but explain why you thank you so much of the former president's downfall when he gets back to jared kushner. >> one thing i was soha sure abt jared going into the administration he always thought that i was a rabid china hawk in way over the top of my criticism with beijing but by the end he agreed with everything i had believed. the question i would ask why would i have to go to the learning curve with a person without any policy experience would never t been there except for his family connections. let's focus on the mechanics of the campaign as to my criticism edof jared, the 2016 campaign ws the same of absolute beauty, there was 20 people on trump force when flying around to rallies. a s speechwriter and running mea all the time. i was back in the room most of the time with 100 people we were fighting the good fight every day positive messaging, research and then fighting back against the newus perspex. and i actually thought from day one we would win. and we did. trump one that race. we were outspent almost 2 - one by the hillary clinton campaign but what hillary did was spend most of

for more on this, let's turn to two journalists who have covered jared kushner and his ties with gulfries extensively. -- the new york times bestselling author of kushner inc., the publisher of vicky ward investigates on substack, also with us is ryan grimm, who has written about kushner at d.c. bureau chief for the intercept. vicky, let me start with you. you literally wrote the book on jerry kushner's financial -- his moneymaking scandals, how big is this jared kushner 666 fifth avenue investigation by congress? it feels pretty huge. the idea that u.s. foreign policy could've been changing based on his bottom line that allies were being allegedly extorted free cash, that the u.s. secretary of state is getting mad that the president summit is having meetings he's not a part of. >> it's very, very serious that, as you said, it doesn't have the sex appeal of hunter biden, and the missing laptop, nude photos. it does not have that. a as you very well demonstrated, it's a complicated story. but that does not mean it's a very, very serious investigation. if there were such a conflict of i

a profiteers pageant conjured up by jared kushner working but really getting worked by his his beijing back street channels. that's just one of the many things the young but not so precocious. kushner never really understood so look, as a journalist, i love it when people who have worked in the white house are critical of their colleagues. but explain why you think so much of the former president's downfall after one term gets back to jared kushner. sure. and the one that you're one of the things i would say about jared is that going in to the administration, he always thought that i was a rabid china hawk. and in way over the top in my criticism to beijing. but by the end, he agreed with everything i had believed. so the question i would ask is, why did i have to go through that learning curve with a 30 something person without any policy experience who had never been there except for his family connections? let's focus just on the mechanics of the campaign as to as my criticism of jared, the the 2016 campaign was was a thing of absolute beauty. there was 20 people on trump force one

certainly jared kushner was another. the worst one of the lot was treasury secretary steven mnuchin. the problem here,e, david, is tt in my judgment, , and the floodf bipartisan agreement in this town, communist china is the single most existential threat this country has ever faced, and yet we had people like branstad in kushner and mnuchin and cohen and thenn later kudlow constanty working at back purposes through the president and to the guy who supposed to be doing the trade negotiations. so i stand by that. i'lli' tell you, three of the people who i was, this is the president's most damning word, most disappointed in, this kind of just blew my mind. you had the three generals. you had mcmaster and mattis and john kelly. kelly was a chief of staff. mattis was a secretary of defense. mcmaster was the national security adviser. now, you and i both know that the most important thing in the military, for the military to work, is chain of command. you are supposed to always obey the chain of command. and repeatedly these

what rudy giuliani and jared kushner swore under oath. >>> today donald trump's taxes now in plain sight after a year's long back and forth legal battle. >>> plus the transportation secretary's new threat aimed at southwest airlines, make good on getting thousands of passengers home or face thousands of dollars of fines for failing to get planes in the air. this is what we're watching "at this hour." >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm amara walker in for kate bolduan. just minutes ago, the committee investigating the insurrection putting out a new batch of transcripts from the work. today's releasing includes a few headline names. rudy giuliani, donald trump's former legal mouth piece who helped lead some efforts to undo the 2020 election. jared kushner and jason miller a top campaign visser and ginni thomas who also attended stop the steal rallies. cnn is reading through all of this right now and we'll bring you details as soon as we get them. >>> also this hour, a never before seen look at donald trump's taxes. how democrats making six years of the former president's financials public

