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That is just a threshold question. for him to get wrapped up, tangled up and them really attacking him, bringing him back to his own testimony from a few months ago and these expectations saying it was chaotic, busy. you know, all campaigns are chaotic. all campaigns are busy. you're in these photos. you have months to get your story straight. somehow this excuse of it's busy and i didn't quite remember except the ex culp tore information. >> when he says, boy, we had multiple stops. it was disorganized. i want to be like the espn guys, come on, man. you're the first person to be on the campai...

Papadopoulos has a contact with the russians and including someone who is identified whether accurately or not as a niece of putin, pardon me, each time this happens he reports back to those higher up in the campaign. it's all laid out there and our own reporting from jim sciutto there indicates that among those higher in the campaign who were notified was paul manafort who was the campaign manager. so then that goes to the -- >> chairman. >> that goes to the fact that if that is the case and i'm sure mueller is looking into all of this, who did manafort talk about these overtures, more than o...

Your son-in-law. so i suspect, as with many things with the president, people who are pushed out are often not really pushed out. they're kept in orbit. the threshold question obviously does kushner stay in his job at the white house. of course, that all really depends i think on what we can learn about the substance of his communications with russian diplomats and officials and the purpose of those communications. the real question mark here, craig,s why did he want that private channel. some people in the white house have suggested perhaps it was the talk about syria, but that hasn't been co...

>> the problem is, if you tell me i can go to my boss tomorrow and say you're no longer paying jared on the payroll, it's now jared burnstein llc, it's now 15%. >> douglas, on its face, how would you characterize this? >> i think there are three important points. the first is, and the president is saying it's important to do something. that's the threshold question. i'm glad to hear that. we're not competitive internationally. so doing something is important. the second thing is, it should be evaluated how much it improves growth. donald trump was sent to the white house to improve economic pe...

Present. in terms of what they could be doing, if you think of just the air side, could you do cruise missiles, a drone or you could do fixed wing aircraft on the american side. the challenge with that last option is syrian air defenses are sophisticated so that may lead to more risk than they're willing to take. the threshold question, does president trump want to send a message or eliminate the threat sending a message is a lot easier to do. eliminating the threat needs you to take into account the delivery mechanisms the syria have, where stockpiles are and what complications you could be i...