looks at the journey of both her family and that of donald trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushnere husband of ivanka trump. both ratner's and kushner's grandparents came to america as jewish immigrants from poland, as the german occupation was ramping up, and u.s. borders were closing down. kushner was born february 27, 1923 and lost most of her family during the holocaust. in 1982, rae kushner was interviewed as part of a project for the king university resource center and recall the to inspire family to flee before the german occupation. >> we could not help ourselves. getknow how hard it was to a visa to israel? three or four years. --america, pray hard to send very hard to send people. you would wait years. correct your family, your father was making attempts in 1935? >> yes, get a sister here in the united states. they couldn't do nothing. amy: that is rae kushner, the grandmother of jared kushner. she was speaking in 1980 two. she died in 2004. joining us now, lizzy ratner. her piece "nobody wanted to take , us in: the story of jared kushner's family, and mine." talk about w

of a holocaust survivor and former refugee, the late grandmother of donald trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. >> we could never understand [indiscernible] this we will never know. amy: we will speak to the nation's lizzy ratner, author of a new piece, "nobody wanted to take us in: the story of jared kushnener's family, and mine." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the full senate has confirmed longtime exxonmobil ceo rex titillerson to be secrcretary of state. reuters reports the 56 to 43 sesenate vote was the e closest vote, by a wide margin, for a secretary of state n nominee int least a half century. three demomocrats backed tillerson's nonatition -- mamark warner of virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. trump's nomination of tillerson has been widely condemned by environmental activist. klein said tillerson and other trump cabinet picks represent a corporate coup. the judiciary committee also approved the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be attorney general in a

the shout-out to jared kushner. the president saying he is the deal maker, and netanyahu feeding him the line, the art of the deal. and the shout out to jared kushner. spending some of his college years there, saying, as i recall, president obama started immediately with the appointment of george mitchell as a special envoy to negotiate peace. >> what was striking to me, when president trump looked over to netanyahu, asking him to hold back on settlements, the u.s. ambassador to israel, that is one notable back and forth. >> to say who is jared kushner's father. how many consecutive news conferences we have had since this story line scandal broke without any drilling down on this issue. donald trump today, complained about leaks he called criminal acts, this being an excuse to avoid talking about the terrible loss by hillary clinton. he blamed the fake news as he would like to describe it it was president trump who demanded the resignation of mike flynn. were that the case, where the news fake, why he would do such

for those that believe in his movement, his son in law, jared kushner is there.a lot of these people that have come in, they are republican political operatives. they have come in to make the trains run on time. we will see how it plays out. if they are successful, they will stay. if they are not, they won't. that's the bottom line. >> last word. >> i would like to go back and repeat all the things that kellyanne conway said about donald trump. >> not to beat up on her because that happens. >> i know. >> she was not there and she ran for the super pac and said he built his business on the backs of poor people and should release his taxes and didn't have a strategy and wasn't fit for office or something to that effect. she was not on board with him. and the tape speaks for himself. we have all the tapes. let's move on now. stunning news as a natural judge and the president's travel ban nationwide. what's your reaction? >> look, there are judges that are going to make decisions in lower courts all the time. the bottom line is this president, president trump has mad

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. >> how will israel react and is there a role for son-in-law jared kushner in the peace process? and what drives donald trump? talk to the man who says it's all wrong. get to jim sciutto, kirsten powers and carl bern stein and ryan lizza. jim break it down. investigation on the links between trump advisers and russian officials is fast moving. catch us up on the latest. >> two big headlines, u.s. intelligence and law enforcement found frequent -- constant it was described to us -- communications between senior-most officials in the trump campaign, during his campaign after his nomination as republican nominee, contacts between campaigns and representatives of foreign governments not unusual but what stood out to u.s. intelligence and law enforcement was the frequency of the communications and also the senior level of the officials involved. closest leaders to donald trump during that time period. of course the context being this is happening while russia is hacking u.s. political organizations in a u.s. presidential election year. all these questions still being investigated by u

