whether it's ivanka or jared or even the u.s. crp can you talk about this? >> certainly our ustr will be leading the discussions on trade trade. in terms of trade economic development economic practices it will be our ustr and at times other members of the president's team but really it's the president's trip so the president is going to be leading the discussions on trade and security and the rest of us are there to support this engagement and to make the most out of this as we can. thanks everybody. thanks everybody. [inaudible conversations] next hearing on infrastructure response and recovery efforts in the wake of hurricanes in texas florida in and the caribbean. public and private sector officials sat before the house energy and commerce subcommittee on the issue. in this portion of the hearing government officials give updates on recovery efforts. this is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations]

we don't have confirmation of whether it's ivanka or jared. can you talk about who's going to be leading those conversations? >> certainly our ustr is going to be leading the discussions on trade. in terms of trade, economic development, economic practices, it will be our usdr and then at times will be reinforced by other members of the president's team. really it is the president's trip, so the president is actually going to be leading the discussions on trade and on security and the rest of us are there to support really his engagements and to make the most out of the visit as we can. thanks, everybody. thanks, everybody. >>> we heard national security adviser h.r. mask a preview of the president's trip to asia. the president will leave tomorrow stopping first in hawaii. he'll visit pearl harbor. then president trump heads to japan. from there he'll go to south korea where he'll visit u.s. troops at camp humphreys and address south korea's national assembly. then on to vietnam where the president will attend the asia pacific economic coopera

reporter: we don't have confirmation whether ivanka or jared or, or even the u.s. tr. who will lead the negotiations. >> certainly the tr will lead the discussions on trade. in terms of trade, economic development, economic practice, it will on you are ustr. and at times reinforced by other members of the president's team. it is the president's trip. so the president will be leading the discussions on trade and on security and rest of us are there just to support really his engagements and to make the most out of the visits as we can. thanks, everybody. trish: been listening to general mcmaster talk at the daily briefing. as the president travels to asia. you heard general mcmaster say the goal is nuclear-free, nuclear-free north korea. the president will meet with some of our allies and work towards them. republican lawmakers are unveiling the tax reform bill. we're all over it for you. markets are up 23 points. welcome to to well -- welcome to "the intelligence report." what the bill means for you, and how it will affect businesses, and how will it affect the economy

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or inner circle. >> perhaps the chief of staff although he himself has brk a source of controversy. you might suggest jared kushner or ivankatell me about jared curb her. >> he's blamed by many for firing the fbi -- reince didn't want him to be fired. kushner pushed for it. trump blames that nierg and he also still blames jeff sessions for recusing himself. kushner's taking some pete heat there. i think it's interesting ho the president's about to embark on a lengthy international trip. jared organized it. this one, he's playing a very select role, leaving after the stops. this is a dacus moment rmts we need to be careful. >> but a football game. >> i'm not sure this president would. >> we have to sneak in one more break. i've always wanted to create those experiences for others. with my advisor's help along the way, it's finally my turn to be the host. when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the

. >> jared kushner or ivanka trump is part of the drama in washington and with their roles and how influentialhey are. is he working behind the scenes now? including this to the paus"the washington post". i was more like a generalist. i was more like the hedge hock where it's more taking issues you care deeply about than devoting the time, energy, and resources. the issues. >> what he is trying to say is when reince priebus was chief of staff. and kushner working on a discreet set of issues. she still has an important role in the white house. he now reports to somebody and i think he was at the time saying about kushner, he works for me. that was not the case under the priebus regime. >> got it. the hedge hogs are more fenced in; appreciate you coming am back here tomorrow this time. we are waiting for al franken to speak and wolf blitzer will lead the breaking news coverage after a quick break. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved

