and of course jared has had roles in the campaign. he was the point of contact for foreign officials, for that and also in the transition, and he was around the circumstances that were ultimately led to the firing of comey. so you can assume they know they're topics and exhausted all of them. >> gloria, what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction is that they are being very specific with jared kushner because he was at the nexus of all of the things they're investigating. so i thought abbe was pretty candid about what they were asking jared about. particularly regarding his meetings with russians, i would assume. don't forget he was the point person who we were told wanted to establish a back channel to russia. he was involved in the campaign and had meetings and also, of course, you know dealt with cambridge analytica, which has been something that's come up time and time again. and also of course the question of obstruction and the firing of james comey. because we know jared kushner was in new jersey that weekend when the president

i spoke with the attorney to jared kushner. he has been questioned a second time by investigators for the special counsel robert mueller. lowell also confirmed that kushner finally has been granted his full security clearance. let's bring in our political and legal specialists and gloria borger, you've been doing reporting on this. what stood out to you from the questions and answers from abbe lowell. >> i thought abbe was candid about the areas that jared kushner was questioned about in april for seven hours. and we've always known because jared was present at so many events, it is likely he would have been questioned about the campaign itself and ties to russia and his russian contacts during the transition and of course this question of obstruction and the firing of james comey because jared kushner was in new jersey that weekend that the president decided to fire comey. kushner people say that he's supported the decision but he did not drive the decision. other people say he drove the decision. so it is clear to me that the

what's going on with jared kushner? this hour we're finding the white house mass now restored jared kushner's security clearance. if you remember, it was suspended back in february when the white house was doing an overhaul of security clearances after the rob porter scandal. he was still employed at the white house despite the allegations of spousal abuse. so the security clearances of jared kushner and other top officials who had been pending was suspended at the time. we're told that the word now from the white house is that it is now officially restored. this is something that people close to jared kushner say was done through the normal process. there was no pressure put on the fbi that did the review for the security clearances. no pressure was put on from the president or anybody else. obviously we know that there's been months of a cloud over jared kushner about the security clearance. in his first submission, if you recall, back in 2017 there was a number of -- dozens of foreign contacts left off the applicatio

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jared kushner: sure. the first thing is we are focused on the people, take as many people in this country for whatever reason, they commit a crime and in prison and how do we help them have the best chance of working a productive life after. we spoke to a lot of the people, a lot of people in this room today and what we saw, it has to be a holistic solution. if you help somebody get a job or diction, we really want to make sure we have the best practices together. the other thing that the attorney general is making sure the programs are evidence-based. folks at the federal level where we have 8% of the country's inmates but working on legislation in congress which just got out of the judiciary committee 25-5 vote which is very bipartisan for this climate which we are quite pleased with and working on a commission with the new director of the bureau of prisons has been working with attorney general sessions to look at the different changes they can make and we are working with the faith communities and dif

jared kushner from reading the transcripts was there and left to take a phone call.said so much that he had his assistant call in so he could leave the room. he did leave the room. i really do think it's important in reading this that it's part of what we have seen with the transition team, with folks in the campaign that they were taking meetings that they had no business taking. >> shimon, this is the thing i want to point out here. the fact that jared kushner was angry that he wasn't getting apparently dirt on hillary clinton is something that democrats are picking up on right now. i want to read you dianne feinstein who is the ranking member of the judiciary committee. they reveal a top campaign official and they were frustrated and angry that the meeting did not produce enough damaging information on their opponent and if you read that one exchange with jared kushner where rob goldstone, kushner got mad in the middle of it and he appear appeared frustrated and agitated and said i have no idea what you were talking about there, this isn't the dirt we were promise

jared kushner will be negotiating this peace deal. move, the very controversial move which clearly is a blow to palestinians who see jerusalem as possibly a future capital of palestinian state, they say that this will -- u.s. officials saying this move will give israelis the confidence to make the kind of compromise that they want to give to the palestinians. last quote from jared kushner, we believe it is possibly for both sides to gain more than they give so that all people can live in peace, safe from danger, free from fear and able to pursue their dreams. jerusalem must remain a city that brings people of all faiths together. while president trump did recognize jerusalem as the future capital he is not precluding the fact that part of jerusalem could be part of a palestinian state in the future after negotiations between the two parties. >> the latest for us there. thank you. >>> let's get to the bottom line now with fareed zakaria. as we look at this in your estimation what is the bottom line today as we are looking at everything

