the federal probe could prevent ivanka from obtaining a full security clearance, something her lawyer refutes. while the concerns seem to be mounting for ivanka trump and jared kushner, just this week his security clearance was downgraded. now there are ethical questions being raised, about $500 million in loans that were made by companies that he met with at the white house. meanwhile, president trump is expected to leave this morning for billy graham's funeral. alisyn and chris. >> abby, thank you very much. let's bring in cnn political analyst and white house correspondent for the "new york times", maggie haberman. maggie, you have an article out this morning about all the chaos in the west wing and how it is affecting personnel and policy. so let's just talk about the overarching issue which is he likes this. president trump has always been known for keeping people guessing, shooting from the hip. so why now does it appear to be