appearance in civil court. a live report from manhattan. a big election night for democrats across the country, with governor beshear winning re-election in deep red kentucky. it was a victory that sends a loud, clear message. a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. [ cheers and applause ] ohio voters overwhelmingly voting to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution. glenn youngkin losing his grip on the state legislature and ending hopes to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which was his proposal. the u.s. is discussing a proposal with israel and qatar for a pause in fighting of up to three days. secretary of state tony blinken pushes back on netanyahu s potential plans to control security in gaza for an indefinite period. no forcible displacement of palestinians from gaza. not now, not after the war. no reoccupation of gaza after the conflict ends. no attempt to blockade or besiege gaza. no reduction in
mueller. her agreement, cooperation agreement, said any matters the government deems relevant, they could use her cooperation in those. given all of her ties to the republican party and having the goals that are very similar, by mueller, that those goals could be similar and mummer could be very interested in her as well. to that point, i think that s what a lot of people are wondering, what does this mean for the president? he was obviously supported by the nra during the campaign. butina really tried to propose herself to russia as someone who had these ties within the republican party and the nra, knowing that president trump was the nominee and he could become the president. that s very clear in the statement of offense here that she really was trying to pitch herself to get inside his administration in particular. we know that alexander torsion asked for a sideline meeting with jared kushner on the side of an nra convention in 2016.
december 1, 2016. kushner meets with russian ambassador kislyak in trump tower. the russian ambassador came to new york. jared kushner met with the russian ambassador. they discuss setting up a back channel with moscow at russia s own embassy. you have to say that raises a red flag and say, why wasn t this reported? kushner claimed he wanted to discuss syria and said the arrangement was never set up. some in u.s. intelligence believe that kislyak was benefit russia s top spies in washington. did you recruit any members of the trump administration? december 13th, 2016, kushner meets with sergei gorekov, the head of a sanctioned russian bank that s often funded putin s pet projects. like the sochi olympics. the bank was also used as a cover by a russian spy in new
also stands accused of having ties to russian organized crime. now, torshin we understand wanted trump to attend an event on the sidelines of a national rifle association convention back in may of 2016. kushner told other campaign officials to turn down the invitation but did not disclose that exchange to congressional investigators. now, kushner, you ll remember, was among the first of the trump campaign s inner circle to talk to congressional investigators about what he knew as part of their ongoing russia probe. here s how he defended himself at the time earlier this summer. since the first questions were raised in march, i have been consistent in saying that i was eager to share any information i have with the investigating bodies, and i have done so today. i did not collude with russia nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian