welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. you're watching msnbc. revealing new details this morning about president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. reportedly proposing back channel communications with russia. "the new york times" is reporting that federal and congressional investigators are both now coming what kushner's motive was have been in his discussions last december with russian banker sergey gorkov whose financial institution remains under sanction by the united states, quote, it is not clear whether mr. kushner saw the russian banker as someone who could be repeatedly used as a go between or whether the meeting with mr. gorkov was designed to establish a direct secure communications line to mr. putin. joining me msnbc national security analyst and former cia acting director john mclaughlin and former undersecretary of