Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. His son to cancel the meeting. He did not tell the fbi about the meeting. And if anything, he further encouraged and emboldened the russians to hack. Because he went out just about a month and a half after the meeting and said, russia if youre listening which is two years ago from today as you pointed out you would be rewarded for hacking Hillary Clintons emails. Lets go to Kelly Oconnell in new jersey also joining us u. S. Congressman Danny Heck Of Washington and glenn kushner. First to you, kelly in berkeley heights, new jersey not too far where the president is spending the weekend at the bedminster resort. I want to talk about the ten different ways weve counted that the president has refused to answer questions on camera regarding cohen in that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting in the month of june. Are we hearing any feedback from
the white house on this . And all of this Radio Silence on this matter,
upper right-hand corner you see donald trump, jr. and what appear to be two secret service agents. he does get secret service protection. and robert mueller does get protected in his role. everyone can add a caption to it, what must they be thinking? clearly, people were aware they were in the same frame. we re told there was no visible interaction but what a memorable photo that captures what is in both of these men s lives right now. a focus on mueller from the trump side and a focus on trump from the mueller side. alex. thank you for the report. denny heck of washington, a he be of the house intelligence committee. you laughed at that picture. right, right. didn t we all. i have a dialogue bubble that i have in my head when i look at that photo, robert mueller is saying i will adhere to the highest levels of professionalism and not acknowledge him. and donald trump, jr. is saying,
his son to cancel the meeting. he did not tell the fbi about the meeting. and if anything, he further encouraged and emboldened the russians to hack. because he went out just about a month and a half after the meeting and said, russia if you re listening which is two years ago from today as you pointed out you would be rewarded for hacking hillary clinton s e-mails. let s go to kelly o connell in new jersey also joining us u.s. congressman danny heck of washington and glenn kushner. first to you, kelly in berkeley heights, new jersey not too far where the president is spending the weekend at the bedminster resort. i want to talk about the ten different ways we ve counted that the president has refused to answer questions on camera regarding cohen in that 2016 trump tower meeting in the month of june. are we hearing any feedback from
but, it is important to note just a few days ago the justice department told nunes that providing information on a, quote, specific individual could pose grave implications to national security. danny heck of washington joins me now. let s begin on that news. you haven t been exactly complementary of attorney general jeff sessions, saying he has selective amnesia after his testimony last year, you said he never seems to remember the things that may incriminate him. would you support nunes move to try to hold him in contempt? first of all, let me say that i m surprised that chairman nunes doesn t have more sympathy for attorney general sessions insofar as they were both required to recuse themselves from the russia investigation because of alleged misdeeds. secondly, the truth of the matter is, poppy if this thing goes anywhere, i ll get on a train and come to new york and buy you lunch at a restaurant of your choice, because it is just a distraction. we re going down another rabbit
hours today. consider this from danny heck of washington. our battleships weren t sunk and our towers did not collapse in 2011. make no mistake, 2016 is a year we should mark on our calendars. it is still going on, it didn t end on election day. tucker: keep in mind, pearlt harbor and 9/11 pulled this country into the world altering global wars that dragged on for years. did he overstate? no, not according to his colleague. she described russian s actions as an act of war. and vladimir putin is a tarantula who ensnares hapless americans in his web. in terms of trying to understand this, i think of a spider web with a tarantula inta the middle. and the tarantula in my view is vladimir putin. who is entrapping many people tw