but it's okay to target ivanka. it's okay to go after the first lady and fashion designers saying, i am not going to dress melania trump. jesse: if ivanka wanted to profit off her white house connections, she would have every one around in the white house wearing her clothing line. the head of noard strong is a hillary donor. this is donald trump on twit arer responding to what he considers unfair treatment. my daughter ivanka has been treated so unfairly by nordstrom. she is a great person always pushing me to do the right thing. harry truman when he was president went after someone who wrote a nasty review of his daughter when she was performing, when she was singing. he said some day i hope to meet you. when that happens you will need a new nose, a lot of beef steaks for black eyes and perhaps a supporter below. >> could you manage if social media existed in even a small way? he's threatening to beat living bejesus out of this guy. kellyanne conway comes out to defend her boss' daughter and there's going to be an

ivanka is not political. even admitting at the republican convention she is neither republican or democrat. she frowns on being a political surrogate. her role was about women. what her father taught her. how he advanced the women in his company. and what he would do for women in the country. her focus always on women. >> he will fight for equal pay for equal work and i'll fight for this, too, right alongside of him. judge jeanine: after her dad wins she leaves the family business, one she was broomed to run from the time she was a little girl. yes, a woman groomed to run by the very man trash tagging women despise so she can continue to advocate for women in the workforce. leaving her own business working with a talented team of women. leaving her home, moving her family because she believes she can help tens of millions of women. so to all of hashtag haters and loud classless women and the stores that capitulate to them, yes, by hitting her you did hurt her dad. but she is stronger than you. and you know, t

i am ivanka trump. an accomplished goritor, builder, fashion designer, business woman and writer and you cannot and will not judge me, based point actions of my father. i'm worthy of so much more. this must stop. this week a female nordstrom executive proudly trumpeted they were dropping ivanka trump's fashion line. they could have done it quietly, phasing it out. but instead they chose to public size it. antigen is of all this? an consider and the genesis of all this. a woman who didn't like the results of the election. she showr she started the hashtag grab your wallet to punish ivanka for the deeds or misdeeds of her father. chelsea clinton was never punished for the clear misdeeds her dad. nordstrom stated reason for dropping the line isn't important. reduced sales, maybe. amazing what product placement can do, you know. but what i can tell you is that overall, ivanka's brands revenue is up, 21% from 2015 to 2016. and pray tell if her brand wasn't selling well in nordstrom why did they order more pr

any word from ivanka trump herself? >> reporter: david, ivanka trump has not commented yet, but the company is saying this. the ivanka trump brand continues to expand across categories and distribution with significant year over year revenue in 2016. david? >> our chief national correspondent, tom llamas with us tonight. thanks as always. >>> now to the showdown on capitol hill at this hour. tonight, the senate is expected to vote to confirm senator jeff sessions as attorney general. but ahead of the vote, republican leaders setting off a firestorm, using an arcane rule, to silence senator elizabeth warren after she read a letter once written by coretta scott king who warned against sessions going for a federal judgeship. afterwards, he had been warned. she persisted. those words, she persisted, going viral today. hillary clinton joining the fight. abc's mary bruce on capitol hill. >> reporter: these are the words that shut down the senator. >> mr. sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exer

any word from ivanka trump herself? >> reporter: david, ivanka trump has not commented yet, but the company is saying this. the ivanka trump brand continues to excommand across categories and distribution with significant year over year revenue. >> tom llamas with us. thanks as always. >>> now to the showdown on capitol hill at this hour. tonight, the senate is expected to vote to confirm senator jeff sessions as attorney general. but ahead of the vote, republican leaders set off a firestorm, using an arcane rule. saying she once wrote a leert who worned against sessions going for a judgeship. afterwards, he had been warned. she persisted. those words, she persisted, going viral today. hillary clinton joining the fight. abc's mary bruce on capitol hill. >> reporter: these are the words that shut down the senator. >> mr. sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren quoting coretta scott king. 20 years ago, martin luther k

nordstrom had only said positive things about ivanka. i spoke with people in ivanka's company -- in the stores are her dresses. this is a normal cycle. we had a great relationship with ivanka and now don jr. put out a tweet that sends women across america to cut up their nordstrom cards. you know who works in retail stores? >> when you tell me the ivanka trump brand is a mother run company founded by women and women work there. 85,000 people working there. by the way, when you attack them, that's a publicly traded company, president of the united states and one might argue, that's disgraceful. >> ali, about real harm here, there is an emphasis of a lawyer and a good man named richard payner, you and i both know of him. he says this is personal gain of the president. beyond the interview and the position we heard laid out. this could have a real series. >> there are two parts here. he was referred to not only the comment but the fact that it was retweeted by the president of the united states, potus, twitter account. you and i discuss of

