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What we were reporting was wrong. it wasnt wrong then and its clearly just based on the reporting of this vicky ward book not wrong now. in hindsight it highlights again the complication i think for the president of having family members serving in official positions there. >> and what is it that he -- why did he want them back in new york? was it to protect them? was it just he didnt like having them there? do we know? >> i think it was some combination therein and possibly some factors that we...

S a new book about to take washington by storm and it focuses on ivanka trump and jared kushner. "the new york times" says the book seeks to tell the behind the scenes story of their rise to extraordinary power in the white house. cnn white house reporter kate bennett has more now. >> reporter: washington buzzing about a new book "kushner inc." by writer vicky ward, and its focus on ivanka trumps unprecedented role as both daughter and influential adviser to the president. a murky area ivanka ...

Reporter vicki ward. i want to check in with chris, see what hes work bing on for "cuomo primetime." >> you must know having vicki. >> i dont think i do. >> when you see her and hear her, youre going to be -- >> "vanity fair" i know -- scl shes been a fixture in new york for a long time. ive known her a long time. this book is going to be waves of coverage. it is going to be something that the media will fixate on initially. the president is going to have very limited appetite for it. not becaus...

Book seeks to tell the behind the scenes story of their rise to extraordinary power in the white house. cnn white house reporter kate bennett has more now. >> reporter: washington buzzing about a new book "kushner inc." and its focus on ivanka trumps unprecedented role as both daughter and influential advisor to the president. a murky area ivanka has had to define. >> people think youre going to be part of the administration, ivanka. >> no, im going to be a daughter. >> the family connection has...

Controlling their image. will this cause significant damage to the couple or their brand, do you think? >> its doubtful. you know, the white house sarah sanders also released a statement today calling the book fiction and saying shady anonymous sources. the writer vicky ward actually tweeted today, im very proud today to join the long list of journalists disparaged by the white house. so clearly this is another case of the white house dealing with a book being written about whats going on in the...

Presidents mixed feelings about his daughter and son-in-law working at the white house. >> anderson, thats right. you know, we reported many, many months ago that john kelly, who was then the chief of staff, was asked by the president to try to somehow expedite the move of his adult children, of jared kushner and ivanka trump, back to new york city where they were from. the president denied this to both of them, according to our reporting after we reported it, and people close to them told us th...

I said, yes you can. >> reporter: and just this week during a white house meeting. >> shes so formal. a special person and shes worked so hard as you all know. >> reporter: the book also taking a look at ivankas west wing role. ward writes ivanka would request travel on air force planes and if the request was denied ivanka and kushner would often invite along a cabinet secretary in order to gain access. but is ivanka advisor, daughter or perhaps the answer is both? the result in washington more ...

Of negative energy that her father does all the time. however, she does share a lot of her progress, her positives on social media, and thats certainly something she must have picked up along the way. >> all right. michael, vicky ward tells how ivanka defended her father when gary cohn was considering resigning after president trump blamed both sides in the white nationalist protests in charlottesville. she said, my dads not a racist. he didnt mean any of it. appearing on a channel her father, y...

Their influence on the president, the family connection, and that weird sort of gray area where those two things verge and connect. he feels comfortable with them. they feel comfortable speaking to him. and i think that that -- sort of therein lies their sticking power. >> vicky ward writes over the past two years, the president has wanted on and off to get rid of ivanka and jared. she writes when he hired john f. kelly as chief of staff, a move that ms. trump and mr. cusher supported at the tim...

Trump, in return, heaping praise as both boss and father, sometimes with cringe-worthy results. >> shes so good. she wanted to make the trip. she said, dad, can i go with you? she actually said, daddy, can i go with you? i like that, right? daddy, can i go with you? i said, yes, you can. >> reporter: and just this week during a white house meeting -- >> shes so formal. a special person, and shes worked so hard as you all know. >> reporter: the book also taking a look at ivankas west wing role. w...