTIONS.

SOME REPORTERS THAT HE WOULD

CALL ON AGAIN AND AGAIN.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE IN THAT

SITUATION.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S GOING TO

APPROACH THAT AS

PRESIDENT-ELECT.

IF HE'S GOING TO BE ANY

DIFFERENT.

>> IT IS INTERESTING HOW THAT

PRESS CONFERENCE HAS CHANGED.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT

BUSINESS AND WITHIN THE LAST 24

HOURS THE TONE AND THE TENOR HAS

CHANGED.

WHAT IS THE MAIN QUESTION IN THE

ROOM RIGHT NOW GIVEN THESE

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS?

>> THE EARLY QUESTIONS WILL BE

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL THE

COUNTRY ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS.

WHAT IS YOUR ORIENTATION TO WHAT

YOU WERE TOLD, DO YOU BELIEVE

IT, DO YOU NOT BELIEVE IT.

AND WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY

ON YOUR BEHALF ABOUT WHAT YOU

HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU WILL DO

WITH RUSSIA AND CAN YOU

PERSUASIVELY EXPLAIN TO THE

AMERICAN PUBLIC WHY THIS ISSUE

OUGHT NOT TO CLOUD

INTERPRETATIONS OF WHATEVER YOUR

POLICY IS WITH RUSSIA AND CAN

YOU MAKE A CLEAN BREAK FROM YOUR

OWN PAST.

DO YOU NEED TO MAKE A CLEAN

BREAK FROM YOUR OWN PAST.

I THINK THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT

ARE GOING TO COME RIGHT OUT THE

FRONT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

BUT THERE ARE A GREAT NUMBER OF

QUESTIONS ABOUT GOVERNING.

WE'VE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO ASK

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT ABOUT

ANYTHING REGARDING HIS DOMESTIC

POLICY AGENDA, WHAT ARE HIS TIME

LINES FOR THE REPEAL OF THE

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, TAX

REFORMS, SUPREME COURT NOMINEE,

CABINET APPOINTMENTS.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE FRESH

TERRAIN.

IF THIS IS A LONG RUNNING PRESS

CONFERENCE, HE'LL GET A CHANCE

TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON ALL OF

THOSE THINGS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE SOME OF

THE CENTRAL QUESTIONS FOR THE

PRESIDENT-ELECT?

>> WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO THE

FINANCIAL DEALINGS.

HE CAN DECLARE A LOT OF THINGS

BUT WHAT'S THE PROOF.

IS HE GOING TO PROVIDE HIS TAX

RETURNS SO PEOPLE CAN CHECK THE

MATH.

SECONDARILY, WE HAD A BIG

CONVERSATION IN THE CAMPAIGN

ABOUT THE FUZZDY WALL BETWEEN

HILLARY CLINTON OF SECRETARY OF

STATE AND THE CLINTON

FOUNDATION.

WHAT'S DONALD TRUMP GOING TO DO

ABOUT THAT.

HE'S STILL GOT A FAMILY THAT HAS

CONTROL OVER ALL OF THOSE

THINGS.

WHAT KIND OF WALL IS HE GOING TO

BUILD.

WHAT KIND OF DISCLOSURES IS HE

GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AUTOMATIC

WHEN THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE

BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES

OR WHEN PEOPLE DO BUSINESS WITH

THE TRUMP DPACOMPANIES AS A WAY

INFLUENCE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

DONALD TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO

CHANGE THE WAY THINGS WORK IN

WASHINGTON.

YOU WOULD EXPECT HE MIGHT HAVE

SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

>> AND THE CAMPAIGN PROMISES, IN

TERMS OF WHAT IS THE WALL GOING

TO BE LIKE, WHAT WILL BE THE

IMMIGRATION POLICY.

I'M FASCINATED BY THE QUESTION,

HIS RELUCTANCE TO TALK ABOUT

PUTIN AND HIS RELATIONSHIP AND

WHATEVER THESE DISCLOSURES MAY