Champions again, englands cricketrs have won the womens world cup for a fourth time after a thrilling final at lords. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trumps son in law and senior adviser, jared kushner, says he didnt collude, nor know of anyone who did collude, with any foreign government, during Donald Trumps run for the white house. Hes also made it clear he hasnt relied on russian money, to finance Business Activities in the private sector. In a Statement Issued before appearing in front of special Senate Investigations panel, he did admit to four contacts with russian officials, but denied any wrongdoing. Our correspondent andy moore has the details. Jared kushner, the president s son in law. The Person Of Interest has a name, and that name is jared kushner. Jared kushner is not used to being centre stage. As one of Donald Trumps closest advisers, hes been at his side, seen but rarely heard. But he has done some talking with russians. First, with the russi
ivanka trump. exactly. for those of us who have gone through the tedious for process of filling out these clearance forms, there s a reason they re adjudicated the way they are, and we need a clear answer why jared is so needed to have this clearance that they overrode the cia s concerns about jared and his foreign contacts. chris: what about the argument, hey, i m the president, i got elected, i trust him? he has the authority to do it, chris, you re right. he got elected, he can do it. it doesn t mean he should do it, and it certainly doesn t mean that congress should not can tough questions about why jared so needed to have this clearance. and this just shows another complication with hiring family members. it can cloud your government. there s reporting that in at least 40 cases people were denied security clearances. were those overridden as well? there s a process for a reason here, and it s to protect marie, you know that ben rhodes was denied a clearance,
for those of us who have gone through the tedious for process of filling out these clearance forms, there s a reason they re adjudicated the way they are, and we need a clear answer why jared is so needed to have this clearance that they overrode the cia s concerns about jared and his foreign contacts. chris: what about the argument, hey, i m the president, i got elected, i trust him? he has the authority to do it, chris, you re right. he got elected, he can do it. it doesn t mean he should do it, and it certainly doesn t mean that congress should not can tough questions about why jared so needed to have this clearance. and this just shows another complication with hiring family members. it can cloud your government. there s reporting that in at least 40 cases people were denied security clearances. were those overridden as well? there s a process for a reason here, and it s to protect marie, you know that ben rhodes was denied a clearance, okay? chris: we should point out he
ivanka trump. exactly. for those of us who have gone through the tedious for process of filling out these clearance forms, there s a reason they re adjudicated the way they are, and we need a clear answer why jared is so needed to have this clearance that they overrode the cia s concerns about jared and his foreign contacts. chris: what about the argument, hey, i m the president, i got elected, i trust him? he has the authority to do it, chris, you re right. he got elected, he can do it. it doesn t mean he should do it, and it certainly doesn t mean that congress should not can tough questions about why jared so needed to have this clearance. and this just shows another complication with hiring family members. it can cloud your government. there s reporting that in at least 40 cases people were denied security clearances. were those overridden as well? there s a process for a reason here, and it s to protect marie, you know that ben rhodes was denied a clearance, okay?
not get caught, override author of the terrific book prosecution. of course the talking about presidents of war. jared kushner and the fact that michael, it s always a treat to he lied on his clearance forms, talk to you. that he s done elicit dealings i m going to jump right in. thanks. and giving away state secret and what did you make of the he s a massive national security cohen moment as a john dean risk and so is ivanka trump. moment, was it that or because the only way that we would be able to finally stop having this had he so many personal things insights was it something more? conversation on national tv is i think the most important if he is indicted. thing is what elijah cummings that is is what needs to be said at the end which is take a done. this problem is enormous. look at the transcript of this it s going to persevere. hearing and what he was even if he is gone, he s suggesting is that that might be a road map for the carrying around this information, other pe