version of the bill. we re going to get this passed through the senate. i feel so confident. moments ago, the president responded to this news on twitter and we ll get into this as well. quote republicans should repeal failing obamacare now. and work on a new health care plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. in a statement a few minutes ago mitch mcconnell said the senate would vote quote in the coming days to repeal obamacare, quote, with a two-year delay to give lawmakers time to come up with replacement. more on all of this with our correspondents in just a moment. also tonight questions are still being generated about that meeting the president s son donald junior took with the russian attorney and a former soviet counterintelligence sergeant at trump tower last june. the president took to twitter again to defend his son quote, most politicians would have gone
responded to this news on twitter and we ll get into this as well. quote, republicans should repeal failing obamacare now. and work on a new health care plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. in a statement a few minutes ago mitch mcconnell said the senate would vote, quote, in the coming days, to repeal obamacare, quote, with a two-year delay, to give lawmakers time to come up with a replacement. more on all of this with our correspondents in just a moment. also tonight, questions are still being generated about that meeting the president s son donald junior took with the russian attorney and a former soviet counterintelligence sergeant at trump tower last june. the president this morning took to twitter again, to defend his son. quote, most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one don junior attended, in order to get info on an
club in new jersey watching the women s u.s. open after rafrg back in the states from paris on friday. it comes as the president president faces new questions in the russia investigation. we know the june 2016 meeting at trump tower included not just a russian attorney but also a russian american lobbyist who is a former soviet counterintelligence sergeant. the trump administration is considering policy that would expand the powers of the department of homeland security. the washington post reports it it would be able to expedite the removal of undocumented immigrants that cannot love they lived in the u.s. continually for 90 days or more. that proposal is under review and would not require congressional approval. new developments now on the latest version of the republican bill to replace obamacare. two major insurers are now asking senate republican leader to remove the ted cruz amendment that wow would allow insureser to sell cheaperer bifurcates plans. blue cross blue they woul
new information today about the meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. nbc news first reported a russian american lobbyist was also there. the question now is why. joining me now, ken delaney and nbc s intelligence and national supporter. ken, great to have you here this morning. good to be with you, dara. rinat akhmetshin also attended that june 9th, 2016 meeting donald trump jr. had with russian attorney natalia veselnitskaya. what do we know about this second russian? well, ranat was born in russia. he did a stint in the soviet military as a counterintelligence sergeant. i wouldn t read too much into what. he then moved at some point to the the united states, got oouz citizenship and has been working for many years as a lobbyist/fixer in washington, kind of in the shadowss, often
meanwhile, the health care showdown continues. a second attempt at the republican bill. just one senator away from falling flat. and swallowed by the earth. homes and a boat destroyed in florida as a massive sinkhole continues to grow. we begin this hour in new jersey, where president trump is spending this saturday on the golf course. not playing a round, but rather, watching the u.s. women s open at his club in bedminster. the president returning from paris late yesterday and facing new questions about that meeting last june at trump tower. a meeting we now know included not only a russian attorney but also a russian american lobbyist who is also a former soviet counterintelligence sergeant. nbc s kelly o donnell is in piscataway, new jersey. what has the white house been saying about this today? reporter: good to be with you. the white house is really not