difficult fight. but one they are not ready to give in by any stretch. >> we heard from democrat adam schiff. we heard from the department of of homeland security secretary. but how are republicans there on the hill reacting to the kushner controversy? >> lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina, was on "state of the union" this morning with dana bash. it is important to point out that graham is not necessarily someone who's complimentary of the president very often. but he has a different take on this whole controversy surrounding jared kushner and this secret back channel. take a listen to what he said this morning. >> i don't know who leaked this supposed conversation, but just think about it this way. you got the ambassador of russia reporting back to moscow on an open channel. hey, jared kushner's going to move into the embassy. i don't trust this story as far as i can throw it. i think it makes no sense that the russian ambassador would report back to moscow on a channel that he most likely knows we're monitoring. the whole story line is suspicious. i've never been more concerned