Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6pm in washington where Donald Trumps son in law and trusted adviser, Jared Kushner, has made a rare statement before the cameras, after appearing before a Senate Intelligence committee. His message there was no collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign to influence the us president ial election. The bbcs North America editor jon sopel has the story. Jared kushner, the husband of ivanka, the son in law of the president , and the closest confidante of donald trump to find himself in the cross hairs of the sprawling russia investigation. A man whos normally found studiously avoiding the limelight today found himself uncomfortably the centre of attention. After giving evidence to the Senate Intelligence committee behind closed doors, he returned to the white house to insist hed done nothing wrong. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on russian fund
Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6pm in washington where Donald Trumps son in law and trusted adviser, Jared Kushner, has made a rare statement before the cameras, after appearing before a Senate Intelligence committee. His message there was no collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign to influence the us president ial election. The bbcs North America editor jon sopel has the story. Jared kushner, the husband of ivanka, the son in law of the president , and the closest confidante of donald trump to find himself in the cross hairs of the sprawling russia investigation. A man whos normally found studiously avoiding the limelight today found himself uncomfortably the centre of attention. After giving evidence to the Senate Intelligence committee behind closed doors, he returned to the white house to insist hed done nothing wrong. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on russian fund
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Including the staff the the congressional black caucus, and staff throughout various committees. Weve used this work period as an opportunity to invite staffers from both sides of the aisle to come to the white house and discuss shared priorities and find Common Ground on the way forward. And were not just reaching out to capitol hill. We have actively engaged with key leaders and policy makers around the country. Its critical to gather information from states and from people throughout the country rather than just leaders in washington. So to discuss specific action he can take. They leaders, many of whom represent some of the countrys largest manufacturers, Cabinet Members and key aides of the president s staff. The Working Group will engage in a deepdive conversation on the attendees specific areas of expertise. Topics of discussion include deregulation, tax and trade, and infrastructu
infrastructure. After the gripes conclude their discussion, the president s it is staff will compi
This election marks the Largest Senate games for a president s party in a first Midterm Election since at least president kennedys in 1962. There have been only four Midterm Elections since 1934 in which a president s party has gained even a single senate sea seat. As of now, we picked up it looks like three. It could be four. Perhaps it could be two. But we picked up a lot. And most likely the number will be three. You people probably know that better than i do at this point. Because you have looked at the more recent numbers. 55 is the largest number of republican senators in the last 100 years. In the last 80 years, a sitting president s party has only gained a cumulative total of
eight senate seats. Averaging one per decade. So we have picked up two, three, four, that is a big percentage of that number. So in the last 80 years, you think, only eight seats. In President Obamas first Midterm Election, he lost six senate seats including in the deep blue state of massachusett massachus