she also said trump's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner shot down any idea of looping the incoming biden administration into informational covid meetings following the 2020 elections, saying, "it was the first covid morning meeting that jared led after that had been announced and dr. birx said should we be looping the biden trump administration into this conversations and jared said, quote, absolutely not, and we just moved on." jonathan lemire, none of this is surprising. this is the picture of the trump white house as it's been painted for many years now, but to hear this kind of specific detail and to hear donald trump again going out there in april of 2020 talking about a powerful light being able to knock out covid, we heard later from dr. birx he'd heard a kernel of something about the sunlight on playgrounds making them safe, that the equipment was safe for kids to play, internalized that and said we should shoot light into people's bodies. but to hear it from the inside is something else here. >> at least there wasn't a run on hue midfiers, i suppose. >> that's true. >> the

jared kushner has a god complex. he thinks that everything he touches turns to gold. and from the beginning he shows moral blind spots as white as the grand canyon. the book is written in an as told to style pixel image about seventh-grade level. what comes across loud and clear is that you're reading the book of a rich kid with no interior life and no introspective ability. >> host: elizabeth harris, fast actinp would help to sell books, is it? >> guest: i don't know. it's all news, is all attention good attention? probably not. but it don't think, you know, that is gotten a good number of reviews but the people watching that i don't think never going to read that book. i think the kind of enjoy hearing someone say the book is bad. i think that's why they're watching it, , not because theye looking for a recommendation. >> host: when i i grow up i wt to be an influencer what does that what is an influencer? >> guest: oh gosh, what is an influencer? that's a great question. i guess in this case it would be somebody who can come i guess a book top influencer summit wit

yeah, i've got to say for those -- and this was all available online, it does jump out to read jared kushnerhner and cassidy hutchinson next to each other, or stephanie grisham who is quite forthcoming, the former chief of staff for the first lady versus some other transcripts released. i want to ask about another portion of the transcript that is fascinating and confirmed a thing that we have all known but confirms it. this has to do with ginni thomas. now, ginni thomas, the wife of clarence thomas. she came in to talk to the committee. the reason is because she sent several texts urging mark meadows to essentially, you know, do what he can to carry out the coup. she also contacted members in the states. so i'm just going to read this and i want to get your feedback on it. these are about the texts she's sending to mark meadows at the time. this is pretty short after the election. er the election >> of course i think we all knew this, but it does seem significant, to me at least, and i would like to get your thoughts on this, that the wife of a sitting supreme court justice, who will likely

but i read the first six chapters of jared kushner's new book, breaking history. so you don't have to. it was painful. jared kushner has a god complex. he thinks that everything he touches turns to gold. and from the beginning, he shows moral blind spots as wide as the grand canyon, the book is written in an as told to style the language about seventh grade level. what comes across loud and clear is that you're reading the book of a rich kid with no interior life and no introspective ability. elizabeth harris that's not going to help to sell books as it is. i don't know, is all is all news, you know, it is all attention, good attention, but probably not. but i don't think. but that you know, that that has gotten a good number of views. but the people watching that, i don't think we're ever going to read that book. i think they kind of enjoy hearing someone say the book is bad. i think that's why they're watching it, not because they're looking for a recommendation. i would just be my guess when i grow up, i want to be an influencer. what does it mean? what does an

jared kushner is -- that is in qatar watching the world cup finals alongside qatari officials.y likely to get this thing off the ground? >> yeah, so, one of the under the radar changes that a 51 seat senate majority will bring that senate democrats can now issue subpoenas without needing gop support for the past two years. that means that if they want to issue subpoenas, they needed either the buy in of the top republicans on a prospective committee or they just needed gop support more broadly. they -- they say this is going to be a caucus discussion. as we get closer to making those decisions, you will hear it ramp up. senator schumer has been really adamant that this new -- it will let them use subpoena power. >> it's interesting. i spoke to mazie hirono. she spoke a little bit about the. she talked specifically about launching investigations possibly into the actions of the supreme court. let's listen to what she had to say and then we will talk. >> this is a supreme court who has -- >> the senate plans to hold hearings? >> i think so. yes, i talk to dick durbin who will con