ivanka is not political. even admitting at the republican convention she was neither republican nor democrat. she frowned on being a political surrogate. instead her role was about women, what her father taught her, how he advanced the women in his company and what he would do for women in the country? her focus, always on women. >> he will fight for equal pay for equal work, and i will fight for this too, right alongside of him. judge jeanine: and after her dad wins, she leaves the family business, the one she was groomed to run from the time she was a little girl. yes, a woman groomed to run. what most see as a male dominated business by the very men these hashtagging women despise, so she can continue to advocate for women in the workforce, leaving her own business, working with a talented team of, yes, women. leaving her home, moving her family because she believed she can help tens of millions of women. so to all you hashtag haters, and loud classless women and the stores that capitulate to them, yes, by

any word from ivanka trump herself? >> reporter: david, ivanka trump has not commented yet, but the company is saying this. the ivanka trump brand continues to excommand across categories and distribution with significant year over year revenue. >> tom llamas with us. thanks as always. >>> now to the showdown on capitol hill at this hour. tonight, the senate is expected to vote to confirm senator jeff sessions as attorney general. but ahead of the vote, republican leaders set off a firestorm, using an arcane rule. saying she once wrote a leert who worned against sessions going for a judgeship. afterwards, he had been warned. she persisted. those words, she persisted, going viral today. hillary clinton joining the fight. abc's mary bruce on capitol hill. that shut down the senator. >> mr. sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren quoting coretta scott king. 20 years ago, martin luther king's widow criticized his record

i am ivanka trump. an accomplished goritor, builder, fashion designer, business woman and writer and you cannot and will me, based point actions of my father. i'm worthy of so much more. this must stop. this week a female nordstrom executive proudly trumpeted they were dropping ivanka trump's fashion line. they could have done it quietly, phasing it out. but instead they chose to public size it. antigen is of all this? an consider and the genesis of all this. a woman who didn't like the results of the election. she showr she started the hashtag grab your wallet to punish ivanka for the deeds or misdeeds of her father. chelsea clinton was never punished for the clear misdeeds her dad. nordstrom stated reason for dropping the line isn't important. reduced sales, maybe. amazing what product placement can do, you know. but what i can tell you is that overall, ivanka's brands revenue is up, 21% from 2015 to 2016. and pray tell if her brand wasn't selling well in nordstrom why did they order more products for

go buy ivanka's stuff. i hate shopping, i'm going to go get some myself today. >> go buy ivanka's stuff. this as this administration has faced so much conflict and criticism over conflicts of interest when it comes to separating the business from the presidency. what do you make of it, patricia? >> this is exactly why people urged donald trump and his entire family to clearly separate themselves from their businesses. ivanka trump has said she has separated herself from her business. i think getting into it with nordstrom, personally the president doing this and then kellyanne as a white house employee, a federal employee, hawking ivanka trump's wears on national television is totally bizarre, totally inappropriate. it's something that strikes me -- not something that even ivanka trump would want them to be doing. once they start pushing nordstrom's further, i expect they'll start to release the details of the falling sales, i think it will hurt her brand further. i don't think they're helping her or her bu

no comment on any of this from ivanka trump herself. she has formally resigned from her brand, but like her father she still maintains a financial connection. tom llamas, an abc news, new york. >>> we should mention the house oversight committee considers disciplinary action against conway. she was asked about the fallout and if president trump had considered suspending her. >> we spoking about a range of matters and he supports m in fact, it was a very heartening moment. all i can say to america's women, at some point in your life you ought to have a boss who treated me the way the president of the united states treated me today. >> conway was also asked how she was counseled but she refused to comment saying "i have nothing more to say about it." >> coming up, the movie opening this weekendbout a true life romance for the ages. >> that's not 50 shades darker". >> no, a little more romantic than that. >> the love story. we sit down with these hollywood "a" listers. >> there's no darkroom in this one. no red room rather. i will never wa

