with buy in from israel's prime minister. it wasn't publicly anticipated. asked in november what kushner's role would be in his administration, the president-elect said, oh, maybe nothing because i don't want to have people saying conflict. next door to kushner, steve bannon, white house chief stat gist he is close quarters despite a few that recently prompted the two aides to straighten it out or i will. bannon the loser in that fight, trump referring to him as quote a guy who works for me to the "the wall street journal." a reversal of fortunes and former breitbart chiefs. >> we never had a doubt and donald trump never had a doubt that he was going to win. >> reporter: labeled by "time" magazine as the great manipulator, bannon secured a seat on the national security council. only to be bumped when national security advisor general h.r. mcmaster flexed his muscle.