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Platform and saying, i'm going to give the alt right a voice in this country. anderson, i would never do that. you would never do that. cnn would never do that. we would never do that ever. no responsible person would. >> donald trump has said, look, on the campaign trail, his daughter is jewish, converted to judaism when she married jared kushner, his grandchildren are jewish, the idea being he would not support somebody who has anti-semitic beliefs. >> i don't make that claim on bannon. let me give you a scenario. i don't know what it is. i really don't. i know that he has said -- he has mad...

>> i never met jared kuchner. i hate going after family. i don't. kids are impressive. i'm sure the son-in-law is impressive. they're not children but adult children who are now assuming real power and influence. i suppose that makes him a target. i'm not ready to cast stones at him. this is clearly coming from inside trump land. people are attacking the president-elect's son-in-law. >> how common is that in a transition at this stage? >> never happened. nobody was attacking bobby kennedy when jfk was bringing him into the government. that was a different era. he has two jobs as president-elec...

Very publicly, prior to this, the shake-up of the chief of staff level that he reports directly to the president. you have jared kuchner, senior advisers who obviously could bypass anyone to get to the president. so these are big challenges with big agenda attemitems. the president dined with john kelly and two his cabinet secretaries last night here in d.c. they're spending time together. perhaps mapping out what this new week will look like. alex. >> okay, lots to look forward to. kelly o'donnell from the white house. joining me, the political reporter for the los angeles times. and aareri...

Latest on that. what are you learning, phil? >> reporter: this really all goes back to jared kuchner, the husband of ivanka trump, crucial component of donald trump's inner circle. if you want a sense of why or how, take a look at this. he was meeting one on one with president obama, chief of staff dennichlt s mcdonough was walking one on one with jared kushner. sources are telling cnn he has been at the center of this infighting, described as overbearing and played a key role in something jim just laid out, the decision to purge chris christie as the transition chairman but also several of ch...