no comment on any of this from ivanka trump herself. she has formally resigned from her brand, but like her father she still maintains a financial connection. >> all right. so tom llamas with us here tonight. no comment from ivanka, but what is the white house saying, and more importantly, kellyanne conway? you just talked to her. >> that's right. the white house says that the president fully understands that kellyanne conway was trying to stick up for and defend ivanka trump, but conway says the president told her he supports her, and in the trump white house, he is the only person that matters. >> tom, great to have you here at the desk. >>> we move onto other news in the meantime tonight. that massive winter storm, a blizzard tonight in boston, and throughout parts of new england. in fact, slamming much of the east coast today. 50 million americans in the path. this on a boston street swerving out of control as the snow began to fall. a tractor trailer rolling over on the new york state freeway today. the snow has been blinding for m

ilia: la cadena de tiendas por departamento, anunciÓ que no venderÁ más la marca de ivanka trump, el anuncio llega despuÉs de que hace meses la famosa empresa fuera criticada por muchos de sus consumidores por considerar que al tender la ropa de ivanka, de alguna manera sus sueÑos apoyaban al entonces candidato republicano. al regresar de la pausa, la capital de bÉlgica cada vez se hace mÁs popular un restaurante donde los clientes cenan a mÁs de 15 pies bajo el agua. >> los negocios del presidente donald trump en mÉxico, éxitos y fracasos. ademÁs desaparece misteriosamente una madre y su pequeÑa hija. tras meses de investigaciÓn las autoridades todavÍa buscan evidencias y sospechosos. tambiÉn, hombres y mujeres que han sufrido los estragos del machismo, buscan cambiar. padres de familia tratan de vencer todos los obstÁculos para que sus hijos ♪ ilia:para la despedida, en bruselas existe un restaurante que sirve cenas bajo el agua, el lugar se llama la perla, y estÁ dentro de una piscina, se trata de una cabina en un centro de buceo. cenar en esa especie de burbuja, c

no comment on any of this from ivanka trump herself. she has formally resigned from her brand, but like her father she still maintains a financial connection. >> all right. so tom with us here tonight. no comment from ivan karkska but what is the white house saying and more importantly, kellyanne conway? >> he said that the white house understands was trying to defend and stick up for ivanka trump, but conway says the president told her he supports her, and in the trump white house, he is the only person that matters. >> tom, great to have you here at the desk. >>> we move onto other news in the meantime tonight. that massive winter storm, a blizzard down in boston, and parts of new england. slamming much of the east coast today. 50 million americans in the path. this on a boston street swerving out of control as the snow began to fall. a tractor trailer rolling over on the freeway. the snow has been blinding for much of the day, cross a snowy street in hoboken. thousands in the dark in at this hour, and abc's linsey davis on the weathe

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ivanka trump wanted to see one of her exercise classes, she signed up for it using an alias. the gym owner posted this question on facebook. "what do you do when you find out that ivanka trump just took solidcore but used an alias to sign up? you reach out and ask for a meeting." she then said she doesn't know her, but "i do know her father is threatening the rights of many of my beloved clients." some people complained about the partisan post and the gym owner replied by saying she was all about open dialogue and conversation. the post went viral of course and it ended the way so many of these controversies it do, with her making her facebook and twitter private. which is good, because this was never about open a dialogue. it was about virtue signaling. this gym owner wants all her elitist clients to know she was on the right side of history. and ivanka would be wise to ignore her completely. ♪ >> tom: kathy, you don't usually agree with my monologue monologues. >> i agree with everything. speak >> tom: i could see you nodding your head in agreement. >> she was trying to u

brand on tv. >> you asked about ivanka, i visited with her yesterday. she's very successful. go buy ivanka's stuff. i'm getting some myself today. it's a wonderful line. a free commercial. go by it, everybody. i'm going to get it online. >> trevor: going to give a free commercial, go buy it? in less than three weeks, from the president and trump businesses are totally separate to come on down to the white house and buy, buy, buy! buy trump-get dumped! all-out dignity must go! ( laughter ) guys, with everything going on in the world, why is the president wasting his time with a clothing line? like he's a president. you know what? i mean, i talk smack about trump all the time but for the good of the country, i'm going to help out. i'm going to help this guy out. donald, you know what? you focus on running a country, and i'll help you sell those clothes. how about that, huh new you guys ready for a fashion show? yeah? let's do this, then! let's do this! ( cheers and applause ) ladies and gentlemen, dressed head to toe in pieces from the actual ivanka trump

