special sessions look into whether he needs to appoint a new special counsel to investigate the clinton deal with the uranium and russia. the announcement comes ten days after trump tweeted the justice department and fbi should look into clinton. >> and donald trump jr. corresponded with wikileaks in the 2016 campaign. the president's son responded by releasing his direct message exchanges with wikileaks last night. >> joining us now is the atlanta reporter who broke the don junior story. this is a bombshell. tell us what your reporting has revealed regarding don jr. and wikileaks and their interaction. >> what we found were screen

shots that were turned over to one of the congressional investigative committees looking for ties between the trump campaign and the russian government. it showed a correspondence between wikileaks and the verified don trump jr., account. it was during the peak of the 2016 election to as late as last summer. not only did donald trump, jr., reply, he followed up on their requests, and after presenting him with a hacked password to an anti-trump account and tweeting out a link, a very strange search function link to his followers to say basically,

look, wikileaks has all of these documents, which were, by the way, stolen documents, and if anybody has time to go through them, here's the link, which is wikileaks asked him to do days buyer. >> october 12th, wikileaks asked don jr. to tweet out the link you describe, okay, and don jr. does not respond directly to them, however about 15 minutes later -- >> no -- yes, yes, you are right. >> 15 minutes later, donald trump sr. tweets that link about wikileaks, and on october 14th, two days later, don jr. tweets that link that wikileaks asked him to. do we have that right? >> donald trump, sr., then the republican nominee tweeted about a different part. there was a long message from

wikileaks, and it ended by saying, hey, by the way, part four of the podesta e-mails is up and 15 minutes later donald trump jr. says they are not getting enough play in the mainstream media and the system is rigged. two days later donald trump jr. tweets out the search function link sent to him by wikileaks in the same long message. >> either way it's a crazy coincidence that they tweet right after requests from wikileaks to tweet or what can you conclude from this? >> he's acting on the question of an organization, on october 7th, a week before that, the office of the director of national intelligence put out an unprecedented statement saying the hacks of the dnc, and the democratic national committee

were orchestrated by the russians and by the top of the kremlin, the russian government, so at that point it's not a secret where these documents came from, and the trump family did not seem to have a problem with that as long as they were rowing in the same direction. >> one more thing i think is so important to point out from your reporting and from what has been disclosed today, and that's wikileaks bills itself as a radical transparency organization, and just are interested in transparency and don't like state secrets, however there's an e-mail or whatever a direct message to don jr. that suggests from wikileak if your father were to lose the election we suggest that he not concede, not recognize the election results. >> it's stunning. >> the constitutional crisis that would have created, how can

they square that logic? >> i don't know they can. but, you know, it's ironic that wikileaks is pretty upset at having their private messages all over the internet, and they have done that to so many people, and it's kind of ironic. it's trying to stick a wrench in the most fundamental way process in the electoral process, what does a radical transparency organization need to do that for? the other part, it was kind of sinister but comical was, yeah, about a month after donald trump is elected president wikileaks gets in touch again and says, hey, by the way, julian assange is under pressure from the uk and tweedsweden u.s., and why d you put pressure on the

australian government -- >> yeah, this is not. they are clearly an advocacy agency. it would be really helpful for our pr. thank you very much for sharing all of your reporting with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. let's bring in analyst, jonathan martin and joshua green. it's good to have both of you there. this development matters because at a minimum it's an ability to see where people are in terms of what they think about the investigation. jonathan, we just had cory lewandowski on, and depending on what side of the ball you are on, the substance matters. the russia investigation, yeah, and we believe that it probably happened the way the intelligence community says. wikileaks, i don't know what they really had to do with it. i'm not a cyber expert.

donald trump, jr., he's a private citizen and i think he should be celebrated for putting these out otherwise i don't know what he's putting out. that's how it's going to be played. what is your take on that? >> for the life of me i can't understand from a pr point whether it was don jr. or anybody else who was part of the campaign last year why they did not have everything connected from wikileaks to russia, connected to the current mueller investigation as well as the congressional enquiries, and just got it out in december and january, and in one felt swoop, you have a rough couple of days where you answer questions, but to let the drip, drip, drip come out where they're e-mails between don jr. and russian folks about a meeting and don jr. dm's with wikileaks, and why would you let folks get ahead of

you on and this then playing catch up saying nothing to see here, here's what transpired, and it's puzzling unless there's something they are hiding. i don't get why they would not have responded by dumping everything last december or january. >> josh, what jumps out at you? >> the haplessness in don jr. engaging with wikileaks in the heat of the campaign. anybody with a moral campus would have known at the time this was a bad thing to do. he seemed interested, and at times he ignored some of the e-mails, he did wind up tweeting out the links wikileaks asked him to tweet out. >> you have politics and law here. there will be crossover and then they will drift apart, and here the link was publicly accessible

