To swing last autumns election. But today, Donald Trumps son, donald junior, was forced to release a string of emails suggesting he knowingly met last summer with russian officials who promised to dish dirt on Hillary Clinton. Today, democratic senator tim kaine mrs clintons running mate said, in terms of whats being investigated, this is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason. A former watergate prosecutor described the emails as a smoking cannon. The president , meanwhile, defended his son as a high quality person committed to transparency. They only actually met last week but the exact relationship between President Trump and his russian counterpart is a constant theme among critics. There were plenty of allegations but not much fact. Now, details of a meeting between Meeting Willett were members of the Trump Campaign and a russian lawyer have changed that. The picture is rapidly evolving, the president s son having to shift his position over the last thr
Colluding with russia during the president ial election. Hes appearing before a Senate Investigations panel. The government promises an energy revolution, investing hundreds of millions pounds in Battery Technology. And 20 years after her death, Prince William says he often talks of granny diana to keep his mothers memory alive for his children. Its five oclock, our top story is that the parents of the terminally ill baby, charlie gard, have ended their legal fight to take him to the United States for experimental treatment. The high court was told they now accepted no medical treatment could help him. Charlies mother, connie yates, said she believed time had been wasted and earlier treatment could have improved the quality of her sons life. Speaking Outside Court a short time ago, charlies father, chris gard, said they now planned to spend some last Precious Moments with their son. Helena lee has been following the case at the high court and we canjoin her now. It has been a distressi
Our shoppers and Shopping Centers. If you look at Shopping Centers and jobs in stores its been very, very tough for them. They have had a hard time closing at numbers and records that have never been seen before. So we have to stop that. The online predatory practices. Since the beginning of the year, we have already created over 50,000 brandnew manufacturing jobs. And were just getting started. We will lift our citizens from welfare to work. We will turn boarded up communities into new outposts of american commerce. And we will once again rediscover our heritage as a manufacturing nation. We used to be a manufacturing nation. Not so much anymore but i will tell you, you look at michigan, you look at some states that have really moved, you know, in pennsylvania, two weeks ago they opened a mine the first mine that was opened in decades. Industry and much of that comes at the border. George washington encouraged americans to produce their own goods so that our young nation could become
Put what on the president . This idea that you just said the the New York Times is reporting that the president approved either wrote or approved the that is not an outlandish suggesting. I take the the New York Times reporting on its face and why wouldnt a father thats president of the United States want to have a say in what his son was putting out that involves him and his presidency. Seems like a legitimate thing thats why i asked. 39yearold son whose running the Trump Corporation and the trump organization, so he doesnt need to be looked over the shoulder by his father. Heres what i think we need to really focus on and obviously i appreciate you having me on. I need to be clear about three things here. Number one, the president was not aware of the meeting, did not attend the meeting and was only made aware of the emails very recently by counsel and not seen the emails. In fact, you know, i didnt see the email until yesterday and im one of the lawyers. So there you have it. Okay.
Testimony before congressional investigators, they say he told the Senate Judiciary committee that he personally had not had any contact with wikileaks during the campaign. He also said he could not recall anyone else on the campaign having contact with wikileaks. The Senate Judiciary Committee Earlier this week published a letter in which they say specifically that Jared Kushner not only received an email detailing his contact with wikileaks, but then forwarded that as well. That letter signed by Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Grassley also claims that Jared Kushner failed to provide them with certain key documents they requested. Some of them specifically pertaining to wikileaks. The attorney for Jared Kushner abby lowell put out a statement saying senators are asking Gotcha Questions. Heres what he told us. This is a classic Gotcha Question. Mr. Kushner was asked if he has contacts with wikileaks. Gucifer or d. C. Leaks, and he said no. He said he didnt know of any such contacts from th