Being told that it was the russian government that was the source of this information. And we got a new statement from Donald Trump Jr. Each day of this story. Yeah. Until today, when he hired a criminal defense lawyer. And now tonight were starting to hear from the criminal defense lawyer about this instead of directly from Donald Trump Jr. And the criminal defense lawyers statements thus far directly contradict everything Donald Trump Jr. Has said in public about this story. But Donald Trump Jr. Contradicted Donald Trump Jr. , so that apparently is okay. In trump world, it is okay to contradict Donald Trump Jr. Anyway. You know, you have to be a very, very, very flexible lawyer to take on this kind of assignment. These guys have to be nimble, pliable, you know, live. You know how it is. Thank you, rachel. Really appreciate it. Thank you, lawrence. Well, tonight we are going to begin with this breaking news from the New York Times that youve heard reported by rachel maddow. Here is th
Constitution and to the rule of law and the mission of the fbi. If the president asked you to do something unlawful or unethical, what do you say . First i would try to talk him out of it, and if that failed i would resign. You dont think director comey is a nut job, right . Thats never been my experience. Do you consider this endeavor a witch hunt . I do not consider director muller to be on a witch hunt. So the president s pick to lead the fbi saying the russia probe is not a witch hunt, although just hours earlier President Trump tweeted and said, it is indeed a witch hunt. This is from todays white house briefing. Why he calls it a witch hunt . Because the president knows very specifically any action or inaction that hes taken, and so i think thats pretty clear. Sarah Huckabee Sanders also saying the president has spoken with his son in the last few days and clearly, his tv interview he watched last night because he also tweeted, my son donald did a good job. He was open, transpare
Frustration on the part of donald trump, jr. And people close to him about how the last couple of days have gone in terms of the disclosures and the slow roll, drip, drip. In terms of kushner, im not entirely sure what youre asking me. Our understanding is that for a second time he has amended the information that he gave in order to get a security clearance. He gave that once earlier and more recently he did that to include this meeting that he hadnt previously disclosed. My question is, was he aware that you were investigating and thats why he amended this or was this just a coincidence . More broadly, without getting into specifics about our reporting and the nature of it, Jared Kushner did amend his security clearance form, his foreign contact disclosures. I believe it was for a second time, included some reference to this meeting. Around the same time Paul Manafort provided some more specifics to one of the congressional committees that is investigating whether this was any collus
This is one of the faster moving stories. I mean one new and big element per day. Yeah. And, you know, i think that this is i mean we were sort of blown away a week ago friday when the wall street journal reported that first evidence of there being american collusion in the russian attack. In that case, the big question was whether or not it could be linked to the Trump Campaign. Now it is about the Trump Campaign, and now further tonight, its about the Trump Campaign and then explicitly being told that it was the russian government that was the source of this information. And we got a new statement from donald trump jr. Each day of this story. Yeah. Until today, when he hired a criminal defense lawyer. And now tonight were starting to hear from the criminal defense lawyer about this instead of directly from donald trump jr. And the criminal defense lawyers statements thus far directly contradict everything donald trump jr. Has said in public about this story. But donald trump jr. Cont
And so at the end of the day, i dont know whether well pass. I think the longer the bills out there the more conservative republicans are going to discover that its not repealed. And president ial pivot. The white house plans for this week to promote americanmade products. It wont p long before we see the made in america displayed on thousands of new products all across this great land and exported all around the world. But the trump Family History of outsourcing has critics asking, is the president really the best messenger . And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where the white house is trying to change the subject from unrelenting headlines about russia. Another setback in the health care battle, and the president s slumping Approval Rating. Over the weekend, President Trump lashing out on twitter defending his son don jr. Amid growing questions about that constantly changing story of just who was present at the controversial meeting with russians during the campa