already. that's going to be very important for trump jr.'s lawyers, because if it's already out there then what am i doing by sharing the link again? politically, jonathan, the question remains, i asked cory, you would have had that conversation? he said i would have gone to the attorney and seen if it was okay, and that's right, that's what you are supposed to do when somebody who is an apparent agent comes to you trying to help your campaign. we did not see enough of that. we saw the opposite here. papadopoulos wanted to do his dance, page wanted to do his dance. the meeting that manafort and kutch kushner went to. why were they open to these

suggestions? >> if you consider all the names that you just mentioned with the exception of paul manafort, all of them have something in common, they never worked at a high level of american politics. you have first-time candidate for any office, running for the presidency of the united states, and he's surrounded by people who worked at lower levels in politics or a lot of them were total civilians politically and had not been around this stuff, and that's not to excuse their behavior, that's to say if you had people that worked on campaigns, the kwaoeupbd of through tkeugs people that worked on campaigns, they would have thought twice before engaging in this behavior. this is a macgyver style campaign that made it up as they went. >> josh, explain how it's okay

for the bannons of the world and the platform he has for a nationalist, as he calls himself, to be taking cues from wikileaks and be making nice with russia and all of that stuff that is now being revealed? >> i don't think it is okay, and i am not sure bannon has responded to this latest report from "the atlantic," and this is the first time bannon has been implicated in a sense according to the reported that don jr. forwarded these e-mails to bannon and kushner and other senior officials in the campaign, so presumably they were aware of what was going on. i don't think there's any way in which this is appropriate, not just for a nationalist trump campaign, but any campaign at all for the reasons we just laid out. it's inappropriate, and unethical and boarder line

treasonist to be colluding with a foreign power. >> what had been dismissed as a distraction may have new life breathed into it by this november 13th letter by the u.s. department of justice to bob good. cory lewandowski, the idea that, yeah, russian interference is a real concern and you have to look at the clinton campaign for what they did with fusion gps, and do you think what was a distraction may end up getting new life in some type of federal probe? >> if you are asking me, that certainly seems to be the sign again. to throw out another bannon angle, the story was originally part of a basis for clinton cash published by one of bannon's oe organizations in 2015 as hillary clinton was getting ready to run

for president, and the point of the book was to smear clinton, and it did, but it was not meant to be a basis for legal action. i think it's a worrisome sign that the government is listening to trump and might move forward on this. >> let me jump in real fast, and it's not unrelated that jeff sessions wants to keep his job, we think, as attorney general, and i think after this summer he went on a five-day twitter taunting spree where he was trolling his own ag. this is the doj, if not, sessions himself, trying to show trump, hey, we hear you and sessions wants to keep his job. we have a story in the paper today where people on the hill

see a fix to the roy moore mess and that's to get sessions back to his old seat, and the roy moore seat is the seat from jeff sessions, and some thought, hey, maybe trump could get sessions out of the administration, and mitch mcconnell could get him back in the seat and we will add him as a write-in. >> what a tangled web we weave. >> the logic there made my hair curl. >> i can see that. as we mentioned, trump's son acknowledges he did have direct contact with we canny leaks during the campaign. a member of the house intel committee joins us next. >> when you are in the car, you have keep up with "new day" on sirius xm, it's tremendous for a

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president trump often praised wikileaks during the 2016 campaign and now we learned his son, don jr., had direct contact with wikileaks. >> i think don jr. is a private citizen and can tweet or retweet anything he wants to and doesn't have a material effect on the

outcome of the campaign and he has the privilege to do that. >> let's bring in jackie speier who is part of the house intelligence committee. what do you think about the new reporting that finds that don jr. was in contact with wikileaks through a series of direct messages? >> we know that wikileaks turned out to be a cutout for the russians during the campaign, and we also know that there were a number of interactions between wikileaks and persons within the campaign and now we know that don jr., who was an intetkpwul part of that campaign, was not only in communication with wikileaks but taking direction from wikileaks. i would say since we know that wikileaks has been defined by mike pompeo, the cia director under president trump has a nonstate hostile intelligence service, we have a problem here. >> taking direction from

wikileaks, and is that the same as coordination? >> i think it is the same. at some point it could be conspiracy. >> if it's conspiracy, that means what people have been referring to as collusion? >> collusion is a word that is hard to define, but coordination and conspiracy are not. in the end what we are going to find is the election was rigged. president trump during the campaign kept calling it a rigged campaign and election and it was rigged on his behalf. >> follow that train of thought for me. if you say it can be proven, if you believe at some point there was conspiracy, that means, what? >> from a congressional perspective, it means that we have got to double down in making sure that our election system is not hackable, that we can make sure that moving

forward we can count votes and know they have not been tampered with, and we need to be vigilant and making sure the sites were not being infiltrated. this was a cyber war going on, and the russians were very successful. >> what does it mean -- what does this might be proven as a conspiracy mean to who goes to jail? >> good question. that's not something the house committees are under the authority to look at. that's something that would be done by mr. mueller, special counsel, and the department of justice. >> do you feel that your house intel committee is getting close to conclusions? >> i don't think we're anywhere near being completed in terms of enter interviews. i know the majority would like to bring this to an end because they want it behind them, but there are probably another 30 to

