paul manafort was in a meeting along with jerod kushner.ould note that as of now, donald trump junior never tried to file for a national security parents, but jerod kushner did. this meeting was amended to the filing that was deleted for jerod kushner. vonnie: why would he release this of his own accord? what a lawyer not an rise them to not release this? kevin: i spoke with a source who told me that they want to get all of this information out and made public and to be as transparent as they feel they can. the attorney has released a public statement suggesting as much. i think as this continues, the question is how will this latest distraction influence the president's agenda on policy? when they at a time are trying to pass health care reform. this distraction is dominating the conversation. vonnie: this will change the face of the investigation that is ongoing. includes the president's son. first it just included his son-in-law and former campaign manager. now, donald trump junior has been involved in this controversy. they have to put

he was working with jerod kushner and donald trump junior. to someone who said they wanted to get this information out as quickly as possible. nothingl they did legally wrong. question that this is bad. anything ont cloud policy issues republicans want to move ahead on in congress. i spoke with a senior republican strategist who works with the trump administration. this looks badbt politically. the presence son was not seeking a clearance from national security. legal not have a obligation to report the meeting. we are going to be looking into that. has a clearance during the campaign. o'brien is also with us. there is a pattern he established. the net is even wider. tim: the first question is why donald trump junior released these? it's another moment. they are prioritizing a media campaign. i don't think they are thinking about the legal circumstances. that question gets raised. the second thing is they are certainly in legal consequence now. these emails establish a point in time where they are openly colluding with russian operatives. did

kimberly: tomorrow jerod kushner will testify in private before the senate intelligence committee. tuesday the house will vote on bipartisan deal for new sanctions on russia. russia's longtime ambassador to the u.s. has returne concluded his assignment. he met with several members of the trump campaign during last year's election, including fire national security adviser michael flynn and then-senator, now-attorney general jeff sessions. moscow has not yet named a permanent replacement. up next, democrats say they have a plan, details of their agenda that they will unveil tomorrow. plus, a fish out of water. why this gator was in the wrong place in florida. attractionoute 66 meant to draw a very big crowd. you each drive a ford pickup ryes.? i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. awesome. let's do this. the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptible to punctures than aluminum. stronger the better. and best of all, this new truck is actually- (all laughing) oh my.. the current chevy silverado it's the chevy summer drive. get 17% below msrp on all silverad

the president's son insists nothing came of the meeting also attended by jerod kushner and the campaign chair. >> this is all of it? >> this is everything. reporter: but there was more. >> we have seen changing narratives. reporter: turns out it was not just the russian lawyer. , ao there was this man ofsian-american once accused being a soviet counterintelligence officer, but told the u.s. he was not trained as a spy. trump know days after the tower meeting, the russian lawyer turned up at a congressional hearing about seata, with a front row reserved for her by a republican consultant with ties to the trump campaign. trump's florida campaign chair. turned out ats his golf course with a message for the press. >> it is all this trump propaganda that is not true. his supporters believe him, not you. kimberly: filings with the federal election commission show for thep campaign paid lawyer of donald trump junior $50,000 last month, two weeks before his meeting with the russians was revealed. the filings also show the campaign racked up more than between in legal bills april and june, nearl

he said his son did nothing wrong by taking the meeting, which also involved his son-in-law jerod kushner and campaign manager paul manafort. donald trump said the woman did not have information about hillary clinton and it was a ruse to get face-to-face meetings. jonathan: two democratic members filed an article of impeachment against president trump. nancy chen has what this means. it's a long shot, but they are taking the step. nancy: this is being described by most as a true longshot bid against president trump, but the move to take the first formal steps is certainly getting a lot of attention. comeys firing of james from the fbi constitutes obstruction of justice come on the heels of revelations about donald trump jr. the constitution provides for the removal of a president for high crimes and misdemeanors. they have acknowledged the unlikelihood of house republicans moving forward. of russiae topic dominated questioning during today's confirmation hearing for fbi director christopher wray. the nominee disputed the president's the special counsel investigation is a witchhunt. >> i d

