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Reducing ties to iran and closing a turkey military base. and cnn producer joins us now from istanbul with more about it. the list of demands seems like these countries are overreaching with such demands. >> reporter: well, natalie, this move came very suddenly and surprisingly, but of course there is a backstory. the nations that are carrying out the so-called block on qatar said this is a move to stop qatar from funding and supporting terrorism. the backstory is qatar has an active foreign policy. strategic and critical partner in crises around the region and pivotal in trying to establish c...

"the washington post" first reported the back channel that jared kushner was allegedly trying to establish with moscow. this weekend it was fascinating. the different takes that officials had on whether a back channel with russia is good or so far off the reservation that it has never been seen before. let me play you two different takes. one from the homeland security secretary and one from former cia director michael hayden. >> whatever the communication is comes back into the government and shared across the government. it is not a bad thing to have multiple communication lines to any gover...

Communication lines to any government. i would just say that any line of communication to a country particularly a country like russia is a good thing. >> this is off the man, i know of no other experience like this in our on history, certainly within my life experience. >> here is out president trump defended his son-in-law to the "new york times." jared kushner is doing a great job for the country, i have total confidence in him. he is respected by verirtually everyone and is working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars. in addition about to that and perhaps more import...

And shared across the government, so it's not a bad thing to have multiple communication lines to any government. i would just say that any line of communication to a country particularly a country like russia is a good thing. >> this is off the man i know no other experience like this in our history, certainly within my life experience. >> all right. it really depends on how you interpret that back channel because adam schiff said they should review jared kushner's security clearance, ted lu suggested perhaps prosecution. how major is this and is it wrong, is it a good thing that he would wan...

Security secretary john kelly saying that he's not concerned about it. listen. >> whatever the communication is comes back into the government and shared across the government, so it's not a bad thing to have multiple communication lines to any government. >> using their equipment in their diplomatic facilities? >> well, again, don't know all -- i don't know if all of that is true. i would just say that any line of communication to a country, particularly a country like russia, is a good thing. >> president trump also defended has son-in-law in his statement saying, quote, jared is doing a gre...