ivanka trump and jared kushner are both here.e middle east peace portfolio. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also here. most of the important people in this country, top officials, are in attendance today. because this is seen as such a significant ceremony, something that israel has long been asking for, and the previous u.s. administrations had promised to do but had not done, had deferred that decision out of fear that it would cause violence, very much like the violence we're seeing now in the gaza strip. >> and we're going to go there now, our colleague matt bradley is on the phone in gaza. matt, give us an update, what are you seeing? >> well, right now, we're in the northeast portion of the gaza strip, stephanie, and it's looking as though this is escalating not just from sniper fire from the israeli soldiers lining the border, they're actually shelling where i am, for the last several hours. not just normal batteries guns, there's f-16s flying over and dropping weapons. this area where i am, which is near jab

do you remember when jared kushner lost his security clearance? jared kushner is the president's son-in-law. he is married to the president's daughter, ivanka. mr. kushner still works in the white house. he still has the white house senior adviser title that he has had ever since he first got to d.c. but mr. kushner apparently is no longer allowed access to any classified materials. because he was not able to get a security clearance. one of the reported concerns about his security clearance application were these repeated allegations that he was mixing conversations about the needs of his family's real estate business with conversations he was having about u.s. government policy as a white house adviser. that's the kind of thing that can keep you from getting a security clearance. if you are giving business owners or donors or foreign governments the impression that if they financially help out your family business that might give them an edge when it comes to getting what they want from the u.s. government, that's not okay. you can't get a clear

in the view of jared, he thinks he's done with these investigations. obviously we'll hear the final word when robert mueller finishes his investigation. >> let me come back to you on a follow up with robert mueller that you have. the security piece of evidence reporting is jermaine fgermane you do. what does it mean the security clearance, his ability to do his job? >> he's good to go now. he's got now a top secret security clearance with access to eligibility to sensitive c e compartmented information. he's supposed to be running middle east peace and negotiating deals overseas. he now has access to all of this information. as we go forward with this, did the fbi conduct an interview with mr. kushner or did they rely upon what mr. mueller did. that is key to finding out just how serious this vetting truly was. >> on the notion i think you said seven house is the second moment where kushner sitting down with mueller, we're hearing a lot at the same time about these trump team negotiations with mule are on will theeller n interview, how narrow should th

i want to start with you, jared. you have stepped out in this issue in a way that has been surprising and inspirational, what are you doing and why are you doing it? >> thank you. thank you for your leadership. it has been great working together and without your help, we wouldn't be able to make the progress that we have. i want to thank a lot of the people in this room who have been some of the great advocates. i'm inspired by all the work that you do and you are making big differences for a lot of people and families. and what i'm finding is you have given hope to the people that say we can't change the rates. i see in all of your programs and the work that you do we can make a big difference and we are committed to doing it and thank you to all of you today. to van's question and i know we will be quick. this was not an issue that was part of the campaign. and one of the reasons that i was excited about this president is i saw he had potential to be president for all americans and didn't come from a traditional go

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[applause] jared: today, we take another historic step in that direction.nfident that as a result, our nations will be stronger, our people's more prosperous, and our futures filled with even greater promise for peace. may god bless you, may god bless israel, may god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> jared just referred to his two grandparents that survived the holocaust. to the holocaust survivors that are here with us today, and for those watching on television who thought that this day would never come. we can never relieve the nightmare of your past, but we do hope that today brings you some measure of comfort. [applause] >> it is now my great honor to call upon the prime minister of the state of israel, benjamin netanyahu. [applause] p.m. netanyahu: [speaking foreign language] secretary mnuchin. deputy secretary john sullivan. jason greenblatt. and your family. ambassador david friedman and your family. senators and members of congress, and the governor of florida -- we have no better friends in the world. you stand for israel and the s

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george papadopoulos and jared jared kushner. and did russia actually affect the outcome of our election? one of the nation's foremost intel chiefs made that very claim tonight. as "the 11th hour" gets under way on this wednesday evening. good evening. from our nbc headquarters here in new york. day 489 of the trump administration. hours from a critical briefing about classified documents brokered by the white house amid the president's latest efforts to undercut and discredit the russia investigation while also attacking federal law enforcement. more on that meeting in a moment. because we want you to hear how the president is now branding what he alleges was an attempt by federal law enforcement, our own team, to infiltrate and illegally conduct surveillance on his 2016 campaign. all evidence thus far to the contrary. >> a lot of bad things have happened. we now call it spygate. you're calling it spygate. >> originally, two republican house members were slated to join the fbi and the national intelligence directors along with a

