eric trump said it as well. donald trump jr. says to jake tapper, oh, it's disgusting their discussing meetings with russia. now we know from his own e-mail, he did. >> sara fagan. >> i didn't use the word collusion. >> there may or may not. there may or may not be a real story or any there there. but the reality is, there's now a special counsel. the best thing for the president to do is to not go do interviews and talk about russia but to talk about his agenda and let his lawyers, mr. sekulow, very capable this morning. let his lawyers talk about it and he should stop talking about it. >> good luck with that. >> and don't threaten the special prosecutor. >> you see the strains trump is under. there are a lot of advisers who do want him to defer to the legal team. on the other hand, his son has

from eric trump. the exact reason they viciously attack our family. and we are close and will always support each other. joining us two men who wrote books on donald trump. michael dantonio and tim theo brian. the president's initial statement today said that his son, my son is a high quality person. i applaud his transparency. were you surprised by that at all? >> i was surprised it was such a mild endorsement of his son. he said the same kind of things about -- michael flynn. before he was out. and i think, just saying, he is a high quality person is, almost throe throwing him under the bus. i would have defended my sewn son far more vigorously. and the idea that he is transparent to me that was -- an atta boy. like you did the right thing. i think, this is something he was directed to do. and, what -- >> the white house has said now, that the president knew nothing abut this until, until recently. i mean the, in the e-mail chain, donald trump jr. is being told that the russian government is backing his father. there was no reaction really in the e-m

before that heard from eric trump's wife, lara. about ten minutes from now, we will actually be hearing from the president. again, we're waiting on him right now. this, of course, on the heels of last night's appearance in west virginia at the boy scout jamboree, he won both the states, ohio and west virginia in the 2016 election, president trump's message, if you stick with that loyal base of voters, then they'll really help you out, and they'll show up at the polls. a new "gallup poll" says he maintains approval rating in 17 states that he won. what does he do with this very loyal base that's sticking by him? joining me now republican congressman and one of then-candidate trump's first outspoken supporters in congress, chris collins, representative collins, good to have you here. >> good to be with you. i was at the jamboree friday and saturday, i chaired the scout caucus, i can tell you the enthusiasm in west virginia at the summit for donald trump coming, our president, was through the roof and they had 40,000 boys chanting "we

>> eric: donald trump didn't know about it until a couple days ago. >> eboni: do you think donald trump, jr. did something wrong? >> eric: no. >> kat: is this real life? how can you say he didn't do anything wrong? >> eric: if someone is offered opposition research against a candidate you are running against, you're going to take i it. >> joe: might have been sloppy but i don't see that he did anything wrong. >> eric: you paper opposition research. >> kat: the top level of our governments. >> eric: he would've said maybe later on we'll get together. >> kat: >> eboni: i'm not mad am for taking it. but when someone says did you have been meetings, interviews conversations with these russian officials, you say we took a meeting with them. this was the goal of the meeting. nothing came of it come undone. then it doesn't have the legs it has now. >> back to what eric said. the cnn graphic. the knee-jerk reaction leading to the dow going way, way down. anybody know how the dow finished? it ended up in the green. >> eric: can we think donald trump, jr. for making the down rally? >> classic exa

eric: all right, it's not just the democrats that could be leaking though, right? aren't there some maybe anti-trump republicans that may be just as guilty? >> absolutely. i think it could come from either side. the problem is, eric, that it's tough to track down this leaker. i mean, we've seen the case of one leaker being caught, i guess you could say, the department the justice and it's really trying to figure out who these individuals are. and it's time consuming. but it's a critical role for the trump administration to look at. the second part is that during the obama administration, there were many of the political jobs where you would normally fill them up with your people, your beliefs, switched over to career positions making it very difficult and the third part of this is you have individuals who have been in these agencies for 20-something years. they've dug their heels in and you look at veterans affairs and they have basically moved on regulations, that have-- and overreach of federal government that have impacted tens of thousands of veterans and in issues like providing them education.

