Donald trump jr. Saying he did not know it was a russian lawyer he was meeting with at trumpb tower and it was primarily about adoptions. But over this baft week, just yesterday, major developments revealed that that was false. Take a listen. Can you definitively say, can you look into my eyes, your cameras and say, im 100 sure the president and his campaign did not conspire with a russian ap r apparatus. Thats why i want to get to the bottom of it. Joining us is kelly odonnell. Well start with you at the white house. Damage control mode. Weve heard those words before. But where are we at at this hour based on what has happened in the past 24 hours . The president is mixing his family time and business branding at the attendance of the golf tournament. Hes in public today and hes enjoying watching that unfold. At the same time, hes using the tools, like weve come to known, like his twitter feed, to make a different kind of comparison. Hes attacking the russia issue in a way that is att
That hearing will be open to the public. We get to hear what they have to say. All of that breaking as were following this other major story. The white house message, nothing to see here. For the first time were hearing from white house officials publicly about that previously undisclosed second conversation between President Trump and Vladimmir Putin at the g20 summit. Heres the headline. The white house down playing the conversation but declining to tell reporters what the two men talked about. How long did they talk . What did they talk about . They had a brief conversation. Im not going to get into the specifics of the conversation. Again, this was a social dinner where president spoke with many World Leaders as is the purpose. I think it would be incredibly awkward for them to sit at a dinner and not speak to each other. Its part of the official g20 schedule, so to act is it was a secret is absurd. The president revealed no sensitive or classified information to Vladmir Putin duri
About it and more than happy to cooperate with everyone. As far as this incident is concerned this is all of it. This is everything. Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. That was most certainly not everything because on friday, we learned that there was still a lot about the june 2016 meeting with a kremlin connected lawyer that we had not yet seen. It turns out that lawyer, natalia nitskaya wasnt the only person in the room. Alan futurefoss, the attorney for donald jr. Told nbc news that she came to the meeting with someone who futurefoss said was introduced as a translator. Second person who was later identified as a russianamerican lobbyist, a former soviet Counter Intelligence officer, who some u. S. Officials believe has ongoing ties to russian intelligence. He denies any current ties to russian spy agencies and says he was working on a campaign to roll back sanctions against russians accused of human rights violations. Of course there is no mention of that in donald jr. s email
Russias foreign minister tells kier simmons when president s trump and putin met at the g20 the president accepted putins denial of Russian Election meddlinmeddlin president putin confirmed we never did anything to entinterf in the american elections. And good day, everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in colorado at the aspen security conference. Todays headlines are all about President Trumps fixation with special counsel Robert Muellers investigation into russia. And the president s reported requests that his legal team look into whether he could proactively pardon himself, his family, and his close allies. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker joins me now. There is breaking news, glenn thrush, the New York Times, reporting and this has not been confirmed by nbc, but there is this major report in the New York Times that sean spicer who has been clearly not happy about the advent of a new Communications Director, would be his immediate boss, that perhaps sean spicer is resigning. Lets
Different guy. Thats Sergey Kislyak. Hes the former Russian Ambassador to the United States, and im going to on be telling you about had i am in a minute because hes the guy that kushner was meeting with. But after Jared Kushners meeting he went to the white house with a message, and here is that. My name is Jared Kushner. I am Senior Advisor to. Donald j. Trump. When my fatherinlaw decided to run for president , i served his campaign the best i could becauseible in him and his ability to improve the looils of all americans. And now serving the president and the people of the United States has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. I am so grateful for the opportunity to work on important matters such as middle east peace and reinvig rating americas innovative spirit. Every day i come to work with enthusiasm and excitement for what can be. I have not sought the spotlight. First in business and now in public service, i have always focused on setting and achieving goals and have lef