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[applause] >> bill: jared kushner in the front row.m him and steve mnuchin and you'll hear from here. this is david friedman, u.s. ambassador in israel. steve mnuchin will have a dedication and then remarks by the treasury secretary momentarily. >> heather: showing ivanka trump there and statements from jared kushner and what he will say. he has been pivotal trying to work on the peace deal. some of his comments why presidents have backed down from the pledge and why they have done that and you see the unveiling right there. [applause] >> on behalf of the 45th president of the united states of america, we welcome you officially and for the first time to the embassy of the united states here in jerusalem, the capital of israel. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary, and thank you, ivanka. in 1980, a jewish man of 19 was married to a jewish woman of 17 in ethiopia. that night, the married couple shed all of their jewish heritage and set forth on foot on a lengthy trek through the desert until they reached the sudan. there the

jared kushner is speaking. president trump will join him shortly to talk about prisons and the criminal justice system. this is again taking place at the white house this morning, live on c-span2. >> i'm very pleased the vice president will join us to discuss some of those issues. i will leave it to hannah who is the real star today so. [applause] >> good morning. thank you. it's an honor to be here today with all of you. words can not describe how grateful i am to see every one here talking about a topic that is so close to my heart. i used to have a dream, that i watts with my dad but we were surrounded by metal fences and metal tables. it wasn't until i was nine that my mom told me that my dad had gone to prison t wasn't a dream. it was a childhood memory. turns out i'm not the only one with memories having to visit a mom or dad in prison. there are 10 million other kids in america who have had the same memory. all these kids want is to come home from school, eat a snack and talk about their day. to have a m

saying what are ivanka and jared doing there? they are the highest raping jewish members of the white house. adrienne: the question is whether jared is an effective person. howie: this was about whether they should be representing the u.s. on that day at that he bassy opening. adrienne: that's the president's decision. i don't think they are the best people to be sent by the united states to than this. howie: the president talks about the amazon "washington post" owned by jeff bezos. the president has pushed the post office to double the postage for amazon and other countries. does this look like payback? sara: of course. he's focused most of of his attacks on amazon because they own "the washington post" which has been critical of his policies. guy: the appearance is there because that's what's happening. it's not a good look for the president. it looks like bullying. and also in the process, let's say they doubled the rates. that would hurt not just amazon, it would hurt the american people who love amazon because it's affordab

jared: he's within distance, 6 back. gerri: thank you, jared max.n't invited, what's up with that? gerri: we will bet and we will. catch jared max on fox news 24/7, siriusxm 115. cheryl: we have a lot coming up because it is job's friday and april job's report will be out very shortly. we will head across the pond in london to find out what they are saying about the u.s. job market. we will be right back. ncing, and more downloads in seconds, not minutes. ncing, get fast internet and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more per month. comcast is building america's largest gig-speed network to give small businesses more. call 1-800-501-6000 today. cheryl: all right, get ready, april job's report is out this morning, james foley, senior current analyst, joining us from london, james, good morning to you, obviously there's a lot of different things we will get in job's report. what are key piece of information you want to see this morning? >> well, for lots of economists it's really about earnings, this one is expected to remain, well, a little bit unchan

but. >> jared is disposable.jared's legal status. >> i don't know. i guess he has met about the special counsel briefly. i don't think he had the full day kind of interrogation. last week, mark caputo who worked on the campaign and who had been on the trump talking points mode, these guys are terrible, it is a fishing expedition, after spending a day with mueller's team he was suddenly they know a lot, they are very serious and they are very careful. i think trump watched that and thought it's not an accident to say that giuliani is out this weekend throwing mud and sand in the air. i keep coming back to the fact that trump -- trump knows he can't afford to have the whole truth come out. what do you do then? you try to discredit the investigation in any way you can. i wonder if eggs going to allow -- i worry that something could happen soon in terms of rosenstein, all of them, rosenstein, sessions and mueller. >> do you think the kids are the red line that triggers? >> i think they are the excuse for him to say o

i think it was a good day for jared kushner. it does suggest mueller's focus is elsewhere. >> i don't believe that. i believe some day if we ever get the full report from robert mueller, i think if it's bold faced names, kushner's name is going to be on this. i don't think it's possible he could have gotten this clearance and that somehow indicates he's in the clear with mueller. i don't believe that. >> so you're saying there's a chance. eli stokols, what's your take? i read this as a very big win for jared kushner. >> i think politically it's a win. in terms of what the public is learning about jared kushner, it certainly does seem exculpatory. >> -- a business win -- >> that's true, but think back to what steve bannon said in "fire and fury" about jared being, you know, he's greasy, the stuff the government has on him and his family and the finance hearings and the financial dealings with other countries. so i don't know that he's completely out of the woods with mueller, but this could be an indication that yes, mueller is r