to meet with different constituencies and help humanize his father, just as you votto trump and eric trump were out there meeting with people. trump and eric trump were out there meeting with people, most notably gun owners. an important constituency when you are running for president in the republican primary and he was seen as an emissary to that part of the party. thank you very much. we appreciate both of your time. >> take care. george orwell's novel has been one of the most highly acclaimed books since the publication and it is seen as a seminal work arguing against authoritarianism and totalitarian regimes. it has been adapted into a play that is running on broadway. calls the play in tents in a way he has never seen on broadway. me now are the three stars. i am pleased to have them here. is this relevant for the times we live in in 2017? >> and how. i remember reading it and it was science fiction and it now feels like documentary. the play was done in london in response to the edward snowden situation. that was the inspiration for adapting it. a room after the election and thought

donald trump junior releasing a statement on twitter that starts with -- >> eric: goldstone happens to be a british music publicist who helped arrange the meeting at trump tower, he knows the trump family. that meeting with russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya. >> julie: she had no information to provide and wanted to talk about adoption policy. this occurred before the current russian fever was invoked. the magnitsky act act was enacted by president obama. >> the younger trump was told that this information was being offered to him because of russia's support for mr. trump and based on these emails we now that goldstone told trump junior about that before he accepted the meeting. in an email dated june 3rd 2016, goldstone wrote "the crown prosecutor of russia met with his father this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would obviously be very useful to your father. this is obviously very high-level and sensitive information but as part of russia a

i'm glad you wrote this book. >> eric: donald trump, after a segment on "fox & friends," retreated aboutite and that's how it really -- >> eric: work it's doing phenomenal. the timeliness, it's right on time. >> eric: thank you, everybody for buying it. when we return, we circle back with j.d. haworth and kristin tate. the right back. ♪ >> ♪ got a dream they've come to share, they are coming to america closed , z2bjhz zvpz y2bjhy yvpy you're searching for something. like the perfect deal... ...on the perfect hotel. so wouldn't it be perfect if there was a single site where you could find the right hotel for you at the best price? there is. because tripadvisor now compares prices from over 200 booking sites... ...to save you up to 30%... ...on the hotel you want. trust this bird's words. tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. i wneverever wash my hair again now, i fuel it new pantene doesn't just wash your hair, it fuels it. with the first pro-v nutrient blend, making every strand stronger because strong is beautiful. i hate the outside. well, i hate it wherever you are. burn

if you think that's the same as what donald trump, jr., do you think that the ukraine was not wrong? >> erichillary clinton is far more in violation then what happened with donald trump. >> kat: why is that? >> eric: gets a nothing burger! >> kat: it was -- collusion, if used colloquially -- >> eric: i want all the money in the bank of new york, also. but i didn't go and steal it. >> kat: but you tried. >> we need to seriously work to improve our relationship with russia. >> kat: agreed. >> we have to clear away all of the fake issues and get the real issues, such as nuclear disarmament, environment, other things. we spent a lot of time on this and it's going nowhere. i don't care how many investigations they have. i've seen these kind of investigations going nowhere. >> mo: and i guess i would disagree with you, congressman, in that i don't think serious allegations about the russian government trying -- whether or not they were successful, trying to meddle in our electoral process is a serious issue. >> eric: i don't know if they've done that! >> mo: it could be china, it could be -- >> mo

eric: another one. he hasn't been exactly approachable. >> the republican party is largely behind donald trump, eric bradyic: nonpartisan the answer this question. if what donald trump, jr., did could be construed as collusion or what not, want every single congressman be under the same accusatory veil as donald trump junior? they all meet with russians. all of them. >> they should meet with russians but they are not running a campaign! he was a central actor in his father's campaign and he responds to an email that says, here's information intended to interfere in the campaign provided by the russian government, come to the meeting, and he brings the campaign chai chair. >> eboni: we will take a very quick break. we have a lot more to say. we will be right back. ♪ whoooo. i enjoy the fresher things in life. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest prices. so if you're anything like me... ...you'll want to check tripadvisor. we now instantly compare prices from over 200 booking sites... ...to find you the lowest price... ...on the hotel you want. go on, try something fresh.

