Where officials wrapped up a press conference about an hour ago. Joe, good afternoon. Whats the latest now . Reporter good afternoon. District attorney was brief in his remarks. He did talk about locating important pieces of evidence as the investigation moves forward. But he would not tell us what those pieces of evidence were. This as investigators continue to comb a 90acre farm owned by the dinardo family and whose son 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo has been identified labeled make that as a person of interest in the disappearance of these four men. Chopper three high above the farm earlier this morning capturing the unfolding scene blow on this remote farm. Fbi and police were huddled under a white tent and were making use of a wooden board to excavate something out of that hole. When i asked the da specifically about this, he would not comment on what they were digging up. Now jimi tar patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom may owe and mark sturgis havent been seen in several days. Prosecutors h
Them, i can win them with these pipes. Get back home this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. President trump is heading to paris tonight after tweeting that the white house is functioning perfectly. He also said he has little time to watch television, but he apparently saw his son on fox last night. The president said, done, jr. , did a good job in the interview and was, open, transparent, and innocent. We begin tonight with Major Garrett at the white house. In retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. Reporter donald trump, jr. , told Facebook News he now realizes the meeting with the russian government lawyer looks bad but still wishes it had produced the promised damaging information on hillary clinton. It was literally a wasted 20 minutes, which was shame. Reporter in an interview today with reuters, President Trump defended his son, saying, i think many people would have held that meeting. The president also said he only learne
S. Powerful rip tide is no match for a sea of samaritans. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason this is the western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. The russia investigation the president calls fake has just become a very real problem for his son. Today donald trump, jr. , released an exchange of emails in which he accepts what is purported to be an offer of help from the russian government in his Fathers Campaign against Hillary Clinton. A russian lawyer was to deliver dirt on clinton in june of last year at that trump tower meeting we first learned about last weekend. It involved trump, jr. , brother inlaw Jared Kushner, and Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. We have extensive coverage tonight, including Major Garrett on team trumps changing stories, nancy cordes with the political fallout, and Julianna Goldman on the legal implications. But we begin with jeff pegues, loo is following the email trail. Reporter the first email on june 3rd was blunt. Mus
Was part of a russian effort to aid his fathers candidacy. Good morning, its tuesday, july 11th. Welcome to morning joe. With us, we have columnist mike barnicle, former fbi special agent clint watt, katty kay and author of a world in disarray, and from msnbc news, Mark Halperin. Last night the New York Times reported before arranging a meeting with a russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, donald trump jr. Was informed in an email the material was part of a russian government effort to aide his fathers candidacy, according to three people with knowledge of the email. The author of the reported email was Rob Goldstone, a publicist which helped set up the meeting, which took place in june of 2016, before trump became the nominee. The russian lawyer said she had information about purported Illegal Campaign contributions to the Democratic National convention that she thought donald trump jr. Might find helpful. The source doesnt go deeper
They have after a year, i understand the desperation. Guess what . We have an Incredible Team of guests and correspondents with us to cover all the latebreaking details on this story that keeps on coming. Straight to Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. What new details are you learning about the meeting specifically and whats the white house saying about it . Reporter a lot of new details which donald trump jr. Is pushing back against this morning, steph. The New York Times revealing new information about that meeting that he had in june with a lawyer that the times says has links to the russian government. The sometimes reporting that before that meeting donald trump jr. Was sent an email, nched in an email that the material, damaging material about Hillary Clinton, was part of a russian government effort to aid his fathers candidacy. So this is significant because this is the first time that we are learning that someone within the Trump Campaign and trump world met with someone w