This is happening today, because it allows donald trump, the Presumptive Republican nominee, to reach out to the fopgops Foreign Policy establishment. Im told by the Trump Campaign theyd like to accomplish two things today. One, theyd like to just gather information, maybe learn if youre donald trump, from the experience of henry kissinger. But the second goal is more political. The Trump Campaign to like to send a message today, and that message what im told by this advisor, trump and the way he thinks about Foreign Policy is a realist. Thats the word theyre using. A realist, just like henry kissinger. His advisors think in the Trump Campaign to some degree that hes been unfairly portrayed as just being an isolationist. Even though he uses the term America First a lot, they say he is more than that. He understands America First. It does not mean america alone. Thats the backdrop for todays meeting. Henry kissinger spoke about donald trump over the Fox Business Network in december. Whe
President obama said this about families like the khans, families who have lost ones killed in action. Because i understood that our gold star families have made a sacrifice that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. [ cheers and applause ] they represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us, everyday, every moment. They serve as a powerful reminder of the true strength of america. Is. So just a second ago captain khans father was here, he was on new day this morning. Well see that in just a moment talking about why he called out mr. Trump during the Democratic National Convention Last week in philadelphia. He said trump had sacrificed nothing and that he offered his pocket constitution for trump to read. Trump called khan a hero but to his father trump tweeted this, let me yet. Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the dnc and is now all over tv doing the same. Nice. Trump also said this about sacrifice sacrifices. I think ive
Information related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation was fake but felt he needed to take action anyway because he was concerned that if the information became public, it would undermine the investigation and the Justice Department itself. Now, this is according to multiple sources, talking to my colleagues, simone and gloria and myself. Now, these concerns were a major factor in comey deciding to publicly declare that the Clinton Probe was over last summer without consulting then attorney general Loretta Lynch. Now, you may remember that earlier this week the Washington Post reported on this intelligence and the doubts about its credibility. The fact that comey felt he had to act, based on russian disinformation, is a stark example of how russias interference impacted the Decision Making at the highest level of the u. S. Government during the 2016 campaign. Now, the russian information at issue claims to show that then attorney general lynch had been compromised in the clinto
Intelligence. That awareness is what led to comey to act unilaterally when he publicly declared that the investigation was over last summer. Our chief Political Correspondent dana bash helped break this story for cnn. Shes joining us. Dana, tell us what you and your team have learned. As you mentioned cnn has learned that this is the key, that the fbi director james comey, then fbi director, knew that a critical piece of russian information related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation was fake but he felt that he needed to take action anyway because he was concerned that if the information became public, fake or not, it would undermine the investigation and the Justice Department itself. Now, this is according to multiple sources talking to my colleague and myself. It was because of these concerns that comey decided to publicly declare that the Clinton Probe was over last summer without consulting then attorney general Loretta Lynch. You may remember that earlier this week the Wa
In terms of where we are tonight at the end of this pretty incredible week, is there any more clarity on where the investigation is going in your mind . Theres new energy in the investigation. If you think back to ten days a my republican colleagues were already talking about trying to shut down the investigation because there wasnt enough there. This is despite don juniors meeting and the firing of Michael Flynn. And then George Papadopoulos, a guy admitting to lying about contacts he had with the russians for the purpose of helping donald trump. So that, of course, raises all kinds of questions what happened there, what the followup was, but it certainly gives new energy to all the investigations in terms of finding out what happened. In terms of the investigation, though, were only seeing a tiny the tip of the iceberg here . Thats right. Give bob mueller his due. He kept that under wraps. We didnt know until Paul Manafort walked into the courthouse and the fbi released the George Pa