eric trump.actually called out last night that came up on stage after the president saw this guy, geno on "fox & friends" yesterday morning. ed: hear what the president said to him. ainsley: he drives a forklift. grew up as a lifelong democrat. never voted for a republican. and this is his first. the president pulls him up on stage last night. steve: just like that. ed: busy week so far. jillian has been all over the headlines. she is back this morning. jillian: good morning to you guys. and good morning to you as well. breaking news overnight. questions turn to chaos at city council hearing after protesters demand to speak about controversial gun bill. >> get your hands off me. get your hands off me. get your hands off me. [shouting] jillian: protesters pushed to the floor and into the walls when police tried to close the doors at city hall. clashing with council members over a measure that would add a minimum mandatory one year jail sentence for anyone convicted of carrying illegal gun. aimed a

eric trump's theory is that some people can't stand that the trump family is extremely close and alwayspport each other. talk about that, trump family values with two trump biographers next. megan's smile is getting a lot of attention because she uses act® mouthwash. act® strengthens enamel, protects teeth from harmful acids, and helps prevent cavities. go beyond brushing with act®. >>> donald trump, jr. released his e-mails on twitter and there's been a lot of response including from the british politician who tweeted this -- also this from eric trump. -- joining us now two men who wrote books on donald trump. michael d'antoni and tim brian. the president's initial statements today said my son is a high quality person and i applaud his transparency. were you surprised by that. >> i was surprised it was such a mild endorsement of his son. he ed the same kind of things about michael flynn before he was out. and i think just saying he's a high-quality person is almost throwing him under the bus. i would have defended my own son far more vigorously the idea that he's transparent to me that

putin now in his testimony and bill browder also spoke about the russian lawyer who had met with eric trump and donald trump jr vessel in the sky and now she said that she believed that what was going to be said in the testimony would be false she spoke about how her position in the united states was mainly she worked to lobby against the magnitsky act and she is in no way connected to the russian government and she expected that browder would give testimony about her that was in accurate this is what she had to say directly to r.t. . well i'm sure that i will use a script when testifying right more the script had been prepared for him beforehand and it was already posted on the atlantic i read the transcript carefully there's nothing new in there has already said all those things before and i can tell you with certainty that mr brown who will give a false testimony on sky has also she has talked about how she is willing to go before the committee and give her side of the story she's perfectly willing to speak to the same committee that mr browder spoke to today she would be willing to give

eric: another one. he hasn't been exactly approachable. >> the republican party is largely behind donald trump, eric bradyr this question. if what donald trump, jr., did could be construed as collusion or what not, want every single congressman be under the same accusatory veil as donald trump junior? they all meet with russians. all of them. >> they should meet with russians but they are not running a campaign! he was a central actor in his father's campaign and he responds to an email that says, here's information intended to interfere in the campaign provided by the russian government, come to the meeting, and he brings the campaign chai chair. >> eboni: we will take a very quick break. we have a lot more to say. we will be right back. ♪ work up a sweat during the day. not at night. only tempur-breeze® mattresses use an integrated system of technologies to keep you cool while you sleep. ultra-breathable support layers channel heat away from your body. purecool technology delivers cooling comfort you can feel. and the performance cover is cool to the touch. so you sleep cool and wake up feeling powerful

i can tell you -- no one is saying -- [all speaking] >> eric: assuming donald trump wants to i don't know create some sort of cybersecurity partnership with russia that they are going to infiltrate us. >> capri: i don't think that's the case. >> eric: why not do it? >> capri: if they want to engage, why even open up that can of worms? yes, maybe we can hack them but why give them an opportunity to hack us? >> kat: if someone breaks into my house, i'm not going to be all right. >> katrina: he is a russian nationalist at the level of lenin. let me say this. i hear eric and capri giving an analysis of who can get the better of hu. if we take donald trump and his word and he talks about something that's highly strategic. maybe less than smart to trust any intention behind vladimir putin. i'm going to take a position that i suspect my two friends are not going to appreciate. i don't know i believe president trump releasees vladimir putin as something to be not worked with. i think the president has a level of admiration for the leadership of vladimir putin. i think we know that based on so

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trump says he's not going to draw a redline. i wish he would. >> kat: i disagree. >> eric: you do this, -- china, we gave you fair warning and if they continue to test another one of these things. >> kat: i'm going to defend something president trump said that you don't agree with. i completely agree with him not wanting to draw a redline because some of my kim jong-un could see it as a dare. he is a reckless leader and that forces us to have to act immediately even if we may not want to. that puts the ball in their court rather than our court. >> eboni: what is the alternative? i feel like at this point so much of our plan thus far when it comes north korea is basically betting on the fact that they will not go to a certain level and i personally, as you said he's reckless. we know this about him. not prepared to make a foreign policy position based off what he might not do. that doesn't feel good to me. >> kat: it doesn't feel good to me that we guarantee we enter world war iii by doing a preemptive strike. what are you referring to specifically when you say do something