and white son-in-law house senior adviser jerod kushner will testify before the senate intelligence committee and a closed-door meeting. wednesday the said that judiciary committee -- the senate judiciary committee has invited paul manafort and donald trump junior to testify. all three attended the now infamous meeting with russia promising damaging information about hillary clinton. nancy: the congressional budget million fewers 32 americans will have health insurance in 2026 if the republicans simply repeal obamacare. the cbo says that premiums would double. president trump told gop senators to cancel their august recess and continue working. capitol police have arrested 155 health care protesters for staging citizens. alison: fast-moving developments shot dead after she called 911. herthe first time, we hear last words and what she told the 911 dispatcher when she called for help, twice. what is still a mystery, why one of the responding officer shot her. >> behind the building. alison: tonight, a picture emerging of her final minutes. the police releasing the transcript of her late-night

also at the meeting, then-campaign manager paul manafort and trump's son-in-law jerod kushner. these emails forwarded had a subject line that clearly states "russia: clinton." in the emails, equipped and says, high level and sensitive information, but it is part of russia and government support for mr. trump." multiple unfolding as investigations into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia continue. >> the investigation, nothing is proven yet. we are now beyond the instruction of justice in terms of what is being investigated. this is moving into perjury, false statements, and others. hillary clinton's running mate upping the accusations, while some downplay it. >> it's a different situation. i need to find out all the facts, but it is a concern. alison: the white house calling trump jr. a high-quality person in applauding his transparency. we will bring you the latest as we get it. alison: michelle, thank you. the senate is delaying its august recess. lawmakers will stay to ask her weeks in hopes of getting more done before the break, but gop that want to finalize

he agreed, asking trump's son-in-law jerod kushner and paul manafort, the campaign manager, to attend. the meeting took laced two weeks after donald trump won the campaign. he said that no details were provided and when he realized the claims were just a pretext, he finished the meeting. the legal team said the president did not attend and was not aware of it. the president is still getting questions about how he dealt with russian president vladimir putin last week. "i strongly pressed president put in about meddling in our election. he vehemently denied it." >> the president absolutely did not believe the denial of president put. tom: they discussed working toge cyber security unit," drawing criticism from both sides of the auto. who try to a bad guy undercut our democracy and is doing it all over the world. >> we might as well mail ballot boxes to russia. that is not an answer. he later said it does not mean they can happen. kimberly: after taking the fourth of july off, congress gets back to work this week. the senate returning tomorrow, the house tuesday, the number one focus to

was joined in the meeting by brother-in-law and now top white house advisor jerod kushner and then campaign manager paul manafort. >> ask if the president thinks it's right, if he feels it was appropriate. >> it's not illegal. i had the conversation with the president whether he thought it was appropriate or not. here's what i will tell you. the meeting that took place is not illegal. emily: on g.m.a. tuesday morning president trump's private lawyer claimed he had no knowledge of the meeting until days ago. this morning the president tweeting his support, saying my son, donald, did a good job last night. he was open, transparent and innocent. this is the greatest witch-hunt in political history. sad. the president leaves for paris later today. he hasn't been seen publicly since sunday. abc news has also learned that special counsel robert mueller plans to investigate this meeting. emily rau abc adrianna: meanwhile a confirmation for trump's pick to head the f.b.i. is underway. christopher wray signaling he won't let politics get in the way of the bureau's mission. no one asked him to pledge

it looks like at the very least that jerod kushner is going to key congressional committees behind closedoors, manafort jr. and paul former campaign manager have because theypass are cooperating to talk behind closed doors. they will have to go public at some point. i think we are not quite there yet. trump andis comes as the gop push towards a vote on the health care bill. does it have any chance of success at this point? trump has tweeted numerous times about the need for republicans to get behind the health care plan. he tweeted today that republicans are not helping him enough. senate republicans don't even know which of the two more versions of the health care plan will be up for a vote this week. it could be a repeal and , certainrepeal only senators on the conservative and moderate and don't like either option. we don't know which day the vote will come, so a lot of uncertainty we have not seen before, and senators such as susan collins saying to her party leader, send this back to committee. let's do this publicly. it is too important to do behind closed doors. yvonne: it certainl

i take it we are looking at pictures of jerod kushner as we look at this consumer confidence index, and to answer questions before a house panel. july consumer confidence rising to 121.1 from 117.3. as we look at the major averages, the s&p and dow trading at records. the nasdaq has been the weak link, trading lower in has just flipped into the positive but is flirting with the unchanged level. a lot of the action has to do with earnings as we get into what i believe is the busiest a of the week on the earnings front. on the strong side and what is helping the dow, stocks like mcdonald's and caterpillar beating estimates. taking up,traffic that is something the company has been struggling with after years of declining traffic. it is on increase in the u.s. and same story, sales of 3.9% domestically. analysts were estimating 3.2%. caterpillar has been struggling but pulling out a stronger quarter, forecasting its first annual sales increase in five years thanks in part to construction in china, replacement of spare parts, and shares touching a five-year high. what is responsible for the

