for glory but for country. >> molly: vice president mike pence kicking off the annual project hero memorial day bike ride paying tribute to those who wore the uniform and keeping us safe. kristin fisher is live at the white house with that. >> president trump is back at the white house after that trip, to arlington national cemetery. publicly, the focus is as it should be, all about honoring our men and women who lost their lives defending this country. but behind the scenes, the controversy surrounding president trump's son-in-law is really sucking a loft oxygen at the white house. president trump is defending jared kushner against the allegations, that he allegedly tried to set up a secret backchannel to communicate with the kremlin during the transition. president trump telling the "new york times" last night that, quote, i have total confidence in him. he is respected by virtually everyone and working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars n addition