there's ivanka trump and jared kushner, taking an increasingly large foreign policy role, steve bannon and you saw earlier that shot that you spotted of mike flynn, the general, retired general mike flynn who is the national security adviser also in that front row now next to jared kushner. if you see it, there's the economic adviser steve kohn, there's right now standing up mike flynn, jared curb mer, ivanka trump, quite a line-up there of the top officials. and this is a white house that has been under fire. reince priebus and of course the vice president. first of all, for having so many different power centers that it is not always clear who isn charge other than of course the president of t united states but also some missed signals. flynn was already in some difficulty with some of his peers for the rollout of the executive order for not completely informing the president of the implications of a memo that reestablished the principles council as an important subset of the national security council, the key cabinet group that advises the president on decision-making and the faktd

and is there a role for trump's son-in-law jared kushner in the peace process? plus, there's been plenty of speculation about what drives donald trump. tonight i'm going to talk to the man who says it's all wrong. you want to watch that. but let's get straight to cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto, kirsten powers, and carl bernstein and ryan lizza. so glad to have all of you here. jim, your investigation on the links between trump advisers and russian officials is fast-moving. can you catch us up on the latest? >> absolutely. the two big headlines here are, u.s. intelligence and law enforcement found frequent constant. it was described to us as communications between -- this is the second crucial point -- senior-most officials in the trump campaign during the campaign season, after his nomination as the republican nominee. contacts between campaigns and representatives of foreign governments, not unusual, but what stood out to u.s. intelligence and law enforcement was the frequency of these communications, but also the senior level of the of

what do we expect to see as far as his son-in-law, jared kushner? yamiche, what do you think we'll see, given the fact that he has a personal relationship with benjamin netanyahu. what can we expect? >> you expect jared kushner to really be feeling out this relationship and be trying to figure out whether he can be as influential. the idea that he is the only person who can mend this relationship is something that's going to be interesting to watch from my understanding, he doesn't have that much foreign policy experience actually negotiating treaties or peace deals. but this is somebody that donald trump really trusts. this is somebody who is one of his closest advisers, if not really the family member in the white house with him. you'll see jared kushner really sticking to the president's side this whole week. >> squujust for us to see the dynamic and the son-in-law. we've always seen the side of ivanka but now with the president himself. thank you for joining me joe, yamiche and taryn. >> thanks for having us. >> sure. >>> the president says he w

jared kushner was there, where fs the commerce secretary? i think what you're seeing is a white house power center and everybody else. >> right. >> and we'll have to see how that plays out because there's going to be a struggle and it's going to be a struggle for donald trump's ear and for his mind. >> but who has his ear most? >> i know who doesn't. those guys on stage -- go ahead anne. >> what came across from the reports in the last couple of days is that a jeff sessions for example is growing increasingly stronger within his administration. he's got his former staffer steve miller making policy and sitting there with bannon and reince priebus and we saw that people like betsy devos are losing their battles on ideological policy decisions. i think you're going to see that more an more and it's a very dangerous precedent set. i frankly i would say to betsy devos after all the hell you went through to get yourself confirmed, stand up and use your voice, be you. >> i think to some point trump may have resented media's reaction to that. my co

jared kushner's not emotional, mark. >> bad, as the president would say. bad. >> we saw rachel's reporting last night about the florida marlins. this -- all of this is just unbelievable. i asked roger tonight, too, does this feel like deja vu for you? because you were defending someone. he acknowledged that there are some similarities. he defended back in the day, richard nixon -- >> except nixon wasn't making money and his family wasn't feeding off the united states. >> actually, fact check, it's the media that are the losers. >> but we are welcomed to have happy holidays, even though we are haters and losers. when donald trump is caught halfway in between campaign mode and governing mode, nothing is getting done. he's doing neither of the above. as entertaining as he was on the campaign trail, that was all we're getting for him and he's not doing anything. >> but he doesn't know how to do anything. >> there's also a strategic question about whether he would rather fight with the press or the resistance, which is growing around the country. the opponent w