. >> jerod kushner he did not collude with russia. reporters he wanted to be very clear. >> i did not collude with russia nor did i know of anyone else in the campaign that it so. i had no improper contact. i had not relied on russian funds for my businesses. have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. >> he spoke to staff members for nearly three hours for russian meddling in the 2017 presidential election. the president of poland will veto part of a judicial overhaul. the legislation has led a straight days of antigovernment protest. it decides which judges are promoted. there are different talks. both sides are reportedly going through a cooling off period. toey sticking point is said be disagreement on the 35,000 turkish troops stationed in cyprus since 1974. facing off with left-wing protesters at the annual state of the nation address today. they halted preliminary peace talks after rebel attacks and security forces, including wounding five of his security men. global news powered by 2700 journalists and

and jerod kushner will be appearing on capitol hill this week as part of this investigation into alleged here. we are joined by our asia editor here at bloomberg. where do we start? >> jared kushner will be testifying before the house and senate intelligence committees behind closed doors. manafort,r that, paul the former campaign chairman for trumpump and also donald junior, will be turning over records. their lawyers are negotiating, but it looks like they will turn over records. getsussian investigation closer to the president and his associates will be on the hill. testimony atthat this point, but it will be interesting. this is one of the reasons why president trump brought in anthony scaramucci as a new communications director, saying he wanted a reset after six months in office with a lot of communications back and forth. haidi: a couple of points on chart, theloomberg most unpopular president since modern polling began. you talk about anthony appointed andng thi the resignation of sean spicer. >> this is interesting in terms of how much we will see, what kind of trading will will

i take it we are looking at pictures of jerod kushner as we look at this consumer confidence index, ande panel. july consumer confidence rising to 121.1 from 117.3. as we look at the major averages, the s&p and

it all comes as the pressure yesterday facing this white house and jerod fisher -- jared kushner's meetingence clearly the president and his supporters are tried to push back and saying why isn't the attorney general investigating helicon? hillary clinton? these investigations are very serious with russia. tom: i wanted to go to the wonderful boy scout experience. they are outraged at the president's behavior last night. is that going to be followed on or is that a one-day flat for the president who cannot figure out how to talk to a bunch of kids? kevin: i did not know you were a boy scout, but president trump will be attending the boy scout summit later this week. in terms of where this all goes from here is essentially that he is going to be in youngstown, ohio later tonight. +++ conference later this afternoon before he takes off to ohio whether or not he will have a win with health care. it remains to be seen if the health care procedural vote will come down to the wire. francine: tom was a boy scout, i need to see photographic evidence. [laughter] how will the republicans deal if ses

mama president trump + jerod -- president trump's son-in-law jared kushner has denied involvement inampaign. at a presswo hours briefing to kushner confirmed he did not act with impropriety. >> 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 funds for my businesses. and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. nina: google's parent alphabet tumbled after hours as second-quarter revenue met forecast but missed most optimistic estimates. shares were not helped by the company thing the price of google ads declined. the chief financial officer says the biggest country bitter to growth was mobile search, an area the company expects to improve. aimedrkish president has at resolving the region's diplomatic disputes. he flew in from kuwait after having visited saudi arabia and says he supports initiatives to end the crisis. turkey maintains a military base in qatar. president -- the philippine president has assured the country he is not planning to impose nationwide m

jerod and men afford were at the meeting. recent stories suggested he found out about this only in recent days because jared kushner disclosedg. we don't know what he knew back then. scarlet: thank you for your perspective. let's talk about how investors have been responding to these developments. oliver renick joins us. julie called it a blip. the treasuries, the 10 year yield, for instance, went negative. >> there is no question about it. somebody reading these headlines and saying, what does this mean about the future of policy. bit ofa little difficulty buying that argument. they are programming for russian lawyer names. we didn't get a lot of great results on that. i think what will happen is people saw this and started thinking about the implications, what it means. ultimately, it shows the markets do react to politics. there is a chart. take it back to may 17 and the market there had a little bit of a selloff. regulations -- revelations came to light. we stopped talking about the trump trade. really decline. scarlet: it speaks to how nervous people are about the prospect of a bigger correction. asset prices are high i