mr. kushner saw the king.june 21st, the white house denounced that the king was coming to the white house. they're worried about an influx of refugees, and worried, i think by what he believes is in the trump peace initiative. this guy has a special role in jerusalem. and i think he really feels somehow that this initiative is going to undermine his custodianship of the holy places, but if it doesn't make clear that the end zboel is a palestinian state, a lot of people are going to be looking at jordan to fill that solution. and that's something that the king clearly wants to avoid. >> it seems all these moderate sunni arab states, they want israel alongside a new state of palestine. basically with some adjustments along those lines, with east jerusalem as the capital of the palestinian state. >> if in fact mr. kushner put that in the plan, he would lose the israelis. the israeli government would probably collapse. and he'd gain the arabs and the palestinians. this guy has mission impossible. >> which guy? >>

mr. kushner. can we work together? he feels the best way to work together is with prison reform. that is 100% of a loaf of bread. that is probably one fourth of the loaf. i think we have to think we bring about social justice and compassion for people that are unfairly treated under mandatory minimums is our sentencing reform, and particular because it is so bipartisan. senator lee on one end, senator durbin on the other, i think that is the best hope of moving. i think the opportunity to do that is when we do prison reform and sentencing reform together. elana: you have been freaking out constantly and we have not seen any movement. are you at all optimistic for this congress? sen. grassley: the thing that makes the optimistic is we have high-level people in the white house that think some of it needs to be passed. think as legal support we are building support , almost every day, when the white house sees that i better say instead of the white house, when president trump finally comes to the understanding that this is very bipartisan and this can be a win for him, he needs to s

mr. kushner, going back to the first month that president was president of the united states. my very first meeting with the president included a short conversation with mr. kushner, can we work together? he feels that the best way to work together is with prison reform. i think that's 100% of a loaf of bread. that's probably a fourth of a loaf. i think we have, the thing about social justice and compassion people treated unfairly under mandatory minimum. it's so bipartisan. senator lee on one hand, senator durbin on the other hand, when you get people like that together to do something, i think that's the best hope of moving. i think that the opportunity to do that when we do prison reform and sentencing reform together. elana: you have been moving fairly constantly. with you at all optimistic about this congress? senator grassley: the thing that makes me optimistic, we have high level people in the white house that thinks some of it needs to be passed and we also then i think as we build support and we're building support almost every day for it that when the white house see

mr. kushner. my very first meeting with the president included a short conversation, can we work together? he feels the best way to work together is with prison reform. that is 100% of a loaf of bread. that is probably one fourth of the loaf. we have the thing that will really bring about social justice and compassion. it is so bipartisan. senator lee on one and, senator durbin on the other, i think that is the best hope of moving. i think the opportunity to do that, when we do prison reform, sentencing reform together. >> you have been reaching out fairly constantly, we have not seen movement. are you optimistic? sen. grassley: the thing that makes me optimistic, we have high-level people that think some of it needs to be passed. as we build support, we are building support almost every day, when the white house sees -- i better say when president trump finally comes to the understanding this is why and this cantisan be a win for him, he needs to show bipartisanship, that is the key to getting it

mr. kushner said that if president abbas is not willing to negotiate, he's going to proceed with the deal. can you explain how the white house is hoping to achieve any progress in the middle east peace talks if the principal party is not taking part in it? sec. sanders: we're going to continue meeting with the other partners in the region. and again, we're going to continue pushing forward in the peace process. we had productive meetings over the last week, and we're going to continue those conversations. i'll take one last question. >> thanks, sarah. to follow up on the issue of immigration judges, why is the president so opposed to an increase in the number of immigration judges when it would expedite the asylum process and expedite deportation? sec. sanders: we're not opposed to the speeding up the process. what the president would like to see, once again, is that we stop the problem at the very beginning. he'd like to see us secure the border and people work through the system, through the ports of entry, so that we're not dealing with things on the back end. we'd like to stop the pro

mr. kushner offered little in enticing abbas. te house offered nothing about a sovereign state or sovereign refuge. if you want a peace process, you come to us. >> and jared kushner can release a plan, but it doesn't mean that plan moves anywhere, goes anywhere, and i think that's precisely what their plan is right now. it never seemed to me that this white house was ever going to push for any sort of substantive negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians. i think they're fine to make they're symbolic moves aligning themselves with israel. i think they think it's a good base issue and that's how it's going to be, and that's going to be their moves for palestinian policy. >> i think he thought it would be pretty easy. talking points haven't changed in the past 25 years. i took that as you have to move. the palestinians have to give something up if they want a process that works. >>> we'll continue to track that process as well. hope to see you back here this time tomorrow. have a great afternoon. wolf starts right now.