jared kushner getting a prime shotout from the president. he was instrumental in helping to organize today's meeting as gary cohen,le like others.y mnuchin and clearly a gathering of the minds and what the courthouse is -- white house spinning session.nstorming >> how much of these recommendations are actually seen through to the end process. they're going it try to draw and job on tax creation, trade, deregulation and infrastructure, all sorts of things. there's a lot of input on all of these things. actual input from today and from these other meetings will lead toves the end product? >> somewhat. suggest that you just ceo's trying to present a more positive outlook with their interactions with the administration. all company or businesses have taken that approach. i can tell you that sources i with here in washington in the business community have then several concerns about transition period as well as the early week in this white house up toeo's would wake potential tweets from coming from the white house. companies. specific now i thin

kennedy: jared kushner, his son-in-law, he said if jared can't craft peace in the middle east, no one can. what do you think? >> i spent last year underestimating done trump. jared kushner is not going to bring peace to the middle east. the disputes there go back millennia. anybody who thinks he's going to solve the problem is fooling himself. kennedy: we are talking about jared kushner here. >> the best the white house can do is manage the mess. i think of myself as a conservative. we don't think most problems can be solved. anybody who thick the tension in the middle east can be solved has way too much faith, way too much belief in the power of the u.s. government. kennedy: it's like talking teenagers out of having hormones. your insight and analysis -- the party panel returns. we'll cheer you have. there may be hope for you in a dating app that matches you with other people who are just as bitter as you are. c'mon in, pop pop! happy birthday! i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one. and i'm taking brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized

>> well, the president has confidence in jared kushner and, therefore, i think mr. kushner has the ability to play an important role. on the other hand, mr. kushner is discreet about his advice to the president. that's the way it's supposed to be. so i can't tell you what advice he's giving the president, i shouldn't be able to tell you. the airing of dirty laundry in public by people who work for the president through leaks likely disserves him. that is something jared kushner will never do. so he has the president's trust, he's highly capable, and he doesn't leak. i think he's going to do great. >> glor: the president talks about this movement, you call it a revolution. i wonder, does he want to unit the country, bring people together, or is the main focus you're playing to the base? >> i think he understands that if he is successful in revitalizing our economy first and foremost, then he'll have the tools to bring us together. nothing makes people happier than a job and, therefore, i think he understands that, no matter what the chattering classes say, if he deliv

and jared kushner himself is a businessman. and like his father-in-law, he has a real estate background, has a media background. so they have a lot in common. there's a lot of trust there. you know, and to doug's point, the president is in a place now where he can have real conversations about job creation. and in some cases it doesn't really matter whether the outcomes are as rosy as he makes them seem. what matters more is that he's projecting that he's doing something about the problem. and for some of these ceos coming out of these meetings, they say we actually do appreciate having a seat at the table and a platform to explain what we need in order to be successful. so, you know, the president is giving them a lot of these avenues. like i said, virtually every single day to do this. >> he gets credit for trying, that's what doug says people are saying certainly in north carolina. stay with me, manu, doug, and abby. town hall meetings are under way. we're keeping an eye on them, some of them have been getting quite contenti

you know, one of the -- i don't know i've never met jared kushner, but again, i think that frankly who the united states puts in the room is almost irrelevant. >> john kerry or otherwise. >> i think it's irrelevant. i think it depends on the prime minister of israel, and the president or the, you know, president of the palestinian state or fattah, and these two people have to get in a room the way sadod came to jerusalem and addressed them and started this process. and here's another thing that i think i can't prove, but i suspect is a part of the dynamic. whoever does this has to be willing to risk his life for peace. because the odds of assassination are very high. for anyone. >> short list. >> it's a short list. i don't know -- would you? would you get into that room and shake hands on a peace deal if you knew it very likely would mean your assassination? >> you know, you know my guy and your guy to a large degree dr. king who says you live or die, you don't goat live. that's easier said than done. >> that's correct. >> what you are willing to die, you ain't fit to live. >> and i do