trump and her clothing line. >> guy buy ivanka's stuff. i hate shopping but going to get some myself. it's wonderful line, i love it. give a free commercial here. go buy it everybody, you can find it online. >> your reaction? >> mr. noble can speak more eloquently about the ethics laws and rules but seems clearly over the line. white house official is not supposed to be hawking merchandise for somebody. long established. what is striking don is go back to the town hall of jason chaffetz that you just reported on. crying in for him to go back and investigate the trump administration as we heard. earlier today, just what he did. announced he was going to have hearings with the house oversight committee. he's chairman and rising republican star and going to investigate this question, referred to ethics investigation about ivanka trump. that's a big break for republican from republican nangs bill crystal has been pointing out. >> former white house officials say that kellyanne conway's endorsement on tv of the ivanka trump brand breaks rules g

there is no evidence that the department store is a being taita i attacking ivanka trump. she was informed about this in january. >> sean spicer works for the american people. he had a rough go of it and seriously, i feel for him, but it is the presidency here. for him to weigh in on that is two prong. it's appalling for him to as you the power of the most powerful position on earth to try to bludgeon the corporation. almost worse as a political guy, it didn't work. it went up 4% today. it could be that mr. trump is a paper tiger. now corporations and certainly politicians are thinking maybe he is not so bad after all. >> the president is above the majority of approval rating. the american people -- reuters. 51% approval rating. >> hold. >> the media gets enraged with the conflict of interest. the american people voted in him because they believed in his policies despite the fact that he had a multimillion-dollar empire. >> and the american people decided they don't want to buy her products anymore. why can't you accept that? he is free to say whatever he wants and we are

. >>> ivanka trump and the impact of a bay area led boycott. the first daughter attends a white house business meeting and we look at the political muscle affecting her bottom line. >>> snap files its ipo papers and solves one of the most tantalizing mysteries in tech. >>> wired for sound. turns out there's a reason people can't stand things like whistling tea kettles and people slurping their soup. >>> i've got free tickets to a comedy show and pancakes. i'm >>> one day after nordstrom's said it was cutting ivanka trump's clothing line, the last of the items are marked down in what some are calling a fire sale. this afternoon the few shoes available online are selling for 40% off the original price. a spokesperson for ivanka trump's line says nordstrom's still has her products. as abc 7 news reporter explains, the whole thing as prompted by a bay area boycott called grab your wallet. >> reporter: nordstrom and neiman marcus are dropping the ivanka trump brand. neiman is announcing it will no longer be carrying ivanka trump's precious jewelry l

no comment from ivanka trump. that is fascinating she is silent on this. >> she has nothing to gain. >> this is after the president said nordstrom treated his daughter unfairly about dropping her product line. >> and joining us to talk about this miss sttep and dust up is brian stelter. this has been a bit of a train wreck, i think. you have a president who is not your normal president saying things his staff is trying to clean up. i want to play the spicer sound for you talking about the kellyanne conway stuff first. >> kellyanne has been counselled. that's all we're going to go on. she has been counselled on that subject. that's it. >> that's the spokesperson for the president of the united states of america. we don't know what counselled means. his lack of really a response. >> was she counselled before she said this on fox? counselled after? i'm guessing she was counselled after. the office of ethics was overwhelmed. the web site crashed. so many people, anti-trump liberals trying to log on and expressing conc

no comment on any of this from ivanka trump herself. she has formally resigned from her brand, but like her father she still maintains a financial connection. >> all right. so tom llamas with us here tonight. no comment from ivan karka, butt is the white house saying, and more importantly, kellyanne conway? >> he said that the white house understands was trying to defend and stick up for ivanka trump, but conway says the president told her he supports her, and in the trump white house, he is the only person that matters. >> tom, great to have you here at the desk. >>> we move onto other news in the meantime tonight. that massive winter storm, a blizzard down in boston, and parts of new england. slamming much of the east coast today. 50 million americans in the path. this on a boston street swerving out of control as the snow began to fall. a tractor trailer rolling over on the freeway. the snow has been blinding for much of the day, cross a snowy street in hoboken. thousands in the dark in at this hour, and abc's linsey davis on the wea

