All star game. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its the latest revelation in the story thats consumed much of the Trump Presidency so far russian meddling in the 2016 election. And, this time, it involves the president s son. John yang begins our coverage. Yang the white house officials said today that donald trump juniors meeting last summer with a kremlinconnected russian lawyer was just business as usual. President trumps counselor kellyanne conway. This was Standard Operating Procedure for the campaign. Lets focus on what did not hap
Joining us now, the director of europe and Eurasia Research at the Atlantic Council and she is here to discuss russias lobbying efforts, historically and today, against u. S. Sanctions imposed against them. Thanks for being here today. Guest thanks for having me. Ction to the latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. And jared kushner, Paul Manafort last june. What do you think the implications of that revelation are . Guest as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in the United States. He had dual citizenship, russia and u. S. That not that surprising somebody of the nature wouldve joined the meeting because the russian attorney who he will be hearings a lot about, the person who asked for the meeting supposedly, was a lobbyist herself and likely worked closely with this other indi
Joining us now, the director of europe and Eurasia Research at the Atlantic Council and she is here to discuss russias lobbying efforts, historically and today, against u. S. Sanctions imposed against them. Thanks for being here today. Guest thanks for having me. Ction to the latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. And jared kushner, Paul Manafort last june. What do you think the implications of that revelation are . Guest as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in the United States. He had dual citizenship, russia and u. S. That not that surprising somebody of the nature wouldve joined the meeting because the russian attorney who he will be hearings a lot about, the person who asked for the meeting supposedly, was a lobbyist herself and likely worked closely with this other indi
The latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. And jared kushner, Paul Manafort last june. What do you think the implications of that revelation are . Guest as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in the United States. He had dual citizenship, russia and u. S. That not that surprising somebody of the nature wouldve joined the meeting because the russian attorney who he will be hearings a lot about, the person who asked for the meeting supposedly, was a lobbyist herself and likely worked closely with this other individual and other lobbying efforts on behalf of russian business interests and the russian government. We have to understand about the issian contact context people in the soviet days, and i think this individual was old enough to have experience, often deeply involved the
The latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. And jared kushner, Paul Manafort last june. What do you think the implications of that revelation are . Guest as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in the United States. He had dual citizenship, russia and u. S. That not that surprising somebody of the nature wouldve joined the meeting because the russian attorney who he will be hearings a lot about, the person who asked for the meeting supposedly, was a lobbyist herself and likely worked closely with this other individual and other lobbying efforts on behalf of russian business interests and the russian government. We have to understand about the issian contact context people in the soviet days, and i think this individual was old enough to have experience, often deeply involved the