maybe even more worrying than jared kushner being sent to clean that up is the fact this real estate investor was directly involved in the decision to launch the disastrous special operations raid in yemen this weekend which killed a navy seal and wounded three others and which the pentagon says says killed numerous yemeni civilians, including, they believe, children. they apparently in the white house they did not make the call on launching that raid from the situation room with an assembled formal national security team weighing the hard calls and complexi complexities. know know what that kind of night looks like in the white house. no, the yemen raid, this disastrous and ultimately fatal yemen raid was apparently signed off on over dinner with jared and steve bannon from breitbart news. so we're going to have more on that ahead tonight but there's also one now thing that i want to stick a pin in tonight. it's under way right now. it's extremely urgent. it's something that has happened exactly this way once before in recent memory. we know how the previous government, how the obam

there will be a lot of input from jared kushner in choosing this person. he for one i understand is the on the front line of advising who to pick. ultimately a choice i guess of president trump but more importantly, jeff session, the attorney general. but it is kushner who is a deal opponent we should point out, that is going to play a big role pushing it. people are picking this person, poem close to the trump white house fox business. like i said the stock is moving down on this. time warner shares are moving down. liz: can we show, i'm sorry, intraday of time warner twx. >> sure. liz: the high of $98.56. then we can see we're now at the lows of the session. not that it is a huge gigantic move but this illustrates what news you are putting out there right now. >> yeah. liz: it is 98.06 right now. >> liz, that looks like my tweet when that started hitting, am i right about that? liz: yeah. >> it took, started taking the dive right as we fox business tweeted it out. so, listen that's what we do here. i'm not going to tell you this deal is not going to get

realities of governing are going to start to hit him, and the more he hears from arab leaders and jared kushnere's designated to be his peace envoy, if you will, is hearing from these arab leaders, look, we want to work with israel if you're willing to bend on the palestinian question. >> elise labott in washington, thank you so much. obviously this meeting comes at a key time for both leaders, benjamin netanyahu and president trump. downing us, daniel kurt ser, former ambassador to israel under george w. bush. ambassador, thank you for being with us. the white house held a background briefing yesterday and let it be known that president trump will no longer insist on the two-state solution as the ultimate goal for middle east policy. how big of a statement is that, and is it the right decision? >> well, john, on one level it's not that meaningful because in practical terms the objective is peace, and that's what the white house statement said. but if the white house believes that there really is an alternative to a two-state outcome, then it hasn't done its homework. previous administrations h

>> i believe that jared kushner is an extremely able person and i'm pleased he's involved in the administration think that he will be a force of reason and competence in the administration. the kushner family comes from new jersey and i think that it's appropriate for the president to rely on a series of advisers, including jared kushner. >> congressman leonard lance from new jersey, thank you very much for joining us here and for that perspective on what has turned into a pretty busy breaking news morning. i want to talk you back to the white house with kristen welker who has been looking over the new sanctions. can you break this down for us? >> reporter: the treasury department just posted a list of individuals and businesses that aroing to be sanctioned. we're just starting to review this list. we're talking about a dozen individual and business entities and here's what we can say so far. a number of the individual have the designation of the iranian revolutionary guard corps and then in terms of the business t entities, i'll name a few for you, mirage for engineering and trading, mirage fo

