it. heres herridge with what s been uncovered. during a closed door meeting, state department official george kent said he was so concerned about hunter biden s board position with the ukrainian company that he went to his father s office but the issue went nowhere. as the obama administration urged ukraine to avoid conflicts of interest, he believed hunter biden s position sent the wrong message saying ukrainian officials probably concluded that working through hunter biden would gain favor with them vice president joe biden, his influential father. president trump called the testimony harsh. president trump: he excoriated the obama administration and joe biden and joe biden s son saying, he has tremendous problems, tremendous problems with joe biden s son and the ukraine. fox news also confirmed the former special envoy to the
company that he went to his father s office but the issue went nowhere. as the obama administration urged ukraine to avoid conflicts of interest, ken told congressional investigators that he believed hunter biden s position with the ukrainian energy firm burisma sent the wrong message. kent pentagon further saying ukrainian officials probably concluded that working through hunter biden would gain favor with then vice president joe biden his influential father. president trump called the testimony harsh. he excoriated the obama administration and joe biden and joe biden s son saying has tremendous problems. tremendous problems with joe biden s son and ukraine. through separate reporting, fox news also confirmed the former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker told congressional investigators that burisma was notorious for a history of corruption and being investigated for money laundering. asked why the ukraine energy firm would bring in hunter biden, volker said the firm was, quote:
have seen president trump in public in four days. and it comes as trump speaks out moments ago about the controversy swirling around his son s meeting with a russian attorney. trump insists that he, himself, knew nothing about the meeting until a few days ago, telling routers that he doesn t fault his son saying, quote, i think many people would have held that meeting. now trump was also asked whether he believes putin s denial of russian meddling in the election and here s the thing. that was an opportunity for the president to say no. but he didn t say no. he dodged the question saying, quote, something happened and we have to find out what it is. of course that s news to the intelligence community. president trump tonight leaves behind a white house staff paralyzed and rattled by the n controver controversy. trump himself described by two administration officials as huddled in the oval office.
other than audacity by the people who are being investigated and that puts a burden to be sure we get to the bottom of it. paul manafort was at this meeting, jared kushner, the president s son-in-law. paul manafort volunteered to appear before your committee earlier this year. do you think donald trump jr. should testify before congress, that jared kushner should testify before congress, that paul manafort should testify? do you want to see all of them testifying before your committee? all of them should and will. those three, of course, you ll recall the story that was reported about the alleged attempt by jared kushner to set up a direct line of communication perhaps at a russian diplomatic facility. again, that was a news report. but boy, we want to know about that. of course, now the president s son based on the e-mails that he released, again, this wasn t fake news, this was the president s son saying, look what i did. we want to talk to him. and paul manafort, he was the guy
shots rang out. reporter: around 12:00 noon, her aunt, 11-year-old granddaughter and son tywanza. i remember hi son saying, mama, he shot me in the head. and my granddaughter was hollering, saying she was so afraid. i sa i held her against me so tight and i had my other hand against tywanza and i said, just be quiet. i tried to talk to dillon. i can t say anything more because i had my hand on him the whole time, and then he shot tywanza more. i think back to those last moments. my hero. my hero.