host: what is your question about jared kushner? caller: i think he is going to be upset, is this not going to affect the relationship? host: i am not clear on his question. we will go to john in pennsylvania, good morning. caller: the gentleman who said the squad is anti-israel. i would probably say they're not anti-israel, they are probably calling out israel for how their violating international courts, particularly with the settlements on the west bank. that is my main point there. and how the palestinians are forced to travel and what they go through and they are creating it and perpetuating it. the fact that i say that doesn't make me anti-israel and a friend of israel, i am stating fact and they are bringing that to light which i don't see a problem with. guest: there is a distinction being critical of policies of the israeli government and being anti-semitic. there are some things when omar talked about it is all about the benjamin which plays into jewish stereotypes, that crosses the line into antisemitism. if you just talk

jared kushner thinks that everything he touches turns to gold.nd then to read the book cover rich kid with no introspective ability. >> will that help to sell books? >> i don't know it's all attention get attention but probably not. that has gotten a good number of views but people watching that ith don't think will ever read that book they don't enjoy hearing that the book is bad. >> what is an influencer? [laughter] >> i guess in this case i guess a book tok influencers somebody with allied of followers a take their recommendations seriously. >> here is an influencer talking about university press. >> now i have become a pretty big university presses reaching out and here is what i got from university of north carolina press white evangelical racism. >> and alabama communist during that and how the blind ideology and civil, rights. how banks in the real estate industry with black homeownership. and then i'm so excited to get to these books. >> how does not show them rather than showing what is inside them? >> and then that was not done well tha

it's totally the wrong meaning to take away and i hope people don't take that because jared kushner i'm very critical of him. i got along quite well with him but what i'm trying to do in "taking back trump's america" is to provide in accurate historical account of how a white house should and sometimes doesn't work. the original sin of this administration happened the day after november 8, 2016 election in theen decision made to bringn the traditional republican wing of the party. reince priebus from the republican national committee mitch mcconnell wing and the bush-cheney wing and the concept here seemed logical at the time was that this was a big government and if these folks came and they would adhere to president trump's vision. and that didn't happen. there's a story about trump sitting in the roosevelt room a few months into hismi administration. the president is increased if we rested and at times angry about the slow place apart trade policy's. we ran on this and it was important like in key states like ohio. he sitting in the roosevelt room he sees someone right across from hi

and jared kushner.o compliment the 845-page report before the panel dissolves tuesday. among the findings, emails from jared kushner showed donald trump wanted to trademark the phrase, rigged election days after election day 2020. tony ronaldo, former secret service agent, testified he could not remember if he knew the proud boys were when its leader visited the white house in december of 2020. ginni thomas, the supreme court just wife of clarence thomas told the committee she regrets sending messages to former white house chief of staff mark meadows saying, i would take them all back if i could today. she also denied discussing her role in charge of the election results. the committee member zara lawford now says that is not enough. >> justice thomas would be well advised to recuse himself from participating in matters that relate to this, he should have done so for the other cases >> joining me, now our dear friend peter baker, msnbc political out in the analyst, chief correspondent in the new york ti

one of the most interesting characters is jared kushner. he was expected to go along with ivanka and to moderating forces. they are democrats from new york, they will keep him from going too far. they discovered early on they didn't want him to do that. he would get mad if they were sent in to stop him from doing something he wanted to do. kushner learned to not do that which disappointed a lot of people who thought he had a responsibility to interact more. he came up with a formula for how he would deal with his own father-in-law -- a two to one ratio. every time have to give him bad news, i'm going to give him twice as much good news. two times good news to one time bad news. if he had a poll to deliver, they would allow five points to it. the biggest moment for kushner -- he was successful in a lot of ways. he gets his father-in-law to agree to criminal justice reform and helps hold together israel and its neighbors. he has some things he can point to that were important. but in the moment where it really came down to it, after the elect

