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Steve bannon and others noticed that kushner became gung ho about firing james comey." interesting point. well stop there. with us tonight, the aforementioned vicky ward, veteran journalist and author, editor at large at the huffington post, author of this new book, "kushner inc.: greed, ambition, corruption, the extraordinary story of jared kushner and ivanka trump." thank you for coming on. i dont think most people trace jareds involvement in the comey matter because absent the comey matter je...

Iran, hezbollah, isis, any enemy that would want to attack, they need to of course continue to control this land. the question here is that the president and his team, did they need to officially recognize it in this way? i think most democrats will probably argue that we should just keep the status quo, keep a u.n. presence there, keep it as it is. i think the president signaled that its important for the u.s. to officially recognize this as jared and secretary pompeo working on a larger peace ...

It. said, its the beane of my existence! >> because now if they want to call any of those lawyers before a congressional committee, how can trump even assert attorney s /client privilege, if all of these these thirds parties were walking in and out of the conversation. if i were jerry nadler, i would be looking at that as great evidence to put in front of the committee. >> im curious in drawing this portrait what you think of their actual understanding, in their own hearts, when theyre alone, ab...

I dont think most people trace jareds involvement in the comey matter. because absent the comey matter, jeff sessions is still called mr. attorney general, theres no mueller and this is a different presidency. >> entirely correct. i think this is probably the biggest revelation of the book actually. at the time when the president fired james comey, it was reported that jared kushner had just supported the decision. thats not what my reporting shows. and what actually happened is that jared, as y...

You know, find a way to send jared and ivanka home, you know, theyre a vulnerability -- you know, theyre making my presidency vulnerable. make life so unpleasant for them that they come to me, you know, and they ask to go home. and john kelly did exactly what he was asked to do. the problem was that the president at the end of the day couldnt pull the trigger. his daughter is his great achilles heel. >> what does it tell you that he put himself in this position? i mean, you dont have to bring yo...

>> did you ever send them directly to jared. >> i sent them to abbe lowell. they went directly to abbe lowell has he asked me to months before. six of them were about his business conflicts specifically cadre, mike facetelli, his business arrangements with his brother. six of them about conflicts. they would have taken him a minute. >> before he went to abbe lowell, did you try to directly contact jared or ivanka? >> i knew the way they brought in abbe lowell by then josh raffel, their pr guy wh...

You said she likes the term. >> this is the problem that everyone in the white house has. she wants it always. so its one set of rules for her and jared because theyre the first daughter and her husband. one set of rules for everyone else. and yet she also expects to be take he seriously as senior adviser to the president. and i think several of her colleagues have -- certainly steve bannon told her but other people too, you cant have it both ways. if youre going to go to the white house, you ha...

Frenetically networking, nicolle, if anyone closed the white house logs in the bush white house, i mean -- >> the difference is you had congressional oversight. we tried that with the nrg task force and those logs were quickly subpoenaed and turned over. i think the difference they have in the president an enabler and a republican-led congress a backstop for corruption. what was the most disturbing revelation about their influence? i know from my own reporting they repel candidates from working ...

They are all about show. ivanka herself wrote perception is more important than reality. and that really sums up this couple. >> well, charlottesville. >> yes. >> thats a pivotal moment in the book and in the some ways received the most attention since you published this. after charlottesville gary cohen had a conversation with ivanka trump. explain that. >> gary cohen was so upset by what the president had said about there being very fine people on both sides. his grandfather was a jewish immig...

Tell-alls written about him and now its his daughter and son-in-laws turn. the new book out by investigative reporter vicki ward called "kushner, inc." looks at the rise of jared and ivanka in the white house exposing shady practices, the couples sense of entigtlement and consequent for power. it quickly became apparent to kushner and ivanka they were not universally liked by the new team of presidential lawyers and their spokesmen. what strong clue, they kept being asked to leave the room. the ...