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Communications, what that allows you to do is communicate in a discrete manner. it doesn't expose you to any sort of con tenth, so no, i would not be concerned about it. >> reporter: trying to blunt some of the criticism about what jared curb her was involved in. but it's important to point out we have not heard from kushner at all. he's not responded to questions about this report. >> so they're trying to deflect maybe not address directly this situation but is the white house doing anything to prepare to con front this storm of controversy that's going to greet the president on his return to...

Putin. randy kay has more. >> reporter: this is the man jared kushner met with in july of 2016 just a month after donald trump was elected president. he has ties to russian president vladimir putin who appointed him to head the bank. he graduated from a reduction academy to trains security forces. here's how the white house explained kushner's meeting with the banker. >> jared did a job during the transition in the campaign where he was a conduit to leaders. he wants to make sure he's clear about the role he play and that's it. >> that may be true you be it doesn't square with what the bank ha...

To no questions from reporters and his staff has briefed reporters but only very infrequently throughout this trip and they have not answered these pointed questions about russia and in particular jared kushner. this morning two of the president's top advisors, h.r. mcmaster and gary kohn one , hi secret advisors were asked about jared curb her. >> we're not going to comment on jared. we're just not. >> generally speaking, would you be concerned that somebody on the national security council or someone in this administration were to receive a back channel line, would that generally concern you...

Imagine, especially with regard to kushner, the president's son-in-law that he's going to want to defend as a family member. he wasn't b willing to do that with flynn. i think he's probably the number one place the russians who have been looking to try to get pen traks, so he might be deeply cooperating baugz he has the most to lose. the direction this is going, very interesting and not in a good way. >> he talk about his loyalty and yet -- with flynn, in fact, the president still continues to defend him. thank you o both. coming up, another bombshell, a report concerning jared kushner and b a...

Intelligence officials as one of moscow's top spice. the secret line was never set up but the idea was this. curb her and the soon to be named dmashl security advisor, at the time, michael flynn would have been able to talk to reduction officials secretly and p set up at a russian diplomat facility. jarld kushner failed to disclose at least three contacts between russia's ambassador in november of last year. cnn washington correspond ryan nobody else is joining us. air force 1 is set to touch down in a few hours. what are administration officials saying about these new kushner news? >> nothing...