spiritualim our own practice, and i claim it very differently than jared kushner does.tand in opposition to this administration and the ways that for itsxploit judaism own purposes. inbound we want to thank you for joining us, rabbi ari lev west philadelphia, and also to reverend barber of the naacp and north carolina. this is democracy now! juan: former labor secretary jon perez has been elected to lead the democratic national committee, beating out detail is sent in a contentious second round vote seen to determine the future of the democratic party. congressman ellison is cochair of the progressive caucus and the first muslim elected to cart -- congress. he was a supporter of bernie sanders. perez was backed by the party's establishment, including president obama, to become the first latino head of the democratic party. after saturday's vote, which marked the first time in more than 30 years of the outcome was not known ahead of balloting, allison supporters erupted approaches, chanting "party for the people, not big-money." tom perez quickly appointed ellison deputy

you're right, we did have an understanding that jared kushner had kind of come in the last couple days and taken the lead on this and really started to think seriously about replacing general flynn. kushner probably has more of trump's ear and more trust than anybody else in the white house, and, you know, he stays sort of below, under the radar a little bit, but when it's time to do something big, when it's time to make a change, and we saw this during the trump campaign when it was time to change campaign managers, it was kushner who came and he was usually the impetus of doing that. general petraeus is going to be at the white house tomorrow. that stoked a lot of speculation. and two conflicting stations on your network talking about how flynn still has the full confidence of the president. and within the hour a statement from the press secretary saying, actually, we're still evaluating. that told you, the only reason they would undercut that statement from kellyanne conway and basically dial it back and say, actually, we're still looking at this, is if things were moving pretty qui

as you know, he, jared kushner has no history in diplomacy.fund has given money, i believe, to some settlements in the occupied west bank. can he be the man for the job? >> well, i don't know mr. kushner, but he's obviously already been tasked with this and has spent time talking with israeli and arab diplomats to prepare for it. actually, i think those of us who have spent years or even decades working on this issue clearly have not succeeded in the goal of achieving a two-state solution. so, i'm not at all against the idea that people coming from the outside, maybe without the conventional diplomatic experience but with parts and creativity may be able to have success. i do think one thing he'll bring with him that is very important is clearly he'll be able to speak credibly on behalf of the president of the united states because of their relationship. so, i think all of us should wish him luck and success and obviously do anything that would help him succeed. >> there was a question today at the event with netanyahu and trump, there was a q

>> besides the president and the prime minister, watching jared kushner, having a presence throughout netanyahu's visit. what will we see as far as jared kushner asserting his influence in the west wing and what more are you expecting from them? >> there have been reports that jared kushner and netanyahu has a relationship that dates back many years. he is an adviser to president trump. we'll see president trump exhibit a much warmer, personal relationship with netanyahu, i think. the main problem with president obama, netanyahu was not so much that the two countries weren't working together, that the united states somehow had abandoned israel but those two had a very bad personal relationship. something just didn't work there. president trump, in the way that many presidents conduct their foreign policy, he will look at that and say he wants much better pr and at least optics. >> and the whole attitude toward iran. that was a fundamental problem, obviously, in the relationship between the u.s. and israel under the obama administration. and that needs to be fixed. >> i want to ask you

jared kushner knows netanyahu from back in his high school days.ow thee this as making impact in any way? >> i wish my father-in-law, i joked the other day, has as much confidence in me as donald trump seems to have in jared curb mer. he's assigned him truly mission impossible. i think the point to pay attention to the first time in a long time the pursuit of israeli-palestinian peace is not just squarely centered in the white house, it has presumably been deposited into the hands of not only a family member of the president but someone who is deemed to be one of his closest advisers. whether any of this is real or serious, what kind of priority the trump administration accorded this issue, i don't know but it's going to get some high level attention in large part just because jared kushner seems to be in charge of it, at least for now. >> aaron david miller, thank you so much. >> thank you, fred. >> always good to see you. we'll be right back. hidden in, every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. g