jared max.ight be music city but when predators are home it's hockey city. 2-0. 2 minute 6 second. the tone had been set. jets kept engines going all night. mark had a pair, winnipeg wins, 5 to 1. it's all over now, snapped, they've gone past the red sox, martÍnez home run of eighth inning broke tie and red sox beat the yankees 5 to 4 last night in the bronx. red sox pitcher david price says -- curtail his video game playing, addiction to video gaming. he will cut back. worst ceremonial. no carpel tunnel. he's the host of ninja warrior and nfl network, watch the photographers in fear. pretty bad. before the season, francisco challenged his high school alma mater. they watched lindor come back to shave golden locks. [laughter] jared: come on, francisco taking one for the team just northwest of orlando. southeast of jacksonville, florida. dustin johnson shot 66 tied with five others for the lead. 6 under par, tiger woods played up and down, one bright note for tiger, eagle the par 9 hole, phil nic

would you join me in thanking jared kushner for his great compassion and great work on this issue? [applause] as you will hear from president trump in just a few minutes, prison reform is a national priority for the trump administration. the president made this clear. in his state of the union address when he said that we are fully committed in his words to help former inmates who serve their time, to get a second chance. during this national police week and every week, we will always stand with the men and women of law enforcement as they work to keep our streets and cities safe, but we also stand for the principle that once you served your time and paid your debt to society, you deserve a chance to make a difference in your life and in the life of this nation. [applause] the president has already taken action on this issue. earlier this year, he brought prison reform experts and governors to the white house to listen to their thoughts and discuss proposals and successes at the state level. in march, the president signed an executive order to establish the federal interagency on c

and jared kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser. do aides fear that because of something that could turn up in the cohen raids and if so why wouldn't they worry about donald trump himself since he's the one who's close to cohen? >> it's complicated when you're dealing with the president of the united states. with mueller he will likely issue a report where then congress will decide whether to pursue impeachment or a trial in the senate. but with regard to the president's family, the white house is in that narrow window that it can only see parts of this investigation. they know some of the questions that white house officials have been asked. the white house has cooperated with interviews. and they do hear questions about b. that donald trump jr. meeting with the russian lawyer. they do at times hear questions about jared kushner and his meetings during the transition with foreign officials. so all these things are out there as questions for a white house that feels under siege. >> and i'm struck by another line in your piece that s

scarlet: jared kushner is not doing any of negotiated.he connected to this in any direct way anymore? >> no. as far as we know jared has had nothing to do with this deal. he creates a bright line between this job in the white house. jared is still close to his family and his family owns the company. scarlet: needed to make this clear. so much.ank you now it is time for the bloomberg business flash, the biggest business stories in the news today. jpmorgan is expanding its reach to the masses. requirement to participate in alternative investments that were once offered mainly to institutions or the rich. the new minimum buy in will be $100,000. the bank is using technology to make the shift from i-capital network. credite is calling -- default swaps a ticking time bomb. the remarks were part of the vatican's's tweeting critique of global finance. in the past, the pope has called the regulation of the financial system absolute power. his sentiments also echo warren buffett to once called derivatives weapons of mass destruction. mortgage rate

you've got some thoughts about what mike is reporting about jared kushner and jared kushner's possibletatus may be. >> well, kushner said what he had to say when he was up on the hill. there was no doubt he wouldn't have been able to continue in the white house at that point in time had the answers been any different. but as the information that's publicly available -- nicole, you're always good to point out that what we know is just the tip of the iceberg. but just that tip of the iceberg points heavily in a direction that's not good for jared kushner. now we have these questions that are either mueller's questions or notes taken by trump's legal team, reflecting mueller's questions. and they indicate an assumption that kushner was involved in setting up a back channel, that kushner was in some ways a part of this collusion package that the special counsel's office is looking at almost as though it's a foregone conclusion that kushner is guilty. then we mary that knowledge up with the fact that kushner has not been recalled but for his brief one-hour stint of testimony with the specia

and jared, i want to say to you and ivanka, thank you for taking this on. this may be the issue of our generation, and we are seeing places across the country and i am going to take it a little step further and say you are absolutely correct in picking that narrow victory and that narrow place to focus so we could put the marker in the ground with a victory and it was a resounding one. but what i think is the next obvious step, and the one that i share with the president, this is real conservatism and that is criminal justice reform and make -- that is being able to clearly make sure that you never get there, topeka. that's the real victory. yeah, you made some poor choices choice inde a bad your life, just like some -- all of us have made, but we were doing in the state of texas we were putting young people in prison for a long period of time. you know what we were doing in the state of next as and it was a national issue and started here in the white house back in the early 1990's with the mandatory sentencing. the things that, by god, we are going to be