reporting that president trump has been pondering rudy giuliani for attorney general. >> eric: can i take a second to expand why this matters. donald trump hands the attorney general dropped a jeff sessions who was a senator is allowed to meet with kislyak and others and ambassadors. that's what they do. he hands the cemetery the ag job. the ag couple days later recused himself from the russian investigation allowing the deputy attorney general to make the decisions on russia and this guy, rosenstein, isn't necessarily a trump appointee. rosenstein, the first thing he does, special counsel. robert mueller will be the special counsel investigating russia. if sessions had said to donald trump before he was appointed, if you appoint me, i want you to know i'm going to recuse myself, there's no way he would be the ag. >> eboni: do you think it's foreseeable? if you are sessions, that you would feel the need to recuse. >> amy: jeff sessions testified he was considering recusal from day one paired with the tweets in the public statements from the president, i am watching the worst longest b

. >> cnn contributor responds after president trump tweets video of him wrestling the news network. hello, i'm eric thomas. president trump's latest tweet involving his dispute with the media is drawing swift criticism tonight. president trump tweets a video in which he appears to pummel a man whose face is covered with the cnn logo. it is being received tonight with both outrage and rave reviews. abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson is live with us with the reaction. tiffany? >> reporter: eric, president trump used his past ties with the media. it has generated hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets online and a lot of outrage as well. this have i had yoi of president trump body slamming a man representing cnn doesn't bother bay area republican lee, far from it, in fact. >> we are fascinated with it, we love it. >> reporter: he said trump is not threatening the freedom of the press despite the violence in the clip. >> all of this is taken out of context. it's humor, it's injected. that's the way modern president works. >> reporter: the only context president trump provided to the clips, fraud ne

eric trump said it as well. donald trump jr.ays to jake tapper, oh, it's disgusting their discussing meetings with russia. now we know from his own e-mail, he did. >> sara fagen? >> there may or may not. there may or may not be a real story or any there there. but the reality is, there's now a special counsel. the best thing for the president to do is not go do interviews and talk about russia but to talk about his agenda and let his lawyers, mr. sekulow, very cape thbl mork. let his lawyers talk about it and he should stop talking about it. >> good luck with that. >>ou under. a lot of advisors do want him to defer to the league team. he has -- his son has hearings coming up the. >> son-in-law. >> son-in-law, this week. >> both. >> i think trump wants to raise questions about the validity of this line of questioning in speculation that this is going to be in the news. i can't stop it. i can raise questions. >> you can't have it both ways. you can't constantly complain about the russia story and constantly talk about it. >> that'

golf tournaments, with a former employee saying that president trump refused to let eric use trump propertiese of charge saying, quote, "i don't care if it's my son or not. everybody gets billed." and he means that. that does he not care if eric is his son. [ light laughter ] north korea said yesterday that the united states' decision to pull out of the paris climate agreement is shortsighted and silly. north korea. man, you know your country is in trouble when a guy with that hair cut is telling you to get with the times. [ light laughter ] for a potential upcoming meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin, it is being reported that the press may be excluded. oh, i'm sorry -- may be executed. [ laughter ] according to -- [ light laughter ] according to reports, ivanka trump's starbucks order is a nonfat vanilla latte. incidentally, nonfat and vanilla is also how she likes her men. [ laughter ] skinny -- that's a skinny white boy. that's right, ivanka trump's starbucks order is a nonfat vanilla latte. but unfortunately, they never seem spell her name right. [ audien

>> eric: the free-speech argument, trump, jr. had a right to speak to the russian lawyer. eve i'm looking at information as a commodity would create free-speech concerns. >> eric: why are we saying this, >> kat: his story changed so much. >> eboni: the denial. >> eric: up next, president trump's fbi pick on the hot seat facing off with the senate and his confirmation hearing on everything from russia to leakers. do not go away. your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. just like the people every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be with customer contracts, agreements to lease a space or protecting your work. legalzoom's network of attorneys ca