steve bannon and jared kushner very much have the president's confidence.they're people who very much see geo politics that they're interested in influencing. i don't see president trump putting any kind of boundaries around them. the national security advisor is a difficult position. you're in conflict with the secretary of state, with the defense secretary, with the u.n. ambassador. the question is do you have someone like the current acting national security advisor who might be more of a facilitate or and peace maker or do you have a power player like bolton? >> with no national security adviser in place, who does have the president's ear on national security right now? >> i would go along with the consensus that it's steve bannon in this vacuum right now and jared kushner because they have the closest physical proximity to them. i want to point out something about john bolton to remember. he was a united nations ambassador as was noted here. one of the most note worthy things i thought about his tenure is he was not a believer at the time he was there

he left that to jared kushner. i assume it would just be the president and his son-in-law. we'll have to wait and see how that plays itself out, but i think that they have two issues that they're going to discuss, the one that the prime minister wants to discuss is iran, and how to deal with its hedgemoic ambitions in the region. the one the president wants to discuss an unwelcome surprise to the prime minister, the president wants to talk about the ultimate deal between israel and the palestinians. >> one that you tried so hard to produce for so many years. so we'll see whether this new team can accomplish that. >> well, i think that's going to be a high bar but jared kushner has the confidence of the president which will help him. >> thank you very much, good to see you. we'll have to talk about netanyahu tomorrow and the follow days. >>> looking forward to that, andrea. >> coming up, what did the white house know and when did they know it breaking down to michael flynn's resignation coming up here on "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us. the friends, the independence.

they sat down, and jared kushner and ivanka trump there. steve bannon, the top strategic advisor steven miller is there. other u.s. officials there. i think reince priebus, we saw as well. the president and prime minister with all of the aides, the israeli delegation, the u.s. officials, now there jared kushner, he has been discussed by the president as a middle east envoy. a special negotiator sitting next to ivanka. that would be pretty extraordinary for the son-in-law to emerge now as the peace negotiator, if you will, between the israelis and the palestinians. >> i think the two leaders are going to walk in any second. sean spicer put the president's remarks on the podium. it is unusual. there was the whole conversation about is this nepotism to bring your sobl into a key role in the white house. we saw the president's daughter play a key role at a business roundtable yesterday. >> all right. there they are. the prime minister and the president. the president will speak first. >> thank you very much. thank you. today i have the honor of

how the president and his son-in-law, jared kushner, is playing a key role. >> jared kushner has reallytacts in mexico, china, canada and others. when it comes to israel and the middle east, the stakes are especially high. for kushner, it's also personal. >> if you can't produce peace in the middle east, nobody can. >> reporter: president trump declared that his son-in-law, jared kushner could broker the toughest deal in the world, lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. >> jared's agenda is not confused. it's perfectly aligned with the president's. >> reporter: the 36-year-old businessman and husband of ivanka trump has no government or foreign policy experience. the trump family friend and real estate mogul thomas barrick says that's an asset. >> you take his mind, his ability to dedication, focus and fresh basis without preconceived notion is better than having somebody in foreign policy for 60 years. >> reporter: foreign leaders initially were skeptical of kushner. >> they assumed he's in over his head, might be a spoiled kid of the president and yet he has been very impres

i want to thank jared kushner who has been so involved in this. all of my guys. we have a great team. we have a team of all-stars. we are being given credit for that. right now rex is in mexico. that's going to be a tough trip. we have to be treated fairly by mexico. that's going to be a tough trip. he's over there with general kelly, who has been unbelievable with the border. you have seen what's happening in the border. all of a sudden we are getting -- drug lords and out and gang members out. we are getting bad dudes out of this country at a rate we have never seen before. it is a military operation. when you see gang violence and you have read about like never before, all of the things, much of that is people here illegally. they are rough and the are tough but not tough like our people. we are getting them out. i thought what we can do is we ,ill start with ken on my left and then we will go around the room and introduce yourselves to the press. lots of media. that's one that treats me very nicely. one of the few. we will start going around the room and talk

