waiting that off-camera press briefing happening in at 2:00 hour. of course, donald trump, jr., will be sitting down with sean hannity tonight to react to all of this and give us the latest. what are you hearing? you mention tim kane, what are we hearing from democrats on the hill. you spoke to some about the emails, but what can you tell us on that front? ron wyden, a democrat from oregon came out and he basically sounded the alarm saying that what he has read about the emails has him quite concerned. he said the highest level for the trump campaign locked eyes open to a new meeting he says it s now up to elected officials were both parties to stand up and do their duty to defend the constitution. ron wyden, that s his take.
to reporters from a british journalist and published donald trump, jr., do not totally connect. here s the question. why would they send the trunk campaign to a lady who knew nothing? i want to know about that too. it is an odd way to suggest the russian government wants to help by sending you to someone who does not have any evidence at all. what we have heard from senior democrats on the hill today but these emails and the promise of intelligence directly from the russian government goes past previous allegations. to meet with an adversary to try to get information to hijacked moxie, it is more than destruction of justice. it is more than perjury. it is a treason investigation. senator graham are not going as far as senator kane, but the emails that a new allegations underscore the need to get donald trump, jr., presidential advisor, jared kushner, and
other folks are taking a more cautious approach. as i mentioned, senator kane who is on the democratic ticket, calling it a treason investigation. that s pretty serious terminology when you talk about investigations here in washington and the impact they have on the country. melissa: might, as melissa francis. a lot of people in our audience are wondering, do you see anyone meeting on health care or tax reform? i know we are all fired up about getting to the bottom of the story and rightfully so, but at the same time, there are some major issues out there that are impacting american families. do you see any meetings going on on these other things? that s a great point, melissa. i should know that at this hour, we ve got sector pelican senators doing a news conference say we have a lot more work to do. we should at least cancel or scale back the august recess. they are on camera right now elsewhere. we know that republican senators
out to our french counterparts to inform them and make sure they were aware. and also to ask them, is there something we are missing that you re seeing? thank you. senator kane. mr. mccabe, thank you for being here today under somewhat difficult circumstances. we appreciate your candor and your testimony. on march 20th, director comey, then director comey testified to the house of representatives, i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign in the russian government. whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russian efforts. this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. is that statement still accurate? yes, sir, it is.
invited to an all members briefing with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. that took place earlier this afternoon. the senators who came out of that briefing essentially said they want more information from the trump administration about the strategy in syria. almost to a person said, if he going to go farther than he has, it would be a good idea for them to come and talk on congress, if not get congressional approval to take additional action. i will also say, we learned from senator tim kane that the administration is not the yes offering a legal justification for these strikes to members of congress. that is something that happens while congress officially has the power to declare war. obviously in modern times, it has worked a little differently but the administration has been required to come to congress and say this is the legal authority that you once gave us that allows to us make these strikes. when there were strikes many libya, for example, the obama