press secretary for the state department and the pentagon and elise labott is here, our global affairs correspondent. elise, let me turn to you first. how, with nafta, with trade, with a lot of sensitive issues on the table, how does jared kushner even go and have these conversations given the fact that his security clearance was yanked? >> everyone is focused on the security clearance. listen, jared kushner wouldn't have any kind of security clearance, even lowest level secret clearance that he has if there was a serious, i, problem. he still has some kind of information that enables him to have these talk talks. the talks with the president are very broad based. i don't thel think they'll get into the nitty gritty talks that you'll need that security clearance for. >> what's your takeaway then? >> the president's son-in-law is essentially handling these top foreign polishes. you have mexico, crown prince of saudi arabia. he is really the point person