one of the most interesting characters is jared kushner. he was expected to go along with ivanka and to moderating forces. they are democrats from new york, they will keep him from going too far. they discovered early on they didn't want him to do that. he would get mad if they were sent in to stop him from doing something he wanted to do. kushner learned to not do that which disappointed a lot of people who thought he had a responsibility to interact more. he came up with a formula for how he would deal with his own father-in-law -- a two to one ratio. every time have to give him bad news, i'm going to give him twice as much good news. two times good news to one time bad news. if he had a poll to deliver, they would allow five points to it. the biggest moment for kushner -- he was successful in a lot of ways. he gets his father-in-law to agree to criminal justice reform and helps hold together israel and its neighbors. he has some things he can point to that were important. but in the moment where it really came down to it, after the elect

one of his aides emailed his son-in-law, jared kushner who also had a long history working with trumpy wanted to trademark that as well as "save america" but the urls, the website addresses were taken. >> we were truly living in the dumbest time. there's a big shift happening on tuesday when republicans take the majority. obviously we noted the committee's work basically comes to an end. what happens with -- there's got to be dozens if not more transcripts still left that we have not seen from witnesses. are those rolling out and ruining your weekend? how does this all work going forward? >> they will continue to roll out. they did interview lots of people. we have a few hundred transcripts at this point. what we do know is going to happen is all of this material that the house select committee is collecting, has put together, and has as a record of this unprecedented investigation, it is going to ultimately go to the national archives. before it's public there, the government publishing office will make it available to the american people. there is going to be an online repository se

. >> i read the first six chapters of jared kushner's new book breaking history. it was painful.thinks that everything he touches turns to gold. he shows moral blind spots. language about seventh grade levelre. what comes across loud and clear as you are reading the book of a rich kid with no interior life and no introspective ability. >> that will not help us sell books. .... .... not. but i don't think. but that you know, that that has gotten a good number of views. but the people watching that, i don't think we're ever going to read that book. i think th >> this what i think a kind of enjoy hearing someone's of the book is bad and i think that's why the watching it, not that they arean looking for a recommendation. >> whenat i grow but want to ben influencer, what is an influencer. >> oh gosh, what is an influencer, that is ain great question and i guess in this case, it would be somebody who can you know i guess a book talk influencer an influencer has a lot of oliver's and take the recommendation seriously and wanted by book. >> talk about university press books. >> another

jared kushner is that what is most -- does not drink, button up, you know, very -- he was having -- this security clearance, that is how insane this was. so they did not affect the sky but that does not shock me because they do not let the africans that were clinging to the planes in kabul. yeah, come in and whatever. could be al qaeda. could be ices. hop on board. we will fly you to michigan. what about all these illegals? they are not letting anybody. anybody overseas. they are not vetting these guys. no, who else are they letting inputs, that is what i'm worried about. that is the point. and if you can't run the demonstration properly, you can't run the country probably. jonni asked regular new yorkers, what is the definition of a man? what is the definition of a woman. and these are liberal new yorkers and even liberal new yorkers know this is, as he would say, judge, hogwash. >> that is it, baby. you know what? the truth is, brian, that when you have got these people who are absolutely insistent on, into being gender fluid. as this guy is. he is not one or the other. he is non-binar

, specifically, he wanted to trademark rigged election, jared kushner said out to make that happen foree has a few more days to release the transcripts, the final piece of work, before it expires january 3rd. back to you. >> sara, thank you. so from transcripts to tax returns. we're talking about six years' worth of returns from donald trump's time in office. here to help us sort through some of the findings, former u.s. attorney michael moore, a partner with moore hall in atlanta. and retired tax attorney peter faber, he advised wealth in and high-profile clients over his 50 years as a tax attorney. welcome, both, gentlemen. peter, i'll start with you, the trump return showed that he had large losses before and throughout his presidency that he carried through to practical eliminate his tax burden. that doesn't seem to be out of the ordinary, right, as long as the losses are legitimate? but were there any red flags to you regarding his taxes? >> there are many red flags, but there's nothing unusual about people who are heavily invested in real estate having large tax losses. so that d