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just ivanka -- ivanka has known about this since january. host: does the timing make a difference? caller: no, it doesn't make a difference. ivanka did not say anything about it. sinces known about it january. but it wasrted then, like, this is what happened. the newscasters went on something else. to donald trump feels he has seek out -- speak out about his daughter. an article in usa today's money section that president trump finished a distant third among norstrom workers who made individual campaign conjugations -- campaign contributions. hillary clinton of course took first place receiving $38,000 from 60 donors whose employer was identified as nordstrom. senator bernie sanders took second place. donald trump, $2500 from 17 nordstrom donors according to the data. the employees joined eric nordstrom who gave a donation to hillary clinton's campaign last year. brian is in northeast in washington. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. i was calling to say i do support the retailers act of dumping trump in the way that it's his right at home just like in indiana with mike pe

listen. >> go buy ivanka's stuff is what i would tell you. i hate shop, i'm going to get some myself today. i'm going to give a free commercial here. go buy it today, every. you can find it on line. >> there these. white house briefing room, white house seal, logo there, the american flag in the background. how problematic is that? >> craig, thanks for having me. and the statement is extremely problematic. federaletics regulations prohibit government employees for using their public office for the private gain of another. it appears that that statute, that principle, that regulation has been violated here. and makes it worse is that it's part of a huge enterprise, trump, inc., which has blurred government and private financial business of the trump family over and over and over again with mr. trump violating the constitution to take foreign government payments. yesterday his wife filing a legal pleading saying she lost a once in a lifetime opportunity to capitalize financially on being first lady. it's very -- the attack on a business, americ

. >>> attack on ivanka at the nordstrom department stores drop his daughter's ivanka fashion line. president trump tweets an angry response and then sends it out again on his official presidential twitter account. did he cross an ethical line? >>> she was warned, chaos in the senate, as republicans silence democrat elizabeth warren. after a bitter fight, the confirmation vote is due shortly. and killer instincts, one after another his critics have died under mysterious circumstances. now one of vladimir putin's foes lies gravely ill, allegedly poisoned. why many say the russian president, the former kgb agent is responsible. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> translator: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, the white house is defending the president's travel ban, but president trump is on the attack. calling appeals court arguments disgraceful, suggesting the courts are political, and insisting that the travel ban order was perfectly written. and just in, the president's own supreme court nominee takes a different view, calling his comments about the judic

amazon of the perfumemaker will make a fortune. >> i am a ivanka fan. this brand was going away, let's not pretend it wasn't. the liberal outrage machine generated another star like they did with sarah palin and all these people. being outraged about trump the whole election, he stole ideas from bernie sanders about trade and jobs and won the election. he should learn they need their own policies. dagan:what about you? >> they directed seth bowie had of schwartz. the product, half of it, sales back out, that will happen. dagan:thanks to julie. >> godspeed, brenda, we love you. more after this. ...as a combination of products and customers. every on-time arrival is backed by thousands of od employees, ...who make sure the millions of products we ship arrive without damages. because od employees treat customer service... ...like our most important delivery. od. helping the world keep promises. remember when you said men are supeyeah...ivers? yeah, then how'd i get this... ...allstate safe driving bonus check? ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for e

ivanka trump gets durched from nordstrom. and twitters going to tweet. and he did. the president tweeted, my daughter ivanka has been treated so unfairly by nordstrom. she's a great person. always pushing me to do the right thing. terrible. (laughter) (applause) now, now first of all, first of all, why do you need to be pushed to do the right thing? why aren't you just doing the right thing? (cheers and applause) is it just me? and you know, or does it feel like nordstrom is in trouble with the president now? it sounds like he's setting out a vendetta. i wouldn't be shocked if he sent in seal team 6 to buy up all her clothes, just you know, get in there and do something! one thing i enjoy about the trump presidency, though, is that even though we know we're all going to die, we're at least starting to learn all of their moves, you know. first the incident, then the tweet, then the spite. >> the tweet that president trump about his daughter's brand. >> yeah. >> and then it was retweeted by the potus account. what is the standard that president is doing in regards to