mr. kushner clarify that the united states administration of president trump has moved from the negotiations. . jon: it remains unclear how the trump administration would proceed without palestinian cooperation. >>> the news of kushner's talks come ahead of a white house visit by the king of jordan heading to washington to meet with president trump tomorrow, conor powell has more from the jerusalem bureau. reporter: jon, king abdullah is in washington to meet with president trump monday just as the administration is set to release its much anticipated middle east plan later this summer. of course, president trump said this would be the ultimate deal, but it won't happen without america's arab allies behind it. more than any other u.s. partner in the region, jordan is particularly involved and concerned about the israeli-palestinian conflict. jordan is the guardian of the islamic sites in jerusalem and home to roughly two million palestinians. the kingdom has long played a leading role in the effort to establish a two-state solution. king abdullah urged president trump to move cautiously with

mr. kushner and ms. trump have h the rules and restrictiset up by the ethics.ill be just one of many issues they plan to investigate. >> one of the issues we have now is with the republican majority in congress unwilling to do any oversight of this, we simply don't know whether the foreign policy of the united states is up for sale. >> unwilling to wait till november, two 200 democrats are behind a lawsuit the white house effacing, alleging the president is violating the emoluments clause of the constitution. the lawsuits claim that the presidents of d.c. hotel's property from foreign officials staying there. separately, more than 60 democratic lawmakers are demanding the government ethics office investigate president trump's ties to china, pointing to beijing's investment in an indonesian theme park featurtrump branded properties just a few days before the president's trip to save the chinese tv company. >> shannon: thank you very much. requiring g.o.p. senator bob corker is fiber another salvo a. >> not a good place for any party to end up with a cultlike sit

mrs. kushner in helping the president find his path on immigration? is any debate that those two individuals in particular were not with him on this at all. have in the past represented more of a moderate tone of the republican party. they have received criticism for not eating moderate enough, but i think -- usb earlier this week about who was representing the moderate wing on immigration in the administration, and i struggled to find a concrete person, that i think they emerged this week as the face of that to counter the likes of stephen miller. think that is an interesting dynamic we are watching you call. this isnd of the day, an issue that i think mobilized many different factions of the republican party from the bush wing as from the democratic perspective, that they finally feel they have a push back issue on the issue of immigration. tom: thank you so much for an extensive briefing from washington. later.s with us daniel with us later. on deutschel story bank and a huge trading loss. , our team wilbur ross will grill him closely on the events

mrs. johnson. kim kardashian so thankful to donald trump, jared kushner, and important moment to alice johnson. her communicatation is inspirerational and gives hope to so many others who are also deserving of a second chance. that is criminal reform that the president vowed to tackle. this is a two tiered justice stretches wide and far. and equal justice under the law. equal application under the laws. we do wish miss johnson the best. and speaking of which, former president bill clinton, back in the spotlight, finally facing back lash from the mainstream media over the sexual misconduct. the democrats protected the clintons all throughout the last presidential campaign. november 9th, the day after hillary clinton lost. >> do you feel more responsibility? >> no, i felt terrible thing and i came to grips with it. >> you ever apology. >> not yet. no one believes i got out for free. i left the white house $16 million in debt. but typically have ignore gaping and you don't know the facts. >> you feel you owe her an apology. >> i do. i never talked to her. i did say publicy on more than one occasio

kushner and others. i mean, the list goes on and on and on. we actually have a long list here, mr. speaker of what should be -- mr. speaker, of what we should be investigating. if my republican colleagues would like a copy i would be happy to give it to them. suffice it to say, there is no oversight of the misdeeds of this administration. mr. speaker, what happened to the republicans' zeal for oversight? former oversight committee chairman issa subpoenaed the obama administration more than 100 times in just a four-year span. i didn't always agree with him on his investigations, but at least the oversight committee was performing some oversight. republicans today are completely missing in action under president trump. in is an administration that has been embroiled in one scandal after the next. it is an administration dripping with corruption. this makes the nixon administration look like common cause. i mean, i have never seen anything like it. apparently the republicans only believe in oversight when it comes to president obama and hillary clinton. there wasn't a single scandal i