picture of just how much influence jared and ivanka have in this trump white house and just how entangled they are in the russia investigation writ large. in fact, it was jared kushner who pushed the president to make the decision that ultimately led to mueller's naming. the author, vicky ward, joins us in a moment. she writes, "kushner was exposed by the media as someone who would almost certainly have an increasingly prominent role in the russian collusion investigation. not only had he met with russian government officials, or connected officials, but he had left those meetings off his security clearance forms. steve bannon and others noticed that kushner became gung ho about firing james comey." interesting point. we'll stop there. with us tonight, the aforementioned vicky ward, veteran journalist and author, editor at large at the huffington post, author of this new book, "kushner inc.: greed, ambition, corruption, the extraordinary story of jared kushner and ivanka trump." thank you for coming on.