there is no doubt over the past month, month and a half especially, we've seen steve bannon fight back against jared kushner and now has the preeminent role inside the white house. doesn't he? >> the president, i'm told, is very concerned about keeping his base. and bannon, to him, to the president, is someone who helps keep that flame lit. and i think kushner's struggles with russia-related issues have helped bannon come back within the west wing priebus and bannon came back from the overseas trip early and started thinking through this while the rest of the administration was abroad. >> he was telling his friends that he was going to finish jared off with russian stories that he didn't have to, quote, worry about the son-in-law because of russia. and then smiled and laughed to his friends. and then a few days later, steve