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Hi, laura. >> im surprised he forgot about that moment. because we are still wondering what the heck happened in helsinki. a lot has gone on since then. >> you think? how much time you got? kaitlan, thank you so much for a good evening, everyone. i am lara coates. did donald trump privately admit that he lost the election? tonight, we are running the special counsel that very question to his inner circle. trump setting a cappella with jared kushner, hope hicks, they have not testified before the...

>> that is putting it mildly. clarissa ward with the latest for us. thank you. president trump has said he is skeptical of the saudi explanation of khashoggis death, telling "the washington post," there obviously has been deception and lies and that the saudi stories have been all over the place. yet at the same time, he said crown prince mohammed bin salman is a strong person who has very good control. abby phillip is at the white house. we just heard from jared kushner, who is under a lot of...

Full control over. that seems to have changed now. >> really quickly, very tight on time, but you mentioned theres a deliberate effort to sideline kushner. can you tell us who in the white house is pushing for that? >> theres a general sense in the white house he should not be at the forefront here. you have bolton, you have pompeo, others in the national security apparatus who are back at the forefront now, and that was not the same case a few months ago when there were different national secur...

The essence here. but when he was asked by van jones in this interview about some of these varying accounts from the saudis and how they really kind of veer from what we know based on clarissas reporting and others, kushner really declined to criticize the saudis at all, and instead, he emphasized the long-standing relationship with the united states. listen. >> were more in the fact-finding phase, and were obviously getting as many facts as we can from the different places. and then well determ...

Your time. we would love to hear about the office of innovation, peace in the middle east, china and whatever else youre working on. our door is open. according to the official, the president has faith in kushner to keep working uninterrupted. the move was ordered by john kelly who ahlehelerted staffers will no longer be able to access sensitive secrets. kelly had the presidents blessings. >> i will let general kelly make that decision. hes going to do whats right for the country and i have no d...

Facing the trent administration. white house reporter at "the wall street journal." thank you for joining us here. i have to get your reaction. youve seen a lot of things to write her time at the journal but im not sure you seen anything like this. >> pretty unprecedented through its usual is bob corker was an ally. the president considered him for secretary of state, also vice president. corkers campaign planned in 2016, got to know kushner really well. they were friendly, allies. to see the sp...

There was concern early on at the department of homeland security, was kushner having too heavy of a hand in particular with the middle east peace process. now kushner has stepped back. he has different challenges facing him with the investigations, with his own role within the white house. he, himself, has tried to step back f. but the cabinet officials like tillerson, tillerson has gotten more control of his own tight knit inner circle over foggy bottom, not just trying to push kushner out of ...

Communications with government officials on government business using a personal account. the issue here, the concern is that use of a personal e-mail could go against the presidential records act which requires that government -- business government messages be archived in some way. now kushners lawyer, abbe lowell says theres nothing to worry about there either. he says all non-personal e-mails were forwarded to kushners official address and all have been preserved in any event. so kushners la...

Pummelled values. now kushners role in government has made the kushner companys manhattan property toxic to investors. kushners move to the white house just about completely chilled the market. potential investors said no way, cant be associated with any appearances of conflict of interest. lets bring in tonights hardball round table. liza collins, jason johnson is politics editor for the root and zeke miller, the white house correspondent. i want you to start on this. it looks to me that this y...

Vice presidents conversations in colombia are going to be very important. >> manu? >> john, jared kushner the presidents son-in-law is under focus from the senate judiciary committee which sent a letter to the fbi and white house security clearance form by july 6th. now kushners outside attorney did respond about the security clearance but i was told by a chuck grassley representative on friday that they want the white house to respond in full through a series of questions including whether or n...