eric: call me mr. cantaloupe for the rest of my life to keep trump in office. . >> eric: i will do my best. >> katherine: carry the cantaloupe. i kind of figured you would think that. >> eboni: so did i. >> katherine: bernie, what about you? would you give up drinking. >> absolutely not. that's all stupid. 70%. all liars. everybody said they were going to canada. nobody went to canada. it's a bunch of crap. see these protesters at the everdivend ling trump period of time protest see sole of these purple haired angry freaks. give up food. you would think with that marching they would lose poundage. >> eboni: fat shaming the protesters, bernie? >> exactly right. fat shaming and whiney shaming: >> katherine: i think they are too. they would probably secretly. >> i don't drink so i will take the deal. >> katherine: you will take the deal? what about the shoe laces deal? >> eboni: that was interesting. i can take that one because can i count on how many times i wear sneakers or shoes with laces. >> eric, eboni, my friend he doesn't need our help is he going all the w

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eric: that was president trump's attorney strongly denying the reports that president trump has considered the possibility of pardoning himself and others amid the widening russia probe. but you know it may have been the president himself who planted the seed so much. he tweeted yesterday quote while all agree the u.s. president has the complete power to pardon why think of when only crime so far is leaks against us, fake news. so can he pardon himself or can't he? some of the biggest legal minds in the country disagree. we have two of those guys with us now. both defense attorneys and former prosecutors. david, let me start with you. article 2, section 2 of the u.s. constitution says that it grants reprieves and pardons for offenses against the united states except in cases of impeachment. i mean, what does that sound like to you? >> i think it is pretty clear

here on the couch today is eric trump here holding down the for the.trip. >> i would have loved to. are a i can't believe that reception. it was beautiful. when they were chanting donald j. trump. something i'm not used to hearing. you hear president trump. it was beautiful. the amount of people they had there was awesome sight. ainsley: why did your dad decide to go for this trip. >> sometimes country gets overshadowed my mom is eastern european and i feel like i understand the spirit of this country? hard working people and love this country and sometimes they are overshadowed great bond with america. great re and i just thought it was like a really beautiful moment. steve: well, before the president spoke, the first lady melania spoke, and ultimately that's the message that your father took to the world. >> to the world. and it was interesting, he was talking about gas prices a little while ago, and i would be over in czech, and they did live in fear of not having gas to drive a car. what people made in a week and to see us exporting fuel over to th

trump should be asked and forced to answer now. eric when he does -- well, he will give an interview or perhaps a news conference, and he'll bed asked those questions -- he'll be asked those questions that you have just list out on the top of people's minds. judy miller, thank you for your insight, and we'll see how this goes the rest of the week. >> thank you, eric. if you get the interview, i know those questions will be asked. [laughter] eric: all right, i promise i will. absolutely. arthel: major wildfires in california shutting down a highway and forcing evacuations. firefighters battling three separate wildfires right now, and crews are planning to use air tankers to attack at least one of the blazes. will carr live from santa monica with details. hi, will. >> reporter: hey there, arthel. sweltering heat across the southwest is really fueling these fires at the peak of fire season this weekend. we've seen two fires explode in santa barbara county. the whittier fire has destroy cannedded at least 20 structures, it's byrneed 8600 --

eric trump denied the claim. donald trump jr. in 2008 touted the ties to russia at a real estate conference. saying russians make up a disproportionate cross-section of our assets. saying we see a lot of money pouring in from russia. then there's jared kushner. the postreports mueller is investigating jared kushner's finances. as kushner's company was seeking financing for its troubled $1.8 billion purchase of an office building at 666 fifth ach in new york. "the wall street journal" says they're investing possible money laundering by p.m. who's reportedly in debt to prokremlin interests for $17 million before he joined president trump's campaign. >> the ongoing probe by mueller says he's finding the strike zone, and is continuing to gather documents relevant to his choirry. and those include records and business dealings close to the trump campaign. we don't know what's happening in mueller's investigation but according to to a new report in bloomburg, which is based on an unnamed report, and has not been confirmed. mueller expa

at this point, i would like to issue a formal apology. ( soft music ) i'd like to apologize to eric trumpt you were the dumb one, and we were wrong. ( cheers and applause ) you know who else couldn't believe don, jr. published these emails? the journalists who've been trying to dig them up for months. one reporter tweeted: "i... worked on this story for a year... and... he just... he tweeted it out. like... i spent hours and days and weeks and months. and his son just, hit tweet. ( laughter ) i tracked down sources. followed so many dead leads. i labored over this. and then he just, you know, tweeted out the proof. ( applause ) like, so many people out there were trying to track this down. and it just... got delivered on a tweet. what the hell?" ( laughter ) ( applause ) i applaud him. yeah. yeah. that's right, fake news. you got scooped by donnie, jr.! ha ha! ( laughter ) now, at the top of his email scoop, don, jr. issued a statement: "to everyone... " oooh, that includes me! i'm one of every. let's go. "in order to be totally transparent, i am releasing the entire email chain of my ema

