barbara mcquaid, if you're robert mueller, are you thinking about calling in carl klein and asking himeing investigated according to the "new york times" is whether the president of the united states might be an agent of a foreign power >> i think so. not just merely to look at whether, you know, jared kushner made false statements on his clearance forms, background forms, or are at risk of security concern, but whether this is part of the same conspiracy we want people to have access to this information so it could be shared with russia as all part of this conspiracy that in exchange for assisting the president and becoming elected there were certain quid pro quos they would get in exchange, one of which may have been the sharing of classified information i think it absolutely fits within the scope of that investigation and so why -- you know, carl klein, it's a legitimate question to ask him why did you overrule the opinions of career intelligence professionals 30 times in this administration i think that's a fair question. >> oh, my goodness in the words of adam, scaring is caring b

if you look at when carl klein came in, it was may of 2017. he'd not been in that position previously. that was a few months in to the trump administration. according to your reporting or what you've heard talking to people, is this somebody who perhaps was brought in because he might be open to granting thos clearanc those clearances? >> i don't know for sure. i don't want to speak to why klein was brought if but i will talk about the timing. there was a large back log in people getting their clearances, a lot of interim security clearances. john kelly when he was chief of staff wanted those reviewed and was put on hold when a lot of these came out. i think the reason he was brown in was because there were all of these security clearances maybe being held up. when you talked to people at the fbi who reviewed these in the past they say they take longer when there are so many questions, not just in kushner's background but people coming with untraditional backgrounds, heavy ties to foreign governments. he would have been brought in when they ha

a man by the name of carl klein.s comes less than a week after nbc news first reported that this supervisor approved jared kushner for top security clearance over the objections of career staff, among at least 30 similar cases where these career staffers were overrules. the career security specialists objected and in kushner's case pointing to an fbi background check that raised concerns about potential foreign influence on kushner. regarding the suspension, the specialist is trisha newbold. she has a rare form of dwarfism and filed a discrimination complaint against klein, her supervisor three months ago accusing him of discriminating of her because of her height. allegedly moving things out of her reach. according to the document, the suspension notice obtained by nbc news, newbold's two-week suspension was for failure to follow instructions, defiance of authority. the suspension was first proposed in december by the security office's chief. creased bailey. the new document is signed by bailey and mentioned in 18 y

their supervisor, carl klein overruled tha recommendation and approved the clearance. checknt iied questions about foreign contacts and meetings he had during the campaign. the house oversight committee is launching an official into the white house security clearance process. >>> there's a new controversy surrounding t nfl this morning. ,his one does not involve the new orleans sain rather an incident that happened during the pro bowl skills challenge. take a look at this. >>'m fixing to go knock this mascot out. >> ooh chim. >> that was jamal adams tackling pat the patriot. the incident got a l ofaughs by onlookers there, but it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, right? there are reports that the person inside that ostume went to the hospital for an undisclosedjury. he is said to be sore but doing okay. i'm sure we'll be hearing more e about that the next few days. >>> other news, hundreds coming togethes to honor the l of the five people killed in that mass shooting at a bank in florida. this m sning we'rerting to learn more about just what happened inside

security specialists over fears that kushner was open to foreign influence, but their supervisor carl kleinndation and approved the clearance. kushner's fbi background check identified questions about his foreign contacts, foreign travel and meetings he had during the campaign. the house oversight committee is launching an investigation into the white house security clearance process. >>> there's a new controversy surrounding the nfl this morning. this one does not involve the new orleans saints. rather, it involves an incident that happened during the pro bowl skills challenge. take a look at this. >> i'm going to go knock this mascot out. >> ooh! >> yeah. so that was new york jets defensive back jamal adams tackling the new england patriot's mascot. the incident got a will the of laughs by onlookers there, but it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, right? there are reports that the person inside that costume went to the hospital for an undisclosed injury. he is said to be sore but doing okay. i'm sure we'll be hearing a little bit more about that. >>> hundreds coming together ove

klein. this is a stock, carl, that's cheap, with good yield, and she's doing a fabulous job >> and you haveushing it there today, jim jim cramer at the jpmorgan health care conference thanks see you in a while. >>> world bank president is stepping down on february 1, jim yong kim his term was set to expire in 2022 following his departure, he will join a fund focused on infrastructure investment in developing countries. >>> coming up this afternoon, be sure to tune in at 1:00 p.m. for a brand new cnbc show. the debut of "the exchange" with kelly evans. bill miller will join the program, get his take on how investors should position themselves in the volatile market and where he sees opportunities today. it all starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. "sawaly"ets it quk le rurns after a quick break. alerts -- wouldn't you like one from the market when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. >>> i am scott walker, here's what's coming up have stocks bott