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He didn't interrupt you. >> steve, i really -- i love talking to you, but you have to let me finish my point. to be in business doesn't mean that when you go in the government, you have to continue to stay in business, in that same business and rake in money. what you do in government -- and this is true when i was in government. you've got to separate yourself, clearly, and distinctly, from that business. not only -- >> i agree with that. i'm in total agreement. >> but not even meeting with people who are going to be giving your business loans. going out of your way to look and act as if ther...

Jared kushner. now, as the breaking news rolls on, i want to focus on the potential interplay between money and politics. joining us for that is berkeley professor, robert riesch. and stephen moore, former senior economic adviser to the trump campaign. you've been sounding the alarm about conflicts of interest in this white house. the fact that kushner's family business was granted $500 million in loans after meeting with jared kushner in his official capacity, what do you make of that? kushner's lawyer and the company says there's no there there, there's no connection. >> well, first of all,...

Ear who is at the sam time getting money for a family business, then the public cannot be confident that that advice is going to be in the public's interest. >> stephen, do you agree with that? the optics of this? >> well, first of all, i mean, i knew we were going to talk about this, so, i did call the white house today to find out, you know, what jared's position is, what his response is. i would like to read it to you and your audience, because he needs to be defended. this is the statement from his lawyer. jared kushner has had no role in the kushner companies since joining the government ...

Of putting more money back in the pockets of american workers. >> is that really true? >> out front now, steven moore and robert riesch, his new documentary, saving capitalism debuts on netflix. the council of economic advisers put out last month, most people believe to be very aggressive in terms of their estimates. they say that slashing that corporate tax rate, which is the entire centerpiece of this entire tax plan from 35 to 20% is going to give $4,000 of additional income to the average american family. is that realistic? >> i think it is. i think -- and by the way, this was one of the m...

Statue of liberty. i mean, give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. the principle on which this nation is based is to welcome people who desperately need to come here. >> robert riesch, thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. the scarcity of water in california has always been a big problem. >> a lot of citizens are going to be irate when they find out they're paying for water they're not going to get. >> that's all taken care of. either you bring the water to l.a. or you bring l.a. to water. most people never have to face the fact that the right time and ...