50 witnesses that the minority would like to see brought in to be questioned. >> now, as you know, jeff sessions, attorney general, says that he is considering appointing a special counsel to investigate the clinton foundation and the uranium one deal. are you comfortable with that? >> they are in the majority, so we don't have a lot to say about that. i would say that it is a direction from the president. he's been pounding on us. it was an issue that we tried to raise during the campaign. we all know that uranium one as a deal has been investigated thoroughly, and that it was a deal in which the owner that contributed to the clinton foundation actually sold his interest back in 2008. it is uranium that must stay in the united states. it's not being sold anywhere else. russia is a minority interests

holder, and let's look at all the trump towers and how much interests there are in trump towers around the country. >> let's talk about the me too movement that has been sweeping the country. it's with people, mostly women, but some men as well coming out and telling their stories about sexual harassment and sexual assault. we were stunned to learn last week how widespread -- i think is a fair word to say, and it's even in congress and with women who had this experience in the halls of congress, and the about the laws or rules inside congress that make it really challenging for people to come forward. you are trying to change that. tell us about your new legislation? >> well, it's a combination of two bills. one would require mandatory sexual harassment training for members and staff, and then beyond that, the second bill would reform the office of compliance. right now somebody wants to file

a complaint, they have got to go through a month of legal counseling and then have to sign a nondisclosure agreement that is in perpetuity, and then they go through mediation and then they have to have a one month cooling-off period, all the while they are still required to work in that office that was a hostile work environment, so three months. by the way, the attorney in mediation is representing the harasser, the general counsel of the house is representing the harasser, and the victim has no support. >> it's remarkable to hear about that, how long it has been going on and how the decks are stacked against anybody want to go come forward with their story. congresswoman, thank you for joining us. this latest donald trump jr. revelation will likely lead to new questions for jeff sessions.

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in less than two hours attorney general jeff sessions will face the house judiciary committee, and he will face questions about contacts between wikileaks and donald trump jr. let's bring in congressman jim jordan, a republican on the judiciary committee. always a pleasure to have you on the show. >> good to be here. >> what questions do you have for the attorney general? >> we called for it 3 1/2 months ago and had not heard a darn thing from the justice department, and he had a come to

jesus moment and they are looking to appoint one, which is exactly what should happen. >> you saw the november 13th letter from yesterday. >> yes. >> we have been reporting it the same way, so i am hitting both of us with the same stick. do you think we are getting ahead of ourselves with what the intentions are? the special counsel, whether any matters merit the appointment, it was the third option in one sentence of what they might be pursuing, and do you want to nudge him to think about it? >> it's the latter. what we do know is all the things we have learned in the last few weeks on top of what comey did relative to the e-mail investigation, all of that certainly warrants the investigation, and comey began

to draft an exoneration letter prior to the completion of the e-mail investigations, and all that goes on and now we learn in the last few weeks about what took place when bob mueller was the fbi chairman regarding the uranium one deal, and all the facts came out regarding the dossier, who paid for it and was it turned into opposition research, and if that doesn't warrant a special counsel, what the heck does? >> it's obvious to you, everything that you just stated -- >> it's obvious to the americans, chris. >> how do you know it's known to americans? >> i talk to them every week when i go home and they bring it up, when are people going to be held accountable, and when is it going to be equal treatment under the law, and it's not one

standard for you and i and a different one for secretary clinton. that's what i hear from constituents -- >> you have confirmation, an organization that mike pompeo and everybody in the intelligence community thinks, donald trump jr. put out a link for them and that doesn't raise to the top of your agenda today, clinton does. why? >> bob mueller will look into that. we know that. there's a couple e-mails that donald trump responded to, okay, robert mueller will look into that. what i want to know who is going to look into the fact that the dnc and clinton campaign financed through their law firm to put through the dossier and it sure looks like that was -- >> you know -- >> that is fundamentally wrong.

