As well as the firing of james comey. Will sessions invoke kpktive privilege to avoid answering . The attorney general expected to be grilled today on capitol hill by members of the Senate Intelligence committee. Were not sewer yet how forthcoming the attorney general will be. We do know his testimony comes at a time when President Trump and his associates appear to be interfering with the work of the special counsel Robert Mueller. I think hes considering perhaps terminating the special council. Just hours after leaving the white house, President Trumps longtime friend claims the president is considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, the man in charge of investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. I think hes weighing that option. I think it is pretty clear by what one of his lawyers said on television recently. I personally think it would be a very significant mistake. Sean spicer insisting mr. Rudi never spoke to the president regarding this issu
Intelligence sources or message discussed. The president did not discuss any military operations that were not already publicly known. Other officials present, reviewed the same way and said so. It outweighed those those of an anonymous source. It didnt happen. Kimberly joining is now with more is chief white house correspondent, john roberts. Obviously a big breaking news story. He saw that very strong and definitive statement from h. R. Mcmaster. Whats the latest . I can tell you that nobody at the white house is happy that this has happened. They will try to get to the bottom of it. I talked with the senior official here at the white house who told me the fact that someone would leak this is astonishing and it shows both an extraordinary lack of concern for National Security. The white house is baffled how all of this got out. You heard h. R. Mcmaster say a limited number of people in the oval office clearly there were some aids as well present, but the fact is the details of this m
Were not already publicly known. Other officials present, reviewed the same way and said so. It outweighed those those of an anonymous source. It didnt happen. Ig kimberly joining us now with more is chief white house correspondent, john roberts. Obviously a big breaking news story. He saw that very strong and definitive statement from h. R. Mcmaster. Whats the latest . I can tell you that nobody at the white house is happy that this has happened. They will try to get to the bottom of it. I talked with the senior official here at the white house who told me the fact that someone would leak this is astonishing and it shows both an extraordinary lack of concernrn for National Security. The white house is baffled how all of this got out. You heard h. R. Mcmaster say a limited number of people in the oval office clearly there were some aids as well present, but the fact is the details of this meeting with such a small circle of people got out was baffling. However, for us as journalists, h
Here is secretary tillerson a short time ago admitting that russian interference in the election was the first thing that came up in todays meeting. The president opened the meeting with president putin by raising the concerns of the American People regarding russian interference in the 2016 of election. They had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. The president pressed president putin on more than one occasion regarding russian shoechlt of involvement. President putin denied such involvement as i think he has in the past. Lets get right to it. Kelly odonnell has been covering all those meetings today at the g20. And keir simmons seems to have a fire going on behind him and hans nick be holol ol hols is a. Reporter there are Police Moving in to stop this. Lets move back be a little bit. Okay. So ali, you are right, they have set fire to a barricade in the middle of the street here and behind us, there are police advancing again with Water Cannons. The protesters, rioters
Is spending the weekend at his resort in the state of new jersey, watching the u. S. Womens golf open. In washington his white house, it is in full battle mode focused on how to best deal with the questions that have risen from the 2016 meeting between the president s eldest son and russian lawyer. A veteran attorney, ty cobb, has been brought in to help manage the turmoil thats threatening to derail the president s agenda in congress. All the while, the senate vote on Republican Health care that has again been delayed, there time because of senator john mccain, hes in arizona recovering from surgery. Republicans need every vote that they can get, so they will need to wait until mr. Mccain returns to washington. Bringing in a heavy hitter like ty cobb as special counsel shows just how the stakes have risen for the trump administration. We get more from boris sanchez. Reporter the name of the new attorney added to the white houses legal team is ty cobb. Hes a powerful washington, d. C.