While this morning there are new questions about the motives behind meetings the president s son donald trump jr. Took during the campaign, especially in light of his changing explanations. The New York Times reports he was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a russian lawyer with reported connections to the kremlin. Now, the meeting took place june 9th, just two days after Hillary Clinton claimed victory. Two others with knowledge of it. They met at trump tower and included trump jr. Then Campaign Chairman Paul Manifort and Jared Kushner and natalia he arranged the meeting at the request of a russian client and attended it. Its unclear whether the lawyer ever produced the intel, but it was expected she would. The meetings very existence only recently came to light through disclosures from kushner and manifort. The explanation of the meeting shifed since the story first broke on saturday. Donald trump jr. Said we primarily discussed a progra
University of virginia campus for a candle light vigil. It came just hours after a memorial for 32yearold Heather Heyer, the woman killed during this weekends protest in it charlottesville. Were going to get to that story in a moment, but, first, another morning, another blockbuster interview from a top trump aide. Once more, theres a question about whether the subject intended for it to be on the record. First there was the anthony scar muchy and the interview he gave to the new yorker that brought about his demise. Now steve bannon gave an interview to the american prospect. The reasons are not fully clear. In kim trump has met his match. They are bluffer u blundering into a nuclear exchange, and thats more serious bannon reportedly explained on the phone that the u. S. And chinese economic war was approaching an inflexion point and one of the two nations would emerge as a hedge among 25 or 30 years from now, and then came this. Contrary to trumps threat of fire and fury, bannon said
Legitimacy. Judge roy moore was out of sight his wife defended him on the state capital. Even after all the attacks, he will not step down. Is ambassador kislyak in the room before he get started here . Any russians . [laughter] i feel good today cant nobody bring me down and i Just Got Paid and i think im going to hit the town pete that im aware of there are no russians in this room. Ed henry and Rachel Campos duffy today. Thank you for having me on the first time hosting. Pete not first time on tv. Have you probably been on tv more than any of us. We will get to the career of Rachel Camposduffy later in the hour. Are you feeling. The hardest part is getting to sleep early because im a night outline. Ed you guys coordinated the purple though. Even the socks. Ed thanks for letting me know. I know where i stand. We have so much news breaking this morning. Hillary clinton, she doesnt seem to want to go away. Pete she does not want to go away she was on wabc with rit can a cosby big Radio
Tumu tumultuous times. Bush was a man who dedicated his entire life almost to public service. Az navy pilot, as a congressman, a diplomat, director of the cia Vice President under Ronald Reagan. Although he was a politician that could at times play hardball, he achieved a reputation as a gentleman known for his kindness and grace personally, for his love of family, and for his faith. Theres people in heaven that you want to see. Definitely. I cant quite sort out in my mind how were going to find them. Who would you want to see first . It depends in barbara predeceases me. I would probably go with her. I think my mom and my father and maybe robin, our little girl that died. Robin. The political cartoonist of the jackson, mississippi, ledger Marshall Ramsey creating this touching tribute. Bush flying the same plane that he flew in the navy during world war ii up into the clouds to join his beloved wife barbara and their 3yearold daughter, robin, who died of leukemia in 1953. Cnn is now l
House still stands. First, on some mondays when lawmakers come back to work and get ready to answer questions from reporters like me on capitol hill, they usually have a pretty good sense of exactly what it is were going to ask when we show up with our microphones. Tomorrow however i dont think is going to be one of those mondays. The first question they get could be about the president s decision to back off his threat to impose tariffs on moeexico a the new reporting from the New York Times that the deal the president announced consistents largely of actions mexico had already promised to take months ago. Or the first question they get could be about the upcoming contempt votes on tuesday against attorney general william barr and former white House Counsel don mcghan over their refusal to cooperate with congressional subpoenas over the Mueller Report. Or we could ask about Nancy Pelosis comment this week about wanting to see the president in prison rather than impeached. The presiden