eric trump wasn't invited, because they were afraid he'd try to take off the russian lawyer's head to see if there were more lawyers nesting inside. ( applause ) ( piano riff ) too dangerous. they could not risk it. international incident is what that would be. >> jon: yeah. >> stephen: and who was the international operative who set up this clandestine meeting? none other than music publicist and old guy at the rave no one wants to dance with, rob goldstone. goldstone runs a public relations company in england named "oui 2." which is also what trump allegedly ordered in that russian hotel room. ( laughter ) allegedly! goldstone is a shadowy character, but my team of experts were able to dig up some evidence on him through a complex hacking method called "visiting his facebook page." ( laughter ) and he's clearly a master of disguises. here he is as a chef, pirate shriner, and mexican wrestler. clearly the man has spent pop-up halloween store. because if goldstone weren't an international super-spy, why would he have other identities, like this video -- >> i like to condition and mois

trump america pac. he specializes an indoor cycling. eric beach is here. so you can ask the question, did donald trump, jr. that the meeting well enough or not? the reason why this russian lawyer was even in town was because of loretta lynch under obama let her in. >> loretta lynch let her in because there was a client that she was the attorney for that needed representation. they allowed her to stay longer because they were waiting for the motion. then when she was here, she definitely met with different people regarding opening up adoption with russia again. as a parent, i'm in favor of anything we can do to help people throughout the world adopt children that need homes. but she was not up front, not only with the department of justice. she also allegedly was not up front with donald trump, jr. to kat's point, when he saw who she was, where she came from and what she wanted to meet about, that should have been the stop sign. because she's from russia. it does matter. get dirt on your opponent, no question, but when you get it from and who you meet with c

trump. these are the supposedly surrogates. >> eboni: but they are his choices. >> eric: fair enough. reince priebus, sean spicer, anthony scaramucci, they are all gone. not because president trump had a problem with anyone. this was internal fighting in the white house. if you are right, colonel. maybe they needed a military gu guy. >> allen: when the president comes out and gives a great state of the union speech and then the next thing you know he's going off on a different tangent and everyone is confused. or you give a a great speech in warsaw, poland, but then everyone has forgotten what you said. you need someone who keeps the focus and discipline. there are some good things this administration is doing but unfortunately gets lost in a lot of background noise. like i said, the important thing to see, is can general kelly discipline president trump? >> eboni: i thought paul manafort did a nice job disciplining the message during the campaign and away we didn't see early in the primary. >> kat: he's had a hard time. trump would say one thing, the press secretary would say somethin

trump tower? give me a break. ericthat's corey lewandowski questioning whether this was orchestrated by moscow. bowters are saying it fits a pattern of secret propaganda to influence u.s. policy and it did that perfectly. chairman of the gatesstone institute in new york. how do the russians do it, how does this type of approach, could it potentially fit that strategy or not? john: i think the russians and chinese will try anything they can think of to gain access to key decision makers for all kinds of purposes. that's why this debate, those who say this was -- fits the pattern of a classic fsb operation. others say it looks like a bunch of much clowns trying to organize a clown convention. this is the world of counter intelligence. this is why people develop paranoia trying to determine whether somebody is a double agent or a mole. we don't know enough about any of this to come to a conclusion. the real issue is what exactly this lawyer, the lady who came to talk about had in mind. this is a serious issue for the russ

was a surrogate, another voice humanizeselped fodder, just as ivanka and eric trump were out there, doingnterviews on his behalf, donald trump junior was as well. most notably, with gun owners. he himself is an avid hunter, kn own to enjoy the outdoors and has embraced hunting and gun ownership. that obviously is a very important constituency when you are running for president in a republican primary. he was seen as a lead emissary to that part of the party. host: thank you, shannon and ed. we appreciate both of your time. >> take care. >> thank you. ♪ host: george orwell's dystopian of the1984" has been one most highly acclaimed books since its publication. it has been seen as a seminal work arguing against authoritarianism and totalitarian regimes. it has been adapted into a play and duncanitan macmillan. adam feldman calls the play in tense in a way he has never seen on broadway. joining me now are the three stars. i am pleased to have them here. i guess the first question is, is this play relevant to the times we live in in 2017? >> and how. it is -- i remember when i read it in eight