., the president was tweeting his daughter ivanka had been tweeted unfairly by nordstrom. the white house said the president was free at the time the tweet was posted. it drew this ferocious response from the white house. >>> i think this was less of family business than an attack on his daughter. for someone to take out their concern with his policies on a family member of his is just not acceptable. >> jim joins us again. before we get to nordstrom's, the white house put out a list today highlighting people who have come from the seven banned countries and later arrested. >> reporter: the white house did produce that list earlier this evening it features 24 people who came from the seven countries mentioned in the president's travel ban but we should point out these are individuals who were arrested on terrorism-related charges, not these mass casualty events that have happened in this country since 9/11. it's also worth pointing out sean spicer was asked whether or not the country is facing an imminent threat to sort of back up the president's tough talk on terrorism. a

she was speaking after the retailer nordstrom had just dropped the ivanka trump brand. this is just, it is a wonderful line, i own some of it and i am going to give a free commercial here. go and buy it today everybody, you can buy it online. our washington correspondent, david willis, spoke to us about the way ms conway promoted ivanka trump's products. this followed the announcement that the nordstrom department chain was dropping her products from its stores, because of falling sales. it prompted donald trump to take to twitter to condemn the move. then we had kellyanne conway going on to fox news to say, go and buy these products. it's available online. the office of government ethics has now taken on the matter. they are urging disciplinary action against kellyanne conway and they are asking the trump administration to consider this whole issue, and to give it two weeks to decide what action they are going to take in terms of discipline. kellyanne conway is a special adviser to donald trump. she referred to the bowling green massacre, something which didn't exist.

no comment on any of this from ivanka trump herself. she has formally resigned from her brand, but like her father she still maintains a financial connection. >> all right. so tom llamas with us here tonight. no comment from ivan karka, butt is the white house saying, and more importantly, kellyanne conway? >> he said that the white house understands was trying to defend and stick up for ivanka trump, but conway says the president told her he supports her, and in the trump white house, he is the only person that matters. >> tom, great to have you here at the desk. >>> we move onto other news in the meantime tonight. that massive winter storm, a blizzard down in boston, and parts of new england. slamming much of the east coast today. 50 million americans in the path. this on a boston street swerving out of control as the snow began to fall. a tractor trailer rolling over on the freeway. much of the day, cross a snowy street in hoboken. thousands in the dark in at this hour, and abc's linsey davis on the weather. >> reporter: the most pow

speaking of ivanka trump. the race is on to cash in on the new first daughter >> according to the "washington post" companies filed 258 trademark applications under variations of ivanka, ivanka trump and similar sounding chinese characters for products of all sizes and shapes, makeup, wallpaper, diet pills, under where. she has her own family line and her company registered several trademarks for a variety of products >> she's hot in >> people are -- there are plastic surgeons advertising come get your ivanka look. >> first it was the kardashian, now ivanka >> thanks for joining usually we'll see you tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >> today on "tmz" -- harvey: usain bolt celebrated the first day of carnaval by getting a gift. >> a woman. >> i love this country so much. >> this woman comes out, she has on this costume with this huge butt and they go to town. >> what's the over-under for how many women he's had sex with this weekend. >> his girlfriend's there, isn't she? charlie: my question still stands. jaden pine

he is also using twitter to defend his daughter, ivanka. one of the issues as she and her daughter have moved to washington and part of the fst family to divest themselves of personal and business interests. she has separated herself from the day to day running of her company. yet, the president is saying that nordstrom, one of the major retailers who is saying it is distancing itself and no longer carrying her brand. the president is saying she is being treated unfairly using twitter to name specifically this retailer and pushing back on the claim that her sales were not sufficient or the brand's sales were not sufficient. so in today's briefing, that question came up. sean spicer said, it is not so much a defense of business. it is a defense of family. >> i think this was less about his family business and an attack on his daughter. he ran for president. he won. he is leading this country. i think for people to take out their concern about his actions or his executive orders on members of his family, he has every right to stand up for his

ivanka has resigned as management of the company. her handbags, et cetera, generated $125,000 in revenue. those companies are now thinking twice, you can imagine, on whether they'll change policies on her brand. >> my daughter's a good person. he takes it personally. it's not about the sales in his mind. >> here is the question. brian, you made a really good point. it's a father defending his daughter. trump doesn't seem to see the lines he's crossing with this. number one it's a president. number two, it's a president talking about the commercial interests of his family. which they worked hard to distance themselves from in january. >> i'm not saying it's right. i can see a situation where the president is sitting there, he assess steaming, he's stewing. >> he's defending his daughter. he's mad. >> daddy's little girl. >> ivanka doesn't need defending. she's a grown woman. but let's be clear, too. there is a big online social media push by the left. grab your wallet, whatever, who has said boycott anything ivanka. is there a counter

