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And other businesses absolutely is a very significant concern. >> weve got "the times" reporting thats van kas income from the hotel in d.c. owes between $1 million to $5 million, her ownership stake valued from $5 million to $25 million. her licensing and brand, rolled into the trust valued at more than $50 million. kathleen, do you think she can avoid having conflicts at the white house with this assistant and advisory role she has to her factor now and be able to firewall herself from these t...

Commitment. mr. kushner will certainly not the last person the committee calls to give testimony but we expect him to provide answers to key questions that have arisen in our inquiry. the timing in his testimony is still beingetermined but will only come after the committee has determined that it will receive y documents or information necessary to ensure the meeting is productive for all sides. a reminder, sean spicer a couple moments ago saying that jared kushner did volunteer for this. i will...

And jean cummings "wall street journals" political editor. jean first to you. this had been reported, now confirmed. it had been anticipated. we saw jimmy garelick his attorney putting forth hes going to divest from the cushner family holdings, but the role of jared cushner from my reporting has been so central to decision-making in trump tower. people have told me foreign ambassadors have told me when they want to get their government leaders a moment, a phone call, a meeting with the president...

Reports." follow the show online, facebook and twitter @mitchellreports. peter alexander is up next here on msnbc right across from me. >> thank you very much. greta welcome, good afternoon to our audience. im peter alexander in washington. we begin with breaking news on the trump administration, a senior transition official telling nbc news that jared cushner will be named senior adviser to the president coming up. cushner is trumps son-in-law, of course, married to ivanka trump and has his own...

Cirilli reporter for bloomberg politics. jonathan, your take on the news were reporting conif irming that jared cushner will become a senior adviser to the president serving basically side by side with steve ban nononbannon, and priebus the chief of staff. what do you make of the news? >> the best way to understand the role that jared cushner will play in president trumps white house is to look at his area in the obama administration, if its the same in the obama administration as it is in the t...

Divest from firms. its very clear they are getting ready to announce on wednesday that hell have a major role as some kind of senior adviser. >> absolutely right. this is the clearest sign yet that jared cushner is poised to become a part of the administration, and of course, weve always thought that this was going to be the case, and a andrea. he played a huge role in his father-in-laws campaign and one of his closest advisers. in fact, during this transition, the white house pointed to jared c...

From president-elect trump, that they believe theyre going to get confirmed. just one more point, senator sessions a lot of focus on his confirmation hearing tomorrow and the fact that he has a very controversial past. of course he was nominated by former president reagan to serve as a federal judge and he didnt pass his nominating process then because of some of the comments that hes made in terms of race and otherwise. now, no indication that thats going to be a problem this time around becaus...

Similarities between donald trump and his son-in-law jared cushner are striking, both men are billionaires with sprawling real estate empires. while trump is expected to address his potential business conflicts of interest to the news conference this wednesday, cushner is taking steps to distance kif from kushner companies where he serves as ceo. he hired a lawyer consulting with the office of government ethics. mr. kushner is committed to complying with krall ethics laws. his lawyers says he wo...

Thank you. >> my pleasure. the president-elects son-in-law, jared cushner, weve learned will be named his senior adviser. but can he clear all the conflict of interest hurdles? also by the way, tune in tonight 6:00 p.m. the premiere of "for the record with greta," right here on msnbc. where shes going to interview senator john mccain as well as the incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus. the debut live tonight at 6:00 eastern.

That his plans are to divest most of his interest for potential conflicts of interest, that includes one property, 666 fifth avenue, its a skyscraper in midtown manhattan, where the "new york times" reports that jared cushner as recently as eight days after donald trump was elected president, met with the individuals who were involved in that. its part of a real estate giant. they have connections to the chinese government, as well want to make sure, do we have my colleagues with us right now? w...