a sense. >> the hdlines are up. state department is not just dealing with china. jared kushner is. acting as super secretary of state. "washington post" saying he has a singular and untouchable role in the white house. you are saying, as a matter of governance and accountability that's problematic for someone who is not only untrained. and is also not in any diplomatic or military chain of command. it's not clear where kushner actually fits in. >> yeah. you know, how much do we think jared kushner really knows about iraq, about military operations? >> who are you asking? i would say a tiny bit. a tiny, tiny bit. >> i am asking your viewers rhetorically, though. agreed. let's quickly flag, before i yield the floor, coming up the potential government shutdown. i don't know who will be in charge of that for trump but that's a real threat. that's -- if there is a shutdown that's not going to work out well for him. >> one thing i would say, ari, about the in-house kind of family business is, when