They threaten to overshadow the first trip to asia. In an interview airing tomorrow, President Trump had this reaction when asked if hed fire special counsel robert mueller. Well, i hope hes treating everything fairly, and if he is, ill be very happy. When you talk about innocence, im truly not involved in any form of collusion with russia, believe me. Thats the last thing i can think of to be involved in. Youve been told to expect to be questioned by the special counsel. Are you prepared for that. No. Nobodys told me. As far as im concerned, im not under investigation. Meanwhile, former trump adviser revealed for the first time he, in fact, met with russian government officials during a july 2016 trip he took to moscow. Coming clean in the closed door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee thursday confirming the meetings to the New York Times last night and revealed yesterday that he told then senator Jeff Sessions he was traveling to moscow ahead of the trip. Yeah. I ment
Im erin burnett. The breaking news, Jared Kushner turning over documents to special counsel bob mueller. The president s soninlaw under scrutiny for the russia investigation. We are learning muellers investigators are asking about kushners role in the firing of comey. Kushner coming under fire for failing to disclose his contacts with russians, including that meeting in trump tower in june of 2016. A meeting between Top Trump Campaign Officials including donald trump jr. , manafort, kushner and russians with links to the kremlins. The purpose of the meeting, to pass along dirt about hillary clinton. This as questions are raised about Jeff Sessions and whether he purr jored himself in testimony to congress. Court documents unsealed reveal that Trump Campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos discussed a meeting between Vladimir Putin and donald trump. Jeff sessions was present at that meeting. He says he wasnt. Manu raju is live covering the story. We begin with shimon. You are breaking this
With the proposal. The damage is done, as an outraged u. S. Senate votes 980 to reject it. And the evidence, the former director of National Intelligence says donald trump was told before his inauguration that putin personally ordered attacks on the u. S. Election. Now the exintel chief says i wonder if the russians have something on him. Im wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, the white house says discussions are now underway for a second summit and that President Trump is taking steps to invite russian president Vladimir Putin to washington this fall. That comes as there is still lots of confusion about the first summit three days ago. The director of National Intelligence says even he doesnt know what happened behind closed doors and the u. S. Senate votes 980 to reject a russian proposal to interrogate americans. Ill speak with congressman of the intelligence and judiciary committees. Our correspondents and specialists are standing
It has energized both republicans and democrats alike. Some of what this massive overhaul aims to do. Make all tbltion in the entire nation 100 energy efficient. Also make air travel obsolete and aims to insure Economic Prosperity for all. Bill one thing it does not include is a price tag. This is such a major watershed moment. We are going to transition this country into the future. Theyre excited about it and i welcome the Green New Deal. One of the things was to try to eliminate air travel. That would be pretty hard for hawaii. I very much support the Green New Deal. It is focusing on the damage that is happening worldwide. It is almost like a get well card to the climate. It is not real policy. Were live from capitol hill. This is raising eyebrows. It is raising eyebrows. An estimated price tag of 7 trillion. Nobody knows exactly what it will cost. Alexandria ocasiocortez has been in office a month is spearheading this. To say the least as you mentioned it is ambition, from zero to