don't feel that it's necessary or reasonable for the president of the united states to be running up such a ridiculous bill. he's spent more money between him and ivanka and jaredn obama did in his first four. that's what voters should do. you can ignore him or listen to him but you can't just let donald trump continue to spend our money. >> let me ask you about the role his sons are playing, running the trump organization. his daughter is headed to india. i gather one of his sons will be going there independent of that to open up two trump properties in india as well. how much is that a concern to you, what the trump children are up to? >> well, it's a big concern. the secretary of state is upset, and rightfully so. because the secretary of state is in charge of our foreign policy, not the president's daughter and son-in-law. this is a republic. not a monarchy. and the secretary of state is not a lap dog, the hired help for the president's daughter. and jared and ivanka, there's a lot of debate about where they could have been legally put in the white house to begin with. the justice department covered for the president on that, but this is clearly an abuse of

ivanka and jared kushner have kind of been stepping on his turf. do you think it's the right way for mr. tillerson to handle his frustrations? >> i don't know that it's necessarily the right ore way to handle his frustrations. i do think you have to feel for rex tillerson. he's been washing ivanka trump and jared kushner basically behave as though they are the desfak toe secretaries of state in this administration. we've seen jared kushner negotiating peace deals in the middle east, making routine trips to skrab. we've seen ivanka trump interacting with global leaders on these foreign trips. those are traditionally roles that the secretary of state has fulfilled. so i do think there's a bit of frustration that's warranted. i don't know that stripping ivanka trump of a high-level delegation for a trip that is very important for this white house -- entrepreneurship is something they've promoted heavily -- is the right way to go about doing that. >> errol, let me switch subjects. president trump heading to the hill on tuesday to meet with senate republicans on tax reform. the senate hopes to vote next week, quite a few senators expressing concern. does the gop have the votes to

or points north in new york? >> that's what i asked him. we all heard rumors about an exit plan, about jared and ivanka getting ready to head back to new york. and he was pretty clear. he said when they came to washington, they would assess after six months how it was for ivanka and his three children and he said we're here to stay, we're here to say. he mused off the top of his head that ivanka asked him should we think about buying another house, which pointed out to me perhaps quite rightly, was a sign they were here at least for the near short term. >> we thank you peter baker and ashley parker. thank you. >>> coming up, the growing fallout after the president used an event honoring nate of americans, military veterans, to launch a racially charged attack on one of his political rivals. >>> i'm pretty unflappable. there are very few things that i take personally there covering washington as a reporter, but today it really stung. i mean, as a person of color who has been on the receiving end of racial slurs to see the president go to that length and to not draw a line between using that in a partisan attack really was bad not just optica

and cracking down on immigration or curbing civil rights enforcement and they are actually doing things with their power. we are obsessed with jared kushner and ivanka as part of the menagerie surrounding trump but not clear at this point any of it matters. >> charlie, thank you. catherine, as well, thank you both on this topic. >>> up next, more breaking news. new audio from senator al franken of minnesota. the embattled senator that has issues related to sexual harassment swirling around him. this for the first time after eight days he breaks his silence and smepeaks to the media. we'll hear what he has in this brand-new audio right after this. i like to recommend biotene. it replenishes the moisture in your mouth. biotene definitely works. [heartbeat] for over 100 yearsaking like kraft has,al cheese you learn a lot about people's tastes. honey, what do you want for dinner tonight? oh whatever you're making. triple cheddar stuffed sliders. sold! >>> welcome back. just moments ago senator al franken telling his local paper he will return to work tomorrow ashamed. that reporting just coming in within about the last 30 minutes. of note, why we're say

jared and ivanka. and most of white house deal with her will give her credit for being a pretty smooth operator or smart person. has learned on the fly. learned how to stay close to and on the good side of donald trump. turned on pretty much everyone else. but she was there at all these pivotal moments and may have knowledge of whether the president knew of these meetings. there are the weekend they were deciding to fire jim comey. how to explain that one. she's been there at a lot of critical points. she's 28 years old. she's been in the pressure cooker for a couple years but i don't know if she's ever been in a situation like -- >> to tie her back to rob goldstone. she was also aboard air force one when they crafted a false cover story for the pretenses of don junior's meeting with rob goldstone. ken dilanian, thank you for spending some time with us. >>> when we come back, the trump presidency will be remembered for a lot of things. after the break, one writer makes a convincing case to the administration's most damning legacy. you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t.