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our Democrats fighting

Trump

well that was a big test facing Congressman Joe

Kennedy

who gave the response to the State of the Union and he got some rave reviews I just caught up

with

the congressman in Washington take a look Jared Kushner has been under scrutiny in the Miller probe his security clearance has been downgraded it's clear he misled on his forms about his foreign repeatedly do you do you think President

Trump

made a mistake in giving these kind of important roles to family

members I think so yes I do and I'm cognizant of the fact that my members of my family when they were in office yeah I had some time remembers and key roles as well what I think we acknowledged then certainly as time has gone on that the issue isn't so much the the family member aspect of it although I think that's the important piece but we'd be having a far different conversation if mr. Kushner had in fact disclosed all of the meetings that he had

with

Russian officials if he

had filled out those forms appropriately if he had fully divested himself from interests

with

foreign governments which clearly he hasn't just because you're a family member it doesn't mean that there's necessarily a conflict of interest what this administration seems to be unwilling to do the

Trump

family seems to be unwilling to do is to divest themselves from the interest of the American public and governance and their own financial financial assets and that's what I think

should lead all of us to have a problem do you think that in today's world it would make sense for if you could a president to a point of their brother to the cabinet or you think that's something that we've sort of learned through history is is not as good an idea now as it may have once been so I think it was a great idea

with

my great uncle as president I have no issue

with

that none the main issue that I have again

with

what's going on

with

mr. Kirchner

with

mrs. Travancore

Trump

and

with

other kind of ancillary issues

with

the

Trump

family is their unwillingness to actually just clarify the circumstances and put up some very clear walls between themselves there there governance and the

Trump

assets you're part of a family that America is fascinated by how do you take that in your daily role I am very proud of the contribution my family members have made to our country but you can't walk around

with

that every day the lesson that I take from my family one

that doesn't get covered so much is most folks focus on the

Kennedy

part I focus on the family part we're family - right it's fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles and it's what you learn more than anything else is no matter the the tribes that we have as a family and the struggles that we have you've always got a family there for you we also talked about how tough it is to do a response to a State of the Union and how can they became a mean

Democrats gave you a big job and responded to the state you broke

with

one Republicans approach you did not partake of any water during your speech when lighter on the water and probably heavier on the chapstick so that was the good news aria is that I will never have to buy chapstick again I've got tubes of chapstick from was that a conscious choice tone is it something you and Marco Rubio have ever discussed because he went in a different direction so I actually met senator Rubio for the

first time last night and we shared a joke about it so he was a great sport look at a certain point all you can do is laugh about it so I will I've made a conscious decision to go lighter on the chapstick ever since so thank you America we also got congressman Kenny to do a lightning round on the

beat

what's on your playlist right now Oh Pandora based on what kind of music depends on the mood normally early-morning because I got two kids something somewhat relaxing I've got a workout

mix that starts off

with

actually starts off

with

Kanye West so there you go a little bit of everything yeah your workout mixes Kanye is that old Kanye or new Kanye old Kanye told Kanye you mentioned working out my understanding is some mornings you work out

with

Paul Ryan next to Paul Ryan there's a mayor Paul Ryan here Paul Ryan yes what have you learned working out near Paul right Paul Ryan's in pretty good shape Paul rides pretty good shape I've heard that he is did you say

that's one thing that he inspires you want he is in better shape than I am I will progressing the event I'll put it that way little bipartisanship in the gym Paul Ryan in great shape hey there I'm Chris Hayes from MSNBC thanks for

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