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haystack. did the issue of adoption, it s near and dear to my heart because i have two adopt edisons. did that come up? yes. in the meeting? like i said, it was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. you know, that s not the premise that got them in the room, and then they started it was essentially a bait-and-switch to talk about that, and everyone has basically said that in testimony already. so this is nothing new, but, you know, like i said, i m now understanding it is an important issue to you and near and dear to many people s hearts, but this was nothing that was a campaign issue to us. this wasn t relevant to us, and it wasn t something we were going to do anything with. except that s not what the president said over the weekend. trump jr. was not pushed to explain the shifting explanations behind the story. meanwhile, vanity fair has reporting on former communications director hope hicks reappearance at the president s side over the weekend ....
be asking themselves regardless of the nuclear deal, why do you want to do business with the world s largest financer of international terrorism? bill: benjamin hall has more. that story live in london. good morning, bill. what these sanctions do are give companies two options. one to deal with the multi-trillion economy of the u.s. or to deal with iran. what we ve seen overnight is companies choosing to deal with the u.s. despite european countries trying to force them in other directions. president trump tweeted this morning saying the iran sanctions have officially been cast. these are the most biting sanctions ever imposed and in november they ratchet up to yet another level. anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. i m asking for world peace, nothing less. and the response was quick. just in the last few hours the french oil giant has said it will quit its multi-billion the door was open for negotiations. iranians refused. bil ....
plus, why is facebook reportedly asking banks for your financial information? good morning. welcome to early start. i m phil mattingly in for dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is tuesday, august7th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. let s start with paul manafort s right hand man rick gates. back on the witness stand in the one-time trump campaign chairman trial on tax and fraud charges. the stakes are high for the white house. manafort and his deputy know a great deal of what went on behind closed doors during key months of the 2016 campaign. yesterday, gates admitted under a grant of immunity he committed crimes alongside his former boss and against him as well. cnn has more from the federal court in alexandra, virginia. reporter: rick gates took the stand in the showdown we have been waiting for as gates Get a jump on the day s news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. every time he weighs in. it complicates the previous explanations for it. we are hearing from the pre ....
it was a short meeting. i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it is called opposition research or even research into your point. i have only been in politics for two years. but i ve had many people call up, oh, gee, we have information on this factor or this person or frankly, hillary. that s very standard in politics. politics is not the nicest business in the world but it is very standard where they have information and you take the information. i think the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. reports have painted a picture of a white house in crisis as it tries on respond to the drip, drip of news. the first family s vulnerability. and congressal investigators say they want to talk to donald trump jr. and jared kushner about the meeting. they say they have also requested documents from the president s son but the president himself seems to think the worst is behind him now. accordi ....
NASCAR avoided one public relations nightmare last week when it granted Kyle Larson a waiver to participate in the playoffs even though he missed the Coca-Cola 600. ....