diplomacy. reporter: now the president s son-in-law is one of his most trusted advisers, but jared kushner has plenty of white house duties as well, including middle east peace and streamlining government and, wolf, a source familiar with kushner s role says that at this point he isn t giving up any part of that vast portfolio. he s there, and he s working. diane gallagher, thanks very, very much. the white house tried to change the subject today touting the president s overseas trip and his agenda, but he can t escape the president s russia troubles. let s gets to senior white house correspondent jim acosta. things got sort of heated today at the briefing. reporter: it certainly did, wolf. the white house held an on-camera briefing or steering clear of the cameras on the president s foreign trip. white house press secretary sean spicer didn t offer much information to reporters refusing to say much about jared kushner being swept up in the russia investigation and is insisting