. >> but chris, you keep saying he is going to send in jared kushner to bring peace. >> it's a true thingt was said. and, you know what, given his given his son-in-law's success in executing a campaign victory, you wouldn't count him out at all, would you question mikey would say anything could happen. >> legitimately could he be a special egg ambassador to israel question mike >> he is definitely jewish. i don't know whether he could be a special ambassador, right now you would let rex tillerson have a try. >> wasn't angelina jolie a special envoy? >> you are a very special envoy. to all the people. >> to edgewater, new jersey. >> to the point gerace kirzner jared kushner has a business expense, he does have a resume. >> he's also right in donald trump's year, debatably his closest advisor other than steve bannon. so as interesting as it may sound, i do think there is potential there because our relationship with israel, specifically netanyahu, has been so fractured for the past eight years, that there is opportunity. >> would you rule out that he will be present for the meeting coming u

. >> he does know steve bannon and he knows jared kushner. doesn't have long time connections to president trump but he was a big donor. he gave something like a mall and a half dollars to the campaign or the super pack. he had hired dan quayle, john snow in different chairman roles to build relationships. it's not like he is new to the party but he doesn't have a longtime relationship, not. going buddy of president trump. >> i want to go to the east room, where the news conference will take place. peter alexander is standing by. now that we may have some sense from the president himself that he may answer a few questions let's talk about what is royaling out there. although as we have seen in a break from tradition there often are peep who are called on who doesn't ask the questions that may be the vast majority of people otherwise in that room might ask. but let's talk about lineup of things that people want to get answers to. >> there are a lot of questions that folks are going to want to answer today. i'm told by officials here it's not e

these meetings will be the first big test for jared kushner. something big on the schedule. ate lunch between the president and governor chris christie. remember, he was the transition teach initially, then, pushed aside. never bound up with a job. he said he was offered all kinds of things, he didn't think any of them are big enough or federal he wanted to do. he ended up not getting in the administration. think about this, he is having lunch with the president, he doesn't hold back with advice. as all the speculation is swirling about general flynn and sean spicer and reince priebus and who is on thin ice, that lunch could be a big deal. >> martha: thank you very much. earlier, we ask, do you care about the internal strife that is getting so much attention of the white house? here are some of the responses using the hashtag #first100. teresa tells us, "we all care about is going on, we just was our president and have the support that other president have enjoyed." carol says this, "do not care about reports of internal strife in terms of the

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jared kushner is advertising his best friend in town is the ambassador from the uae.he saudi's are telling everyone in sight how much they like donald trump. think there is that. final thought is once you decide , oncent to be president you want to be commander-in-chief, you are no longer disruptor in chief. getting an interest in to the deal, getting to the framework in which you could israel.e something on it's fascinating to watch, such an inexperienced person and temperamentally unsuited. he's learning but i think in dealing with netanyahu, he will have his eye on the prize, which for any american is a peace agreement. al: let's hope you are right. thank you both for the enlightened conversation. we will be right back with thomas friedman to talk about how the rest of the world views what is going on in washington. ♪ al: for a global perspective on the trump administration and the news of general flynn's resignation, we are joined by tom friedman, foreign affairs columnist for the "new york times" and the author of the best selling book, "thank you for being late

jared kushner is married to the president's daughter. he's also advising the president now. everybody thought that kind of thing was illegal because of federal nepotism rules but hey, apparently those rules don't count anymore. the kushner family has been thinking about buying the miami marlins. last night the "miami herald" noted that the guy considering selling the team to the white house-connected kushner family, reported he's also be considered for a sweet diplomatic posting from the white house. "the herald" reported last night he's the leading candidate for the best ambassador job of all, in line to become the american ambassador to france, which is hilarious, right? it's like an all caps exclamation point nepotism story, do you think they'll get the marlins if they throw in ambassadorship to france as a sweetener? maybe you would like to be on the 0 bill. is there anything else we can throw in? jared's family would really like to make this deal. that was the news last night as we finished the show. bingo, moments after we reported that story, moments later, the kushne