that is to refer any questions related to the russia investigation to the president's outside counsel in new york. >> the problem is reporters haven't been able to get any response from his office. so it is an abyss which the press secretary is able to toss questions and we get no answers. separately on the matter of jared kushner, through the president's spokesperson, a firm affirmation that jared kushner is held in high regard by the president. that he is working on behalf of the country. and that he is involved and engaged in his portfolio which is always been considerable. of course, the president's he son-in-law which has been brought into this discussion because of inquiries about some of his contacts with russia, today from the lectern, sean spicer did say the president has full confidence in jared kushner, in his role here. we have not seen him publicly in the last few days but they say he is engaged in meetings and