we have time for trump health care. >> eboni: i think that's true technically, eric.hink politically speaking, the time is an issue. i think when you come out of the gate for six months of the administration with this as your marquis legislative effort, and there has been failure after failure after failure, house and senate, politically it is not good. >> eric: he should've gone with taxes. >> eboni: absolutely! money, money, money. i think there would be people on both sides of the aisle even excited. >> kat: doesn't bother anyone else that they have all this vocation they can take when they have this disaster sitting here waiting to be tackled? >> i think it bothers a lot of people in the white house. they would preferred that they take the recess, kat. but to eric's point, it took 22 months to take it from 0 to legislation enacted for obamacare. it's taken years for prior presidents to get the health care thing right. it's all wrong right now, but it will never be right in the united states. i really believe this payment until we break the duopoly between the insu

johnson's. >> eric: tie for top of theknee. present trumptter account sparkler controversy after he tweeted this old video clip of him wrestling debbie we head, vince mcmahon on the right. they put a cnn logo of photoshop did over mcmahon's face. cnn calling that video juvenile and criticizing the president saying, he should do his job. just last month the president described the use of twitter as modern-day presidential. congress heading into the fourth of july recess without passing the senate health care bill. now growing number of republicans who want the august recess canceled if the bill is not done by then, there's no word whether the senate leadership will actually skip their traditional vacation. law-enforcement and the largest cities are wrapping up security this weekend. please say there are no credible threats but they remind everybody if you see something say something. so we can all have a safe and fun july 4 weekend. >> gillian: thank you. protesters are rallying across the country demanding president trump impeached. groups a

we know that eric trump spoke what a huge investments were to the family business. what is it that explains this closeness between the russian governme government. >> his son is scheduled to testify next week along with paul manafort and jared kushner. how significant should that testimony be next week should they all agree to testify, which they have not done yet. >> certainly the american public want. s to hear from them and hear how they explain not only taking this meeting which most politicians of any party agree if a foreign government comes to you with research, that's fundamentally different from the normal type of digging that politicians do into other candidates. not only is the question take ing the meeting, but why we didn't hear about it for over a year until some reporters began to dig it up. and then they went ahead on the record and began to confirm details not all at once but in drips and drabs. those are the questions that the american public did and senator who is are investigating that you want to hear. >> i think it's not news flash they are cri

eric trump tweeting about the accomplishment yesterday.kets up 17% since selection make. #make america great again and so far the dow has closed at record highs 40 times. one-fourth or 24% to have 168 days the markets have closed have been record highs. lea: maybe some good news from the markets but we are hearing that when you go to buy a plane ticket you may be having some disappointing information coming back at you now. >> you'll soon be paying more for airplane ticket, delta airlines said that passengers paid higher fairs for the first time in more than two years and also forecast that fairs are going to continue to climb. american airlines said something similar on wednesday that it will report even steeper fair growth, other airline wills likely follow the trend and we can blame the price increase on high hand and not oil. cheryl: more fun in the sky. lovely. okay, we are hearing there's a big promotion at starbucks today, i'm very excited about this, what do you know? >> big promotion involves free ice tea. only for a limited time,

donald trump jr., eric trump, do not do anything without their father knowing. that he somehow didn't know, i find ridiculous and i also feel like it's probably some sort of deflection away from jared kushner who is in the administration and is a senior adviser to donald trump and that's why they're trying to blame it on donald jr. who is, of course, not in the administration. >> and obviously, we have to proceed on the basis of facts, not feelings, but your insight is noted from your understanding of this. for investigative purposes we'll go on what we can develop and know. so let's end on this. in terms of no matter how this comes out, do you think this affects his role in the family and in the administration larmger sense, obviously. he's not a member of it officially. >> well, interestingly enough, we haven't seen yet, as of before 8:00 a.m., the president tweet in support of his son. remember, we saw him go in favor of ivanka supporting her against allegations. we also saw donald trump jr. do that. we haven't seen him come out and talk to his son. you've al

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