trump aide, and longtime correspondent, and jared kushner, and rudy giuliani that read the ridiculous -- to overturn the 2020 election. she told the committee that she never spoke with her husband about any of the challenges to the 2020 election, and she did confirm though, that the supreme court justice is the best friend that she references in her tax. terror then chief of staff mark meadows. and she told investigators that she regretted check texting, the chief of staff about having a coup. tony told the panel, the first time he heard the story about trump's fight with a secret service agent going to pass the law. with from cassidy hutchison. she told the committee, about what they told her about what happened. jared kushner faces a lot of i don't know and i don't recall answers to stop -- on november the 5th. rudy giuliani shows that he considered the committee's interview quote, illegal, and he thinks that trump won the 2020 election. he told the committee that he put together quickly a team of lawyers, yeah lawyers, when trump asked him to take over the campaign in the days afte

the new batch includes more key interviews involving rudy giuliani, jared kushner and jason miller andinni thomas. cnn's sarah murray joins us now. what are we learning from this new round of transcripts of which there are many. >> yes, there are many. and our team is diligently reading these. gi ginni thomas's interview came out late in the game and she sort of tried to walk some of those back or was more apologetic with them in her interview. she's asked about the messages she exchanged with mark meadows about pressing election contest. and he said i regret the tone and content of the texts. at one point she said in a message that she was disgusted by vice president mike pence and she, again, sort of tried to explain why she sent that. she said i was frustrated that i thought vice president pence might concede earlier than what president trump was inclined to do. according to her interview. i wanted to hear vice president pence talk more about the fraud and irregularities in certain states that i thought was still lingering. she expresses these concerns about election fraud in her in

what did rudy giuliani, jared kushner and ginni thomas tell the committee. >>> donald trump's tax returns are finally public. this is what we're watching. >>> hi, everyone, i'm amara walker in today for kate bolduan. we begin with breaking news. police have made an arrest in connection to the murders investigation of four college students in idaho. two federal law enforcement sources tell cnn that the fbi took a suspect into custody in northeastern pennsylvania. the arrest comes nearly seven weeks after the students were found stabbed to death in a home near the university of idaho campus. police in moscow, idaho, will hold a news conference later this afternoon and cnn's veronica miracle is live in moscow, idaho, with the very latest. veronica. >> reporter: well, amara, as you said, those federal sources telling our cnn's josh campbell and mark morales an arrest has been made. we understand that at this point it is a man in his 20s but beyond that there are very few details coming out at this hour. i did speak with police this morning where they said there is going to be that news confer

so explain that. >> well, because we actually have factual information that shows jared kushner got $2 billion shortly after leaving the white house from saudi arabia. we know jared and ivanka worked in the white house in the administration as president trump and his family reaped the benefits. we know for a fact that they billed the secret service and that money went right into donald trump's pocket. those are legitimate threats of oversight. jim jordan, comber, it is a phishing expedition. they don't have any proof of anything. they hope they can make statements and find ways to back it up. >> kevin mccarthy said any republican out there trying to work with democrats right now is wrong. so if they're going to come up with a deal to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, obviously the two sides have to work together, right? how do you think that is looking right now? >> well, look, the democrats can pass, you know, a spending bill by themselves and the house. the question is the senate. where they need of course republican cooperation. that's what they're looking at. there are repu

it really does trump out you, for cassidy hutchison and jared kushner next to each other. or some of the other, stephanie, who was quite forthcoming, who was the former chief of staff for the first lady, versus some other transcripts that have been released. i want to ask about another portion of transcripts that are really fascinating, and confirms the thing that i think that we have all known, but confirms it. and this has to do with ginni thomas. now, jimmy tanis, of course though wife of clarence thomas, she came into talks with the committee, the reason is because she saw several attacks urging mark meadows to essentially do what he can to carry out the coup. she also contacted members in the states. so i'm just gonna read this and i want to get your feedback on it, these are about the text that she is sending to mark meadows at the time. this is pretty shortly after the election. their response. this is a good fight over evil, evil also looks like the evil until the king of king triumphs. to not be -- i stayed my career on, it or at least my time in d.c. on. it >> an

