with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to "new day." it is wednesday, march 6. 8:00 in the east. first we are learning more about the extraordinary lengths president trump has gone to to overrule top white house officials so his family can work in the white house. cnn has learned that the president pressured his former chief of staff and white house counsel to grant his daughter ivanka a security clearance. sources say both men refused to grant the clearance or pressure other officials to because of concerns from intelligence officials. however, the president did it anyway. >> this directly contradicts ivanka's denial in a television interview three weeks ago. listen to this. >> the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance. there are literally close to a million people in the federal government who are in the pipeline to get their permanent clearance and are on temporary status. >> so no special treatment? >> no.