Words like collusion and conspiracy. Today youll hear from a former prosecutor said that the email may not be enough evidence on its own but the door is open for the investigators. The nominee to lead the fbi tells senators how he would handle the Russian Investigation and how he would run the bureau. I believe to my core that theres only one right way to do this job. That is with strict independence, by the book, playing it straight, faithful to the constitution, faithful to our laws and faithful to the best practices of the institution. So there was that. And he directly contradicted the commanderinchief today while sitting right there. Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this tuesday afternoon, were now expecting the white house at any moment to respond to news that donald trump jr. Met with a russian lawyer after a middleman said she was a russian official that had dirt on Hillary Clinton. That it was part of the russian governments support for then candidate donald trump.
With this traveling white house, not all the baggage is in the cargo hold as the Associated Press puts it tonight, this president heads overseas trailing questions. The latest round coming from the revelation that his eldest son was eager to welcome russian help in the campaign to elect donald trump and tweet Hillary Clinton. Quoting from the a. P. , in private, trump has ranled against the latest russia development. With most of his ire directed at the media, not his son while staffers have grown accustomed to a good news cycle being overshadowed by the russia investigations, trump aides and outside advisers privately acknowledge that this weeks developments felt more serious. From politico, one trump adviser said the white house is essentially helpless because the conduct happened during an anything goes campaign that had few rules. In a predeparture interview with reuters today, the president defended his son don junior saying, i think many people would have held that meeting. Yeste
Way. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 174 of the trump administration. And the president is airborne right now en route to paris and with this traveling white house, not all the baggage is in the cargo hold as the Associated Press puts it tonight, this president heads overseas trailing questions. The latest round coming from the revelation that his eldest son was eager to welcome russian help in the campaign to elect donald trump and tweet Hillary Clinton. Quoting from the a. P. , in private, trump has ranled against the latest russia development. With most of his ire directed at the media, not his son while staffers have grown accustomed to a good news cycle being overshadowed by the russia investigations, trump aides and outside advisers privately acknowledge that this weeks developments felt more serious. From politico, one trump adviser said the white house is essentially helpless because the conduct happened during an anything goes campa
Gop votes. President trump is enjoying the pomp and circumstances of a hastily arranged bastille day visit to paris. The big celebration is tomorrow. Soninlaw Jared Kushner is at an exclusive ceo conference in sun valley, idaho, amid swirling questions about the russia connection and revealing emails. Joining me now, Hallie Jackson traveling with the president in paris. Peter alexander at the white house. Bastille day, minus one. Big march and parade celebrating the centennial of americas entrance into world war i. And this as the president and macron at this hour meeting and are going to have a News Conference. It is one of those limited two and two questions, but surely the president will be asked about his son, his soninlaw, the russia connection, Vladimir Putin and macron has been visiting with and all the rest, right . Yeah. Youve got to imagine that is going to come up. Youre right, you know how the two and twos work as they call them in the White House Press corps, two questions
Republicans speaking out about the don junior drama urging another shoe could drop at any moment. One top gop senator is threatening to subpoena a key player in the controversy. They are hours away from unveiling new Health Care Legislation with members of their own party in revolt. The august recess on hold. Will it revive hopes for passage or be dead on arrival . We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim accosta. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight, President Trump is speaking out about the new russia controversy surrounding his son. Mr. Trump says he was unaware of donald trump, jr. s meeting with the russian lawyer until days ago. He doesnt fault don junior for seeing the lawyer after being promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. President trump is getting ready to fly to paris and leave behind a white house in crisis. The trump team is paralyzed and the president is frust