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Because theres going to be a continued cry from people in terms of the impact that its having on their pocketbook or ability to see a doctor that is not able. >> quick follow-up on nunes. do you reject that theres any kind of perception problem whatsoever in having the chairman here the day before he comes out publicly and says, by the way, there information thats helpful to the president. >> the chairman made clear what his goal was. you cant ask someone to do a review of the situation and then...

Right now, the trump administration is trying to keep its distance from the controversy surrounding nunes and his secret visit to the white house grounds. lets bring in our senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, you asked the press secretary, sean spicer, about all of this during the briefing today. >> thats right, wolf. white house press secretary, sean spicer, said anything is possible when asked whether it was a white house official who was the source for house intelligence commit...

For swag, for goodies of any kind and these trademarks are massive goodies to donald trump. they are forbidden by the constitution. >> yeah, there was a lot of the tension between china and donald trump earlier this year when he was president-elect. mr. trump questioned the value of the one china policy. he was seen as a strong backer of taiwan, but then last month he backed away from that and gave his commitment to beijing on the one klein policy. suddenly all these trademarks are approved. eve...

Complied with law. >> but a perception problem, no? >> lets lots of perception problems. i think the fact the real issue is whether or not he did anything wrong. is there anything to create a problem for us for either him as governor or us as a country and the fact is its very different from what hillary clinton did with classified documents and wiping uft server and to compare the two is silly. look at what governor pence using an aol account, and say i didnt know aol accounts existed, that may...

Perception problem which is all of their big ideas, whether it is tax reform, obamacare repeal, are taking a backseat to some of this chaos. every day, here more talk about russia, here more talk about the travel ban getting struck down the end you do about really important things like infrastructure or healthcare, so that is a problem in it leads to a perception that they are a better opposition party than actually governing. >> jon: paul ryan says this is all going the way it should, they are ...

Testifying in the house. interesting in the opening statements he talked about the travel ban, which, of course, is up before the 9th circuit court of appeals this ash. afternoon. >> he does believe its legal and does believe its important. want to bring in manu raju. its interesting because secretary kelly, since last week, has been tasked, i think, by this white house, to sort of fix some of the perception problem with the implementation of the travel ban. the public perception and perception ...

The perception problem is starting to bake in. if you you are in the room, setting up all your friends to be in positions, if youre advising them or whatever, kind of setting the game up and you leave, thats not the same as saying, you know what, dad, you got this, were going to stay out of it because we dont want you to look bad. it seems that perception is not something theyre managing or feel like they have to manage. its a choice. you can say, listen, we want to drain the swamp, for instance...

She wants to be there, but what she and her husband jared kushner are working at right now are full and complete separation. their lawyers -- >> business separation -- >> of their businesses. jared kushner runs a multi-billion-dollar real estate business himself. >> family business. >> family business. and she has not only a top role in the trump organization, the real estate empire, but she also has her own fashion -- >> she has licensing deals all -- >> of fashion, accessories, shoes, et ceter...

Stt its a choice. you can say, listen, we want to drain the swamp, for instance. we want to make sure theres not even a perception theres any kind of krocronyism going on. hes not taking that tact. what we dont know -- so there is a perception problem going. what we dont know, is there an actual problem? does this actually matter in the actual functioning of government? that we dont know. but we do know the optics are looking worse and worse. >> you could also make the argument, kelly, as a trum...

In the trump organization, the real estate empire, but she also has her own fashion -- >> she has licensing deals all -- >> of fashion, accessories, shoes, et cetera. so they are working hard right now and she believes, unlike her father, who says, i could run the country and my business, because theres no law, conflicts of interest laws for the president, she believes there would be for her. >> ben jones, from your perspective, is that enough? the adult men are going to be running the company a...