if that did happen it should not have happened. >> what would have been wrong? as you know, as you know, when they went for that fisa warrant, not only did they have to make a cause showing in front of a judge but they said it wasn't the basis for their getting a fisa warrant? >> we don't know that. everything points to the basis -- >> we have reporting coming out that they had other elements when they made their show -- >> you know what? >> more importantly, why do you believe what clinton did sizes up as any type of collusion? why? >> they paid for it. the press had this dossier. nobody would print it because -- and then it gets presented to a fisa warrant and that's the basis for putting a tap on carter page.

really? and briefs president elect trump on it and shortly thereafter it'siit's leaked, and then the dossier is discussed and cnn reports it and buzzfeed prints the entire dossier, and those needs to be investigated, too. >> it sounds like just a political spitball contest. >> an opposition research document that gets presented to the fisa -- >> we don't know if that was presented as the basis -- >> why don't they tell us? >> you have heard reporting where they said the dossier was not the basis of the investigation. >> why the reluctance to tell us? did you use it or not? just tell us. >> isn't that the answer you can get without a special counsel?

>> we are trying. >> it's not a political tit for tat? >> it's about getting equal treatment under the law. that's what this is about. >> i thought it was about russian interference and who may have cooperated and coordinated with russia interference? >> the clinton campaign and dnc paid fusion gps to go over and get information that's not accurate -- >> they were not asked to set up meetings and they were not offered -- >> you don't think it's interesting that the dnc paid for this dossier? you don't think it's interesting that the clinton campaign paid for the dossier, and we just found it out -- >> how is it any more interested that they went to wikileaks -- this is a dirty business. >> you are making my point. let's find out the truth so the american people can evaluate it.

let's get the truth for the american people. that's what i am about. >> with a special counsel, it's another thing. >> you think robert mueller, can, because i was -- >> yes. >> do you think he's not compromised when it comes to examining the uranium one deal -- >> i have not seen any proof of that. you guys talk about uranium like it was weapons grade stuff. it wasn't. it's all for domestic stuff here and it's about an energy contact. you guys loved mueller when he was appointed. he's one of your own, a decorated veteran. >> i know the answers when i got from him when i questioned him about the irs scandal. >> you have your own individual question on that. let us know what you think about your interview with ag sessions today. you are always welcome. be well. >> thanks, chris.

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breaking news, the mayor of baton rouge, louisiana, is asking the public to hold judgment after an officer--involved shooting. police say the officer was escorting a caseworker from louisiana's department of children and family services through the complex when the man began to fight with the officer. >> fears of a possible serial killer loose in florida following a deadly shooting in seminole heights, and that's the same neighborhood where three other murders happened last month within days of each other. another body found but it's too early to know if this shooting is linked to the previous murders. and jurors will resume this morning for the bob menendez trial. the judge ordering them all to

go home and, quote, clear their heads, and then try to keep in the process of reaching a verdict. menendez faces charges of conspiracy, bribery and abusing his power in office. a woman coming forward to say that former president w.h. bush touched her inappropriately. what do we know, athena? >> she says he groped her when she was 16 years old, and it left her horrified and confused. president george h.w. bush facing new groping allegations, this time from a woman who said she was 16 when he touched her inappropriately. she told "time" magazine it happened when she posed for this

picture at an event at the texas office. cnn has not independently confirmed her account, but she told "time" as soon as the picture was being snapped on the one, two, three, he dropped his hands from my waist to my but buttocks. the former president was said to touch others during photo ops. >> at intermission he came backstage to pick a pick tkhur, and he was in a wheelchair, and he reached his hand around and said to the group, do you know who my favorite magician is?

we said, no, and he said david cop a feel. and he grabbed my behind. >> in response to in new charge that the former president groped co core abegun. he again apologizes to anybody he offended during a photo-op. that sentiment was seconded by laura bush. >> i am just sad that we have come to this, something that was very, very innocent, he's been accused of. he would never in any way hurt anybody. >> the accounts are similar to the accounts shared by at least two other women, including

actress heather lind who appeared in "washington spies." i spoke to a couple doctors that the former president may have begun acting inappropriate in the last few years due to his illness, a form of parkinson's disease, and they said illnesses can affect things like forethought and judgment and impulse control, and people that have acted appropriately their whole life can start. before the former president began to suffer from the physical limitations affecting him in the last several years. three basketball players accused of shoplifting in china. what do we know now? >> moments ago, the three ucla

players who were detained in china are set to fly back to the states later today, this hours after donald trump talked to chinese president xi, who has been helpful in resolving this case. and the three players were arrested last week and questioned about stealing sunglasses from a louis vuitton store near the team's hotel. and let's get to sports action. lebron james and the cavs in new york city taking in the sights. madison square garden, king james, chest bumping and shoving. cantor looking like cuomo putting an interviewee on the hot seat. just about a minute to go, the game is tied and the three-pointer, oh, look at that.

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