Meeting is a very big deal. Not because the press is talking about it, but because the Trump Campaign was clearly ready and willing to accept help from a foreign power. And that foreign power is russia. Donald trump jr. Insists months ago that no meeting with russians were ever set up. He changed his story about the meeting five times. The president says its nothing. He believes his son, but have they earned your trust . Lets discuss ntonight. I want to bring in cnns senior political analyst, mark preston. Senior political commentator, David Axelrod. Jennifer jacobs, White House Reporter for bloombergnews. David, editor at large at Time Magazine who wrote a story on donald trump jr. President trump is defending his son. Hes saying sort of meeting that donald trump jr. Took with the russian lawyer is typical in politics. Watch this. As far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. He took a meeting with a russian lawyer. Not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. It w
Willing to accept help from a foreign power. And that foreign power is russia. Donald trump jr. Insists months ago that no meeting with russians were ever set up. He changed his story about the meeting five times. The president says its nothing. He believes his son, but have they earned your trust . Lets discuss tonight. I want to bring in cnns senior political analyst, mark preston. Senior political commentator, David Axelrod. Jennifer jacobs, White House Reporter for bloomberg news. David von drehle, editor at large at Time Magazine who wrote the cover story on donald trump jr. President trump is defending his son. Hes saying sort of meeting that donald trump jr. Took with the russian lawyer is typical in politics. Watch this. As far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. He took a meeting with a russian lawyer. Not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. It was a short meeting. It was a meeting that went very, very quickly, very fast. Two other people in the roo
New york times tonight bears out, this is a big deal. These claims from james comey, these are the claims that led to the special counsel being appointed in the first place. These are the claims that are at the heart of the president s personal legal liability for potentially criminal obstruction of justice. These are the claims that have led the president and the white house and the president s republican supporters in congress to all start trashing the fbi as an organization and start personally going after individual highranking officials in the fbi trying to pick them off one by one in terms of credibility and role as corroborating witnesses. In this new reporting thats just been posted by the New York Times, Michael Schmidt says Robert Mueller obtained independent occoo claims. We know that the fbi opened a Counter Intelligence investigation into the Trump Campaign and ties to russia in the summer of 2016. So in the summer of the president ial campaign. James comey was the directo
He is not a typical president s of the past, i this i thats well recognized, thats also why the American People chose him. They were tired what was done in the past. They wanted something to change. So ive learned over the past year better how to deal with the president , to serve what i think he needs to know so he can make good decisions. And ive learned about the inner Agency Process which was new to me and that will get better all the time as well. But that is our role here at the state department. Thats more of elise lavit interview with the secretary of state. Coming up throughout the day, stay tuned for that in meantime moments ago President Trump spoke with reporters on the south lawn of the white house. Watch this. Hey everybody, im going over with the senators, we are going to camp david. We have a lot of things to work on. A lot of things to accomplish. The stock market is up very, very big today. We have set new records. And i think theyll be continued to be set. The tax cu
25 years later, the lead negotiator from the waco standoff with the deadly controversy surrounding a moment in u. S. History that exploded into flames. But we begin this hour with a live picture of the white house and new report suggesting President Trump is once again at odds with the Justice Department. The Washington Post reports the president sought a release of a classified russia memo, despite the doj warning house rpz that doing so would be extraordinarily reckless without official review. Written by staff intel chair nunes alleges the fbi may have relied on politically motivated or questionable sources to justify its request for a fisa warrant. A Senior Administration official tells the Washington Post that trump is inclined to have that memo released. All of the rumors are is will shed light and help investigators come to a conclusion of the john kelly conveyed to attorney general sessions during two conversations this past wednesday, that the president s interest in making th