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in the country to talk about the most important issues which is prison reform i want to start with jared. you have stepped out in this issue on a way that has been surprising, inspirational, what are you doing and why are you doing it? >> thank you and also thanks for being here with your advocacy and leadership on this issue which is great working together without your help we cannot make that progress. also the people in this room who have been great advocates i really am inspired by all the work that you do and you are making a big difference for a lot of families and as hannah laid out earlier i am finding you give a lot of hope to people who say we cannot change recidivism rates but i see in all of your programs in the work that you do you can make a difference and we are committed so thank you to all of you today. i will be quick because i know we have a short amount of time it was not part of the campaign one of the reasons i was excited about this is whence he had the potential to be a president for all americans not with a traditional background somebody who would take on the is

i have a feeling that jared is going to do a great job. >> reporter: but despite that high praise, jared kushner has faded from public view. these days, the president barely utters his son-in-law's name in public. in the white house, kushner has reportedly been severely weak weakened. the "washington post" wrote in march that colleagues described kushner as beaten down. part of the issue may be kushner's apparently tense relationship with chief of staff john kelly who stripped kushner of his top-secret security clearance following questions about the administration's vetting process. now even the chief white house calligrapher has greater access to sensitive information. >> i think he's been treated very unfairly. he's a high-quality person. >> reporter: as the russia probe ramped up, kushner's clout seemed to go down. he's testified before congressional committees probing russia's involvement in the election. >> let me be very clear, i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. >> reporter: kushner has also faded from view since taking heat for

ivanka and jared.house. even the president's own family members are going to turn on him or will turn on him on a dime. >> testing the idea of can you make it up. >> all right. is everyone on? >> yes. >> guys, can we please just decide on one line and stick to it. our stories are all over the place. >> guys, hold that thought. i'm getting a call from work. >> mr. president, i have lost all credibility. did you lie to me about the stormy daniels affair? >> yeah. that sounds like something i would do. >> okay, good. just as long we're on the same page. i'm good to go. see you monday. >> i love her. every skit, but she's on so good there. >> for all the criticism of the press, some of it warranted about getting ahead of the facts. as much it's hilarious and they are having the time of their lives with these sketches, there is something real going on with these investigations. comedians are able to capture in a way that journalist can. >> it's nice to have comic relief from all of this. >> here's another o

jared has been a major problem. rudy does not like jared. this has been reported publicly. i've heard it from other people, never directly from rudy. because jared fought hard against rudy becoming secretary of state. >> the other big change that can involve both of you is the removal of a white house lawyer who has been the most cooperative for donald trump. that's ty cobb. you and i also spoke about and you said and i want to read it to you, you said i think trump needs to fire cobb. i think cobb said the mueller investigation will exonerate trump by the end of the year and you said it will not. cobb should be out. >> people say i'm crazy when i come on here. look at all these predictions i've had. >> i leave it up to everyone to make up their own minds. you felt that about cobb. he is out. does that tell you that donald trump, rudy giuliani, and this team are moving forward in one way or another to try to kneecap this probe rather than the cobb strategy which was to provide -- >> i think they've made the calculation finally which is something people like me have been say

back to jared.kristol, do you think jared kushner in any way could ever flip on the president if he had damaging information? >> yeah, i don't know. the president could flip on him i think. he was part of that trump tower meeting. obviously some point, i mean, mike caputo with interesting quotes on tape earlier calling him in and all about russia collusion and contrary to what president said. and they had a huge amount of information, presumably the trump tower meeting is part of that. i don't believe we think that he has yet testified before mueller? we don't know maybe but that would be very interesting moment and i think trump has, you know, knows that's part of the problem, part of what might happen. i think they want to make it illegitimate to call ivanka trump and reasons why and the course of the investigation you might want to get her information. i guess she couldn't testify about what -- she would have protection about her husband and not other things and very involved in the campaign. i d