jared kushner passed that along to a couple of other people to try to get the ball rolling on the former president's request. >> and don't forget the exclamation point very important here. and the interesting part is the interview with tony ornato. and also cassidy hutchinson's explosive allegations. what did he say about the events of january 6. >> he was asked about a whole host of things by committee in part because cassidy hutchinson had a provided this explosive testimony and he did not corroborate the incidents that she talked about that happened allegedly trump getting irate and lunging at people in the motorcade and he didn't corroborate but he was asked about what happened on january 6 about efforts people were to make a public statement and tony ornato was like, it was so crazy, i can't really remember very much. he said it was a very chaotic time in trying to get the information and it was usually late information or wasn't accurate or it was the fog of war and it was misrepresented and it was a very -- a very chaotic day so i don't recall those specific details. we should als

in which former white house communications director, donald trump, alyssa farah griffin, says jared kushnerk force from cooperating with the biden transition team. he just said, no, absolutely not, is the exact quote. can there ever be accountability for trump and kushner and others in that administration who were -- what else do you call it? negligent, i think, is an understatement, in their handling of covid and they're allowing people to die. >> there can be, mehdi, if any of the prosecutors in any of the 50 states, the district of columbia or the territories choose to present to the grand jury a case of involuntary manslaughter, as you and i have discussed. all it takes is three things. three elements that trump, kushner and or others acted in a grossly negligent way, that they are gross negligence was reasonably likely to result in death or serious bodily injury to another. in other words, they put people in harm's way. and their gross negligence, thereby, cause the death of another with causation in the lobbying defined as conduct that is a substantial factor in bringing about death,

she also said trump's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner shot down of any idea of looping the incoming biden administration into informational covid meetings following the 2020 election, saying, quote, it was the first covid morning meeting that jared led after that had been announced. and dr. birx raised, well, should we be looping the biden transition into these conversations, and jared just said, quote, absolutely not, and then we just moved on. so jonathan lemire, where to begin on all of this. i guess the first thing to say is none of this is surprising. this is the picture of the trump white house as had been painted for many, many years now. but to hear this kind of specific detail and to hear donald trump again going out there in april of 2020, talking about a powerful light being able to knock out covid. we heard later from dr. birx that he had heard a kernel of something about the light -- the sunlight on playgrounds making them safe, that the equipment was safe for kids to play. he internalized that and said, we should shoot light into peoples bodies. but to hear it

jared kushner is a straight shooter, so it did surprise me to find that out. >> what do you think, david was surprised by the whole thing, but i don't think it's going to go very far. i think it's another hit below the water line. but this particular issue i think is not going to explode the way -- i think the tax issue, for example, is much more accessible to most americans. they understand there's been a lot of concealment of his taxes and his losses. and people are waking up to the fact that a lot of his original assets came from his inheritance. this is a guy who had a huge inheritance from his family, managed to fritter away a lot of it apparently, and now is claiming he's a great capitalist. i think the documents that have come out in the last 48 hours, show the lie of that once again. >> we have the tax documents coming out that we were just talking about. and now we have all these transcripts coming out with people in trump's circle speaking to the committee, including the president's son-in-law and also ginni t thomas, the wife of supreme court justice thomas. she claimed she ha

we saw video of i vanca trump, and jared kushner talking about what he did or didn't do leading to you that dale. that was compelling for the public at large. yamiche: i wonder what you make of these ethics committee referrals. anything going to come from that right before january 3 when the republicans are going to take control? >> they're evenly divided to avoid that partisanship when control shifts from one party to another. but at the same time i think what's going to come up in the argument, and the political discourse is that republicans, when they take charge of the house in a matter of days, they're going to be pushing a lot of oversight and investigations on the biden administration and i wouldn't be surprised if democrats point to perhaps their lack of compliance as kind of a hypocrisy point here. yamiche: it's really interesting when you think about what happens next. former vice president mike pence saying he hopes the d.o.j. doesn't charge trump then senator mcconnell telling n news that he thinks trump's role in the party has been diminished. what are republicans saying a

