The u. S. Could be within range of north koreas military. But now an olive branch from the Trump Administration. Thats ahead this hour. Im jon scott in for Shepard Smith. President trump expected to call for a historic overall of the nations tax code as he meets with Small Business owners any minute now. Todays event, part of American Dream week at the white house. Well take you there live as soon as it begins. Meantime, the white house responding after the Washington Post reported that President Trump personally dictated a misleading statement ahead of a New York Times story about his sons meeting with a russian lawyer. Donald trump jr. Attended meeting during the Campaign Last year after getting an email offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton from the russian government. Sources told the post the president s lawyers and advisers initially talked about releasing a statement to describe exactly what happened before the times broke details of the meeting. According to the p
Where four passenger planes were waiting to take off. And the images coming in right now, digging for clues after four young men go missing. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night, and we begin tonight with donald trump jr. s own emails. The president s son was told during the campaign that he was about to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, and he was told in those emails that the russian government was out to help his father win. Don jr. Agreeing to the meeting. A russian lawyer making the trip to trump tower here in new york city. In the email exchange, told to go to the 25th floor. Tonight, reaction has been swift and the white house, issuing a statement from President Trump about his son. Abcs chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, leading us off. Reporter its a startling development, the emails show donald trump jr. Was told the russian government was trying to help his fathers campaign, and that he was willing, even eager, to accept their help.
He has to pull it off. Mitch has to pull it off. In the wake of the trump emails, Steve Schmidt on what it would take for the republicans to abandon the president. I could shoot somebody on the middle of fifth avenue and i wouldnt lose any voters. Good evening. Despite claiming to have no involvement last summer, and no knowledge of said meeting until the it became public in recent days, the president of the United States now appears to have played a key role in efforts by the white house to cover up that meeting. Now amid continued fallout over the emails yesterday, showing he was eager to accept russian government aid, investigators are taking another look at potential evidence collected as far back as 2015 according to the wall street journal. Minutes ago the president boarded air force one en route to france where hell meet tomorrow with french president emmanuel macron. The last time the president was on air force one was a few days ago. It was at the g20 where he held his first f
White house he was talking to reporters about texas, interactions with soldiers widow, and two republican senators who excore rated his leadership. You saw right here live during the show arizona senator flake making his comments from the floor. After corker criticized the president. But as president s Party Division seems deep as other, but the silence from others is speaking volu speaking volumes. And President Trump not talking about civil war, labeling it reelection. Let me read you a tweet. They had zero chance of being reelected. And then moments ago he added this. I dont think so. I think its fine the way it is. We have great unity in the Republican Party. [ inaudible question ] thats okay. If you look yesterday at what happened at the meeting we had i guess virtually every senator, including john mccain, we had a great conversation yesterday, about the military. I think we had a tremendous, i called it a love fess, it was almost a love fest, maybe it was, but Standing Ovations.
Before the house Judiciary Committee. Democrats promise tough questions about why sessions keeps denying the Trump Campaign had contacts with russia, despite the two Campaign Advisers told sessions they did. Then the revelation overnight the Justice Department says sessions asked prosecutors to examine whether or not to name a special counsel surrounding hillary clinton, something that the president has openly campaigned for for a long time on twitter and elsewhere. Wait, theres more. This news out just hours after we learned donald trump jr. Exchanged messages with wikileaks around the time that wikileaks was posting those hacked emails from democrats and Clinton Campaign officials. We have a lot to cover. Lets begin this morning with our justice correspondent. Evan, hes going to sit there and take questions and will get grilled by democrats about these contacts with russians while part of the Trump Campaign what is expected to be some of the key questions he expects today . We will s