POTUS comes home to a Russia cloud over WH

>>> LET'S CLOSE, HEAD AROUND THE
INSIDE POLITICS TABLE.
GET YOU OUT AHEAD OF THE BIG
POLITICAL NEWS.
>> RIGHT NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE IS
SEEKING SOME BACK UP FROM THE
OUTSIDE TO DEAL WITH THIS DELUGE
OF RUSSIA RELATED STORIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TRYING
TO DO IS BEEF UP THE RNC.
THEY NEED RESEARCH HELP, RAPID
RESPONSE HELP AND THEY NEED
ESSENTIALLY, THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO KIND OF
RESTAFF AFTER SO MANY OF ITS
STAFFERS CAME INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE AFTER THE TRANSITION TO
HELP STAFF DONALD TRUMP'S
ADMINISTRATION, SO, I'M TOLD
THEY'RE COORDINATING WITH THE
RNC RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO GET
THAT SITUATION RECTIFIED SO AS
THEY GO FORWARD IN ADDITION TO
SOME OF THE WAR ROOM EFFORTS
THEY'RE CONSIDERING CREATING
WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, THEY DESPERATELY
NEED SOME OUTSIDE GROUP HELP.
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF SUPERPACS
OUT THERE THAT ARE A WILL THE L
BIT OUTSIDE OF THEIR CIRCLE OF
CRIMINAL.
THE RNC, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT
MORE SAY OVER AND TRYING TO WORK
HARD AND GET HELP AS THEY HEAD
INTO A TOUGH STRING OF NEWS IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> THE RNC SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
2018.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
JEFF, WELCOME HOME.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
CASCADE OF STORIES ABOUT JARED
KUSHNER HAVE DRAWN THIS RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION WITHIN STEPS OF
THE OVAL OFFICE, BUT OVERNIGHT,
WE'RE LEARNING ONE OF THE
REASONS HE CAME HOME EARLY WAS
HE KNEW "THE WASHINGTON POST"
SOIR WAS COMING.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AT THE
PRESIDENT'S SIDE WHEN THAT
HAPPENED.
THIS IS ALL SETTLING IN TO THE
WEST WING, YES, HE'S NOT
SPECIFICALLY THE TARGET OF THE
VEST GAG, BUT HE IS FRONT AND
CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF IT NOW
AND THIS CREATES AN OPENING, A
POWER CENTER SHIFT FOR STEVE
BANNON TO HAVE MUCH MORE POWER
AND THE AIDES PRIVATE LY THAT
JARED KUSHNER IS GOING TO
REMAIN, KEEP HIS HEAD DOWN, BUT
THIS RAISES MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
HIM.
THE BEST DEFENSE EXPLANATION SO
FAR, IF HE WAS BACK CHANNELLING
WITH THE RUSSIANS, HE WASN'T
COLLUDED WITH THEM DURING THE
CAMPAIGN, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY
NOT YOU KNOW, THE BEST ANSWER
THERE.
>> WE'LL GET A BETTER ANSWER.
>> WELL, I THINK THE PERCEPTION
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT JARED
KUSHNER BECAUSE HE'S THE
SON-IN-LAW OF DONALD TRUMP, HE'S
SORT OF UNTOUCHABLE OR INVINCE
BABLE.
THAT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY TRUE, BUT
NOT.
I'VE HEARD FROM SENIOR WHITE
HOUSE SOURCES THAT TRUMP HIMSELF
HAS TOLD JARED KUSHNER, LOOK,
PEOPLE LIKE YOU, YOUNG, WEALTHY,
NEW YORK LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE
NOT THE REASON I'M IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
NOW, DESPITE THAT, HE BROUGHT
JARED KUSHNER INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE BECAUSE OF HIS LOYALTY,
BECAUSE HIS USEFULNESS WITHIN
THE WHITE HOUSE, NOW, IF JARED
KUSHNER BECOMES UNUSEFUL TO THE
PRESIDENT, YOU MIGHT SEE A
SHIFT.
THE CAVEAT AS JEFF YOU
MENTIONED, JARED HAS A LOT OF
ENEMIES WITHIN THE WEST WING,
CHIEF AMONG THEM, STEVE BANNON.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT THIS MIND.
WE HEAR THIS TALK ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR JARED TO EVEN
LEAVE OR GET A DEMOTED ROLE
WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT
COULD BE COMING FROM THE ENEMIES
LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY AND
TAKING IT.
>> A GAME OF THRONES.
>> AS THESE OTHER CHAPTERS
UNFOLD IN THIS DRAMA OF WHAT'S
BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TEAM AND RUSSIA,
CONGRESS HAS BEEN PUSHED OFF TO
THE SIDE AS THESE DIFFERENT HAVE
APPEARED.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TELLING
FOR HOW THEY ASSERT THEMSELVES
BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL
INVESTIGATIONS THAT WERE GOING
ON.
THERE IS A ONE POCKET OF -- OUT
P FOR MICHAEL FLYNN, BUT THE TWO
HEADS OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE WERE GIVEN UNBRIDLED
AUTHORITY TO START TO TAKE MUCH
BETTER NEWS.
WE HAVE DEAD LIPS COMING UP IN
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE AUTHORITY NOW FOR THE TWO
LEADERS JUST WITH THE PHONE CALL
TO TRY TO ATTACK, NOT ATTACK,
BUT REQUIRE AND COMPEL LEGALLY
MORE INFORMATION FROM OTHER
PEOPLE AND YOU'RE STARTING TO
SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A
SENSE OF OH, WE HAVE TIME, WE'RE
TRYING TO DO THIS RIGHT JUST A
FEW WEEKS AGO AS EVERYTHING ELSE
KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE SOME KICKING INTO
HIGH GEAR ON CAPITOL HILL, TOO.
THE QUESTION IS, IF THEY END UP
GETTING COMPLIANCE FROM PEOPLE,
DOES IT MEAN THEY WON'T GET WHAT
THEY WANT.
>> PROBABLY SPECIAL COUNSEL.
GET READY FOR A PRESIDENTIAL
ROAD SHOW HERE AT HOME WITH THE
FOCUS THAT JUST MIGHT ANNOY
REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN CONGRESS.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS MAKING PLANS
FOR ITS VERSION OF ANTIQUE ROAD
SHOW.
TRAVEL DESIGNED TO PROMOTE
PRESIDENT'S BIG INFRASTRUCTURE
IDEAS.
THE PLAN TENTATIVE, BUT
CINCINNATI IS PENCILLED IN AS A
STOP NEXT WEEK.
UNHELPFUL WAS THE REACTION OF AN
AIDE.
A CONSTANT COMPLAINT FROM GOP
LEADERS ON CAPITOL HILL IS THAT

POTUS comes home to a Russia cloud over WH

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