jared kushner, republican lawmakers have repeatedly said they plan to investigate hunter biden's foreign business dealings and what role, if any, the president might have played in them. >> forty-niners will be getting an early christmas gifts saturday for their game against the washington commanders. coming up next in sports, jason dumas, so tell us what entered player will be making a holiday returns. and now kron 4 sports. >> the niners are getting some reinforcements back on a defense that is already locked and loaded. defensive lineman javon kinlaw will be activated for the commanders game on saturday today kyle shanahan said that can lull has gotten through a successful week of practice in that he's ready to hit someone else. he hasn't played since week 3 because of an issue in that knee. they have surgically repaired last season present cordinator demeco ryans was like a kid on christmas morning knowing that he's getting back one of his >> refreshing to have a seat, just his presence to be out there and cool to see him get back into the groove of, you know, playing football again.

a short while after elon musk was pictured rather controversially at the world finals next to jared kushnera former adviser to donald trump. elon musk, no stranger to controversy and that sequence is just interesting to note what also flags it is, it it comes after a pretty chaotic week with twitter banning users of accounts from other social media sites and then removing the announcementing about the policy change hours later. definitely this is something to keep an eye on over the next 24 hours. >> coming up next, angie is restking some rain in the >>an > d ahead, the fight over drag shows takes center stage in tennessee. because while they have no idea what's going on here... -hi. -...a little something of their own will get them in the spirit. they don't know why you'd ever leave the house like this... but they'll happily hold down the fort while you're gone. -smiles! -and let's be honest, they'll never understand this whole situation... but they do get this. thank goodness. great prices. happy pets. chewy. cleanining is the e worst. seririously. there'e's gotta bebe a better . so w we

hired as hired the attorney abbe lowell, whose previous clients include bill clinton as well as jared kushner. republican lawmakers have repeatedly said they plan to investigate hunter biden's foreign business dealings. what role if any, the president may have played in them. well, national news with just hours to spare, congress is on the verge of avoiding a government shutdown yesterday. now the senate passed a nearly 2 trillion dollars government funding bill. the house is going to take up the bill this morning. washing correspondent shot hudson. joining us now with what we can expect with that house vote. good morning were shot. good morning. coming out of the senate, the bill received. >> big bipartisan support, but that may not be the case and the house because republicans there say the spending is reckless. while democrats are saying the funding is necessary to keep the government open. congress is racing against the clock and mother nature to avoid a government shutdown. >> we want people to be able to go home. and as you know, there are storms across america. >> and hopefully that wi

former president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, and bob menendez.ve been investigating his business and financial activities while on the board of a ukrainian gas company. last month congressional republicans revealed plans to investigate hunter including alleged business dealings for possible evidence found on a laptop. biden has consistently denied any illegal activity. >>> after ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy's visit to d.c., lawmakers are set to vote on additional support for ukraine. the u.s. contribution will soon near $100 billion, but that aid does have limits with ukraine still under attack. and when republicans take over the house next month, the purse strings could tighten as the prospect of an endless expensive war has in rethinking america's commitment. alice barr reports on zelenskyy's trip to washington. [ applause ] >> reporter: a standing ovation for ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who left the front lines of his war-torn country on a high-stakes mission to secure more military aid from the u.s. congress. >> your mo

