clearances. we don't address them. acknowledge, or refute any of the reporting you are referencing. and frankly we can't comment beyond that. >> so the question here though, and this is crucial when you talk about the white house and what all of you are doing, jared kushner is at the center of that. he's one of the top people in the white house, senior adviser, son-in-law, you heard the president among several of many comments, he has said glowingly of jared, tasked with peace in the middle east, working with china, mexico, one of the people who reads the top secret presidential brief every single day. jared kushner is at the center, raj, many sof some of the biggest decisions affecting americans right now. he can't do his job without the top security clearance sochlt what will happen to him now? >> again, i'm not going to address your speculation. what ile say you mentioned a number of statements. i'll tell you one more from over a week ago in which the chief of staff said pursuant to memo about interim and permanent security clearances, that he has