she's moved there along with jared kushner. so she is a player in the political life of the president. >> she is. i mean, you know, an adult child who was present for important matters might actually be called as a witness. she's not necessarily off limits just because she, you know, if she didn't have a role. but the fact that she does have a role means a couple things. one she's more within bounds of what people would think it's reasonable for the special counsel to do. it means she's more likely to have actually been a participant in these meetings. we know she was present for some of the pont matters here. they have a reason to call her to hear what she has to say. >> do you think she is vulnerable in that sense? >> well, i think she is. i think it's interesting to notice the complex role that she has played. she was sent to korea for the olympics. she was in europe for the diplomatic meetings. this is a person who has almost been a cover for the president. she emerges when he needs someone to make him look good. look softe

you know, during the campaign, jared had a very large role.t with cambridge analytica, which is also being investigated. his contacts with the russians doing the campaign are important to mueller. jared was the one who said, i'm going to be the back channel to russia and had all of those meetings with russians. some of which he did not report on his sf-86 form, if you'll recall. and he was also in new jersey the weekend the president decided, infamously now, to fire james comey. and jared allies say, look, he had nothing to do with it, he just approved of it, but lots of other people have told us that, in fact, he drove the decision. >> the news that kushner's full security clearance has been reinstated, i'm wondering if that tells us anything about the mueller investigation or if they're not related at all. >> well, abbe lowell is clearly trying to make the link, saying, look, they would haven't given him this security clearance if there were lots of red flags that were being raised by the intelligence community, but the truth is, we really d

i think the issue is jared is on jared's own.robert mueller comes for jared, he's going to be on his own. we've seen no indication there's any kind of evidence between jared and the russia meddling in our election. i go back to the original writ of the special counsel. he is to look into the collusion charge. he can refer it to the southern district of new york. >> i go back to rudy giuliani's implication that you can't simply go to the first daughter, a la, the princess, ivanka trump. she's a senior adviser to the president of the united states. she's a partner in the trump family business. intimately involved in real estate transitions in panama, the trump soho hotel and also in turkey. this is not just the first daughter, a fine woman. gentlemen, you want to weigh in. >> i think he was absolutely right. this is the strategy. he's an impeachment attorney. this will be the big legal question that needs to be played out. the watergate, this is a key pivotal moment, trying to subpoena the tapes from the white house and the supreme

>> jared kushner is working on criminal justice reform, prison reform.meeting with kim kardashian in the white house on this topic. overseeing middle east piece and things on that front. he's leading most if not all of the white house's criminal justice reform meetings. and ivanka trump helped sell tax reform by pushing to expand the child tax cut and remember she's working a lot on women's empowerment issues and workforce development and things on that front. >> they're preparing for a possible democratic takeover of the house. >> some of the issues they're working on they know will have bipartisan support and especially support from democrats and one big example, not to harp on this is jared kushner's prison reform. that's something that i've heard from democrats on the hill, is something that they are very much looking forward to. and actually appreciate his efforts on. because they didn't know going into this trump administration whether or not trump and those under him would prioritize this and i know it's something democrats and especially a number

and his lawyers in new york as well as jared kushner's attorneys here in washington, d.c.heir phone calls going back and forth between the lawyers and at least the lawyers and perhaps don junior, we don't know, and air force one. hope hicks was doing the talking on behalf of the president and this is why -- this is a very important piece of this story simply because by doing this, doing this aboard air force one, the president essentially was using government employees, people who worked for the white house to handle the most personal of matters. this is something having to do with his son, right? donald trump jr. doesn't work for the government. he doesn't have to explain anything except that his father brings this upon -- makes this into a federal investigation. >> to be clear, donald trump jr. in this testimony is admitting if not directly to the possibility that his father did dictate the response. he may have commented through hope hicks, i believe there may have been some. this was an effort through lots of people mostly counsel, but this is saying that he was involv

of course that is the trump tower meeting between donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner and russians connected to putin and russian oligarchs but the new details from "the new york times" in which we learned the original investigation had a secret code name, cross fire hurricane. a nod to the rolling stones lyric from jumping jack flash and the agents were afraid of leaks so much so they kept details secret from the justice department, only five officials at doj knew the whole story. the facts had they surfaced might have devastated the trump campaign and his national security adviser was under investigation and his campaign chairman. one trump adviser appeared to have russian intelligence contacts, another was suspected of being a russian agent himself, unquote. this comes in stark contrast with the way that hillary clinton e-mail case was being handled with a public press conference from former fbi director james comey and a public announcement the case would be reopened a week and a half before election day. but when it came to the trump investigation, the fbi was more ci