harvey relief. any personal donation to puerto rico? i haven t talked to him specifically about that but he didn t make a donation to harvey relief. he made a donation to relief organizations. the red cross and many others that are a part of all of the hurricanes wreev experienced over the last several weeks and so those organizations aren t limited to a specific, nor those donations, a specific storm but go to those organizations that are helping aggressive lir and intensely in the recovery efforts in the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico as well. peter? and housekeeping things. one, saw steve scalise with that emotional remarks, the house chamber today. did the president speak to him today or yesterday to welcome him back and can you tell us about that conversation? they did speak today. i don t have details but see if i can get something. he certainly welcomed him back reminding him we ll continue to keep him and our family in our prayers for a full recovery. and disaster
trip currents still a major, major concern. thousands of people still vulnerable and it could stay ta way for weeks. of course, the buffalo bayou which you ve heard so much about, filled with water, still flowing. more than flowing. still gushing. cnn s alisyn cam mer rot ta on the bangings. reporter: you and i spoke exactly 24 hours ago. i will give you my report on what has transpired in the past day. the continues ever rapidly changing. i was in this spot yet but if i were exact lir in this spot i would have been chest deep in water. let me just walk you around. the i m about to be standing here on what is now, today, a sand dune. there s not normally sand here. this is normally just a walkway. in downtown houston, but obviously the bayou has brought
related to the trump organization. we are told investigators have come through a list of shell companies and buyer of trump brand real estate properties including tenants of trump tower and found interesting connections to russians. also the fbi and these investigators examined backgrounds of russian business associates connected to trump dating as far back as 2013 ms. universe pageant, chris. all is part of theron going lir look at the years that trump and his sornlassociates have had connections to the russians. pamela, for another piece now. it is not just about the trump organization, it is about associates like former campaign chairman paul manafort. what do we know on that front? that s right. so we have learned, chris, what sort of peaked investigators interest was they became more suspicious when they turned up
what the lawyer who has was sort of the kind of kremlin s point person on this piece of legislation. back when the u.s. was going to pass it p. is that correct? yes. natalia vessel was a lir if russia representing, worked in lawsuits for individuals who are challenging the magnitsky act or charged in violating rules and charged with money-laundering. in the course of doing that she became a fairly well known figure advocating for basically the repeal of the magnitsky act saying it was doing harm it russia and it was established under false retenses, false claims. what s important to me is strikes me here is two things that sort of come together in this meeting, right? we add lot of reporting about possible connections between the trump family and trump connections in russia and what russia wanted, right? here those two things seem to have been put together. connections were operationalized
of the kind of kremlin s point person on this piece of legislation. back when the u.s. was going to pass it p. is that correct? yes. natalia vessel was a lir if russia representing, worked in lawsuits for individuals who are challenging the magnitsky act or charged in violating rules and charged with money-laundering. in the course of doing that she became a fairly well known figure advocating for basically the repeal of the magnitsky act saying it was doing harm it russia and it was established under false retenses, false claims. what s important to me is strikes me here is two things that sort of come together in this meeting, right? we add lot of reporting about possible connections between the trump family and trump connections in russia and what