one day after the president himself ripped nordstrom in a tweet for troping ivanka -- dropping ivanka's product because of sagging sales, kellyanne conway had this to say from if white house briefing room. >> free commercial. go buy it today. you can find it online. >> the endorsement seemingly violated ethic laws banning product endorsement from the federal employees. the white house said she had been counseled over the comment. outside the nordstrom rack in chevy chase we this trump supporter says leave ivanka's products alone. >> it's bullying. i resent it. >> this man says the white house should slow down. >> this is not the only kerfuffle. underarrest mar c.e.o. is under attack for attending the white house business meeting and offering praise for trump. some opposed to the president are calling for a brand boycott. this evening famed ball rhino mist issue cohenland demand under armour reflect common values to motivate all people to be the best selves. under-armor issued a statement previously saying they are about policy, not politics. in chevy chase, brad bell, michelle: virginia

steve: there is is that #buy ivanka right now. there is that #grab your wallet is that behind that stuff. >> some of it is. we know where that's came from. they had a whole election. first female president everybody saw talking about that day. she had no message no, positive mes message that failed at the ballot box. a march saying the same thing the day after he was sworn in as president. they are welcome to march. but what's of it in terms of commercial interests. this is just wonderful line. i own some of it i fully -- i'm going to give a free commercial here. go buy it today, everybody, you can find it online. steve: all right. kellyanne conway from the briefing room. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. steve: covered a lot of territory. brian: 10 moins before the top of the hour. a lot more to go this hour before the show. thousands of illegals outraged over treatment at the u.s. border.

you're hurting no one but yourself, do you think you're impacting ivanka trump. you lost me as a customer. on the other side, you have people saying will trump have enough time to tweet about this move? i hope so. was the quality not up to par or sales not doing well? i spoke to new york-based image consultant sylvia to what are she has to say about the issue. >> the coat line has never been big, never successful, it's a topic because she's in her role. reporter: the decision for burlington to stop selling products happened recently. i figure online there may not be anything, but in stores, a few pieces left. i went on a bit of a hunt. >> we're in the right section, now i have to find merchandise. i spoke to employee who can't be filmed but said they had a lot of dresses and tops from the ivanka trump line and they were really good sellers. while she doesn't think there is a lot left she said a couple days ago they had some, i'm going to keep searching. see what i find. reporter: while burlington hasn't officially announced they're not selling ivanka trump line.

nordstrom cutting ties with ivanka. they will stop selling ivanka's brand of clothes and shoes because of poor sales. some say ivanka sales are slumping due to her father's newfound political career. the decision to drop ivanka's motivated. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, an abc news exclusive about a mystery at sea. a woman dies on a fishing trip. her son says it was an accident. but some are questioning if it was foul play. shouldn't mean choosing to spend more. dannon's whole milk yogurt is made with all natural, non-gmo ingredients with vitamin d. better food at a better cost. so we can all eat better. >> all i can say is what happened. if other people want to -- >> i'm just asking to you defend yourself against these people who are saying that you did something to your boat that would make it sink. jummy: a tragic accident or foul play? we're talking about the story of an ill-fated fishing trip that made national headlines and ended with nathan's mother dead but her body has not been found. carmen claims the boat

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new herbal essences >> go buy ivanka's stuff. >> kelly has been counseled. that is all we are going to go with. >> right now, on off script, kellyanne conway is facing ethics complaints for promoting the ivanka trump line. and taking on trump and the ceo of a company that paid millions of dollars for their endorsements. but first, the president says the fight over his travel ban is not over. he tweeted see you in court. that was his reaction after a federal appeals court refused to reinstate donald trump's travel ban. it impacted refugees and travel from seven predominy

go buy ivanka's stuff is what i would say. i hate shopping, i'm going to get some myself today. it's a wonderful line, i own some of it. i will give a free commercial here, go buy it today, everybody. go buy it online. >> for ethics experts, it raised red flags especially after 24 hours donald trump attacked nordstrom saying it would no longer carry his daughter's products. the company says it was not political, based solely on poor sales. the company's website crashed and the press secretary sean spicer says a source familiar with the discussion told the white house legal team spoke to kellyanne conway where the line is. she knew pretty much immediately she may have crossed it. so this morning experts tell me federal employees who violate ethics laws could face additional training to firing. but enforcement falls to the white house. and aides tell me president trump still fully supports his counselor, kellyanne conway. >> thank you very much for that, peter alexander. >>> the battle back and forth between the white house and senator mccain over the deadly raid continues in a se