Transcript for President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner travels to Iraq

Now to the American troops overseas in Iraq and one of the president's top aides, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is in Iraq. Here is Cecilia Vega. Reporter: The white house senior advisor and presidential son-in-law there in the office of Iraq's prime minister and in a helicopter with military brass. Visiting Iraq before even the secretary of state Rex tillerson. Why is he there and not the secretary of state? What's the message that the president is sending by having Jared Kushner be the one taking this trip? I don't think there's, it's not a binary choice. Jared's going to specifically express the commitment of the United States to the government of Iraq. Meet with U.S. Personnel engaged in the campaign. Reporter: This trip, seeming to cement Kushner's role as a shadow secretary of state. He is planning this week's visit of the Chinese president to mar-a-lago. He's also the primary white house contact for Mexico. And yes, the president has asked him to broker Middle East peace. I would love to have Jared helping us on deals with other nations and see if we can do peace in the Middle East and other things. He's very talented. Reporter: The president also tapping his son-in-law to reform the criminal justice system and to run the new office of American innovation where the white house says he'll reform veteran care, tackle the opioid epidemic and oversee the not so small feat of revamping the federal government. Cecilia Vega with us tonight. Did you ask the white house press secretary, how will he be able to do it? They say that he is working with other teams. His job description, solving Middle East peace to revamping the government. Thanks. Next here to North Korea and president trump's warning that

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