it's like a rogue's gallery of -- oh, jared kushner's father, charles kushner. paul manafort.t him. the prolific maker of movies that bill barr called ludicrous and laughed at. and sheriff joe arpaio, i believe was the first pardon. >> it's like murderous row. the pardon power is the single most unqualified power the president has. it's the one sort of thing that's least like the rest of thepresident's powers in the constitution, because there are no checks and balances to it. and as joy said, the origins of pardons is in a religious sense. shakespeare said mercy and justice are twin sides of the same coin. that's what we have seen with joe biden's pardons, a sense of mercy and justice. and in so far as people in america can get a sense of the person who gets pardons, as the reverend said, trump dangled the pardons in front of people, using it as a moral arbitros. biden is showing it for people who believe in second chances. that's what pardons should be used for. >> rev, i want to ask you to look ahead for us. what are you sort of watching for in the new year? >> well, i'm wa

lowe has represented a number of figures, including bill clinton and jared kushner and ivanka trump.eral investigators have been investigating him while on the board of the ukraine gas company. last month, republicans revealed plans to investigate hunter, including alleged illegal business dealings from possible evidence found on a laptop >>> finally, eastern illinois university played their way into the college history books. they capitalized on the 55-point second half to stun 92-83. the panthers were 31.5 point underdogs heading into the game. this was the largest upset in college hoops in 30 years. the panthers after the game celebrating their big win with the coach in the locker room getting showered and jumping around this is the program's first win over a big team in 35 years. this is a win that will propel a team into the imagmagical seaso >> it is prime for march madness. anything can happen. >> that is exciting b last night, david prevailed. >> thank you very much phillip mena >>> as we thhead to break, shar of verizon on track to the worst year for the stock a move made mo

. >> he was there with jared kushner. he has developed quite a few rich investors in the gulf.t's all speculation. it's something that remains wildly inside the realm of possibility. alix: he was looking to off latest -- oaf -- offload a stake in twitter. do we make an inference here? i wonder if that conversation was transpiring? ed: i don't know if elon musk is a soccer fan and he was at the world cup final. when elon musk tried to walk away from the deal prior to the closing, he said being chief executive or leader of tweeter was temporary and he would find someone need to come and if that person exists. he has said recently there is no one that wants the job and no one is capable of keeping it alive. i would also point out that private entity is complicated. the saudi prince is a significant shareholder. the qatari investment authority has almost $400 million in it. as i reported, those that invested in the private entity were told that in 3-5 years, the elon musk plan was to kick take the company public again. when you are an investor, you want to know there is an exit but

the pictures are on the screen with jared kushner and elon musk.ome reported that musk is doing a followup offering. you've got to ruling family all in a box. and he said, buddy any chance of a third of a billion? do you think? do you reckon. i might even ask my fans on twitter whether i should step down as c.e.o. so it's a beautiful -- it's a beautiful dream. it's a beautiful game. and it's a beautiful story fit comes to pass if the qatari live large for another third of the billion into twitter. pure speck lakes. -- speculation. dani: he tweeted out that poll whether he should stay when he was the qataris. there is no successor. so i don't know who else -- it seems like he's not so certain someone would take the job after him. we have to talk about the other matchup happening there at the world cup. adidas versus nike. manus: just because you're late to the game doesn't mean you don't get to win in the end. nike had 40% of the mark. but the winning trade goes to adidas. they only had seven of the teams in their kit. but they've got messi and the

that's the question are that's the question people are saying jared kushner saying will it be jared kushnerth them but because he met up with them but that to be just a rumour that seemed to be just a rumour he offered lex freeman offer to do friedman is a kind of do it. lex friedman is a kind of it to serious but he's it seem to be serious but he's been attacked even since been attacked even just since offering his offering and he's had his wikipedia change and they've taken the he was at mit. so taken the fact he was at mit. so if up and do this role, if you step up and do this role, you will be attacked by political opponents. obviously you will be attacked by poli i'm. opponents. obviously you will be attacked by poli i'm. opjgoing s. obviously you will be attacked by poli i'm. opjgoing to )bviously you will be attacked by poli i'm. opjgoing to do iously you will be attacked by poli i'm. opjgoing to do ithly but i'm not going to do it officially. finishing this section the nick and it's section is the sun nick and it's bad not for me. don't bad news. not for me. i don't share my netflix