joining me congressman leonard lance from new jersey. spending the weekend, your district, sir. are you frustrating by the latest deluge about details about a russian connection to the ban. >> well, i'm going to play a clip for you. this is back in 2013 just before the miss universe pageant. let's listen to that together. >> we're having miss universe tomorrow night in moscow. it's a total big deal, sold out. many of my billionaire friends from russia are going to be there. it's right knack smack in the middle of moscow. they have great people, they have great entrepreneurial spirit, the russians. >> do they pick your brain a lot? >> they do. they read my books. >> and not acknowledging the findings of the u.s. intelligence agencies with regard to the recent activity. >> i agree with the agencies and i hope the president will agree with them. he is an international businessman and obviously he as a view that's world wide in scope but i think the intelligence agencies, alex, are correct. >> i want to remind you on my colleague chris hayes

leonard lance / -r- new jersey: "i think we have to work in a bipartisan capacity. butt sot i certainly would encourage our democratic colleagues to come to the table. butt sot rep. charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. (philippe djegal) during his "hike-and-talk" town hall here on the trails of lake chabot regional park in castro valley... congressman eric swalwell touched on a wide variety of issues with his constituents... including health care, and the status of attorney general of the united states -- jeff sessions. in castro valley, philippe djegal, kron four news. (jr stone) still ahead... it's been a scorching hot weekend in parts of the bay...and it's not over yet. (justine) meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete forecast. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongo

. >>> i'm downed now by leonard lance of new jersey, whose district is home to the trump national golf club, where the president is currently spending the night. going to get any facetime with the president? >> i don't believe so, chris. >> that probably wouldn't help you in your district. >> i'm pleased that the president is enjoying his weekend and i hope that the golf tournament is a success. >> it wouldn't help you in your district? >> secretary clinton carried the district by 3,800 votes and i was honored to carry it by 38,000 votes. >> i'm so glad you're here, because i've been thinking, i've been trying to create a mental model of a republican congressman during this week, if i were a republican congressman. and you are doing your thing, you passed a defense authorization act that health care repays. i would not -- i don't like being lied to, as a person, and if i were you, i'd be angry about being lied to. are you? >> i certainly think we should get to the bottom -- >> i'm asking you a personal question. they have told a story that's false and we know they knew it was false and

let's bring in leonard lance on the house and energy and commerce committee. congressman, i've got to start with this, our president, your president attacking his own attorney general. if recusal was such a big deal, why didn't he fire him in march? >> i was the first member of the republican party here on capitol hill to suggest that attorney general sessions recuse himself and i think that he did the right thing in recusing himself. and i hope that the president will continue with the attorney general. i think the two should sit down and the president should speak with the attorney general. but i do not support the removal of the attorney general sessions. >> i hope and wish for thats awell. but in the real world where we're living, the president is publicly on a global stage shaming, attacking and humiliating jeff sessions, why do you think this is? >> obviously the president would have preferred that the attorney general not recuse himself. but i think it was in the best interest of the nation for attorney general sessions to do so. the president has appoi

here's what congressman leonard lance told me this morning. >> should request that donald trump jr. and others, paul manafort, for example, come before the congress. >> but president trump's personal legal team is downplaying the meeting and suggesting the campaign is a victim of a setup. here's trump attorney jay sekulow in an interview last night. >> he had not even mentioned this meeting to his father. and why would he, nothing transpired at that meeting so there was nothing to discuss. this was a setup to do what? to really get magnitsky act so i think the whole thing was a put-up to begin with. >> we're learning more about the meeting with donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer, this on june 9th of last year. nbc news was first to report that a russian-american lobbyist was also at that meeting. joining me now, ken dilanian. big welcome back to the broadcast, ken. let's talk first about this lobbyist. who is he and what do we know about him? >> his name is rinet akmetshin and he was born in russia. he did a stint in a kgb unit that was hunting for spies but he was an enlisted pe

leonard lance / -r- new jersey: "i think we have to work in a bipartisan capacity. butt sot i certnlyuld encourage our democratic colleagues to come to the table. butt sot rep. charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. ( marty ) rallies to support the nation's healthcare law were held across the country. in washington, d.c.-- the "our lives on the line" rally brought out advocates, celebrity activists and lawmakers. the events came after the latest failed gop-led senate effort to repeal the affordable care act. house minority leader nancy pelosi offered many thanks to those who helped defeat the plan. ( marty ) in a break from holding a traditional town hall meeting... east bay congressman eric swalwell took a hike with his supporters. kron four's philippe djegal reports... people had a lot of questions about what's going on in washington and how it will impact

leonard lance / -r- new jersey: "i think we have to work in a bipartisan capacity. butt sot i certainly would encourage our democratic colleagues to come to the table. butt sot rep. charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. (justine) rallies to support the nation's healthcare law were held across the country today. in washington, d.c.-- the "our lives on the line" rally brought out advocates, celebrity activists and lawmakers. the events came in the wake of the failed gop-led senate effort to repeal the affordable care act. house minority leader nancy pelosi offered many thanks to those who helped. (rep. nancy pelosi / house minority leader): "i also want to thank each and every one of you - that is my main purpose. to thank ben and moveon, and to thank hub project for bringing people together all over the country." the washington rally and others across the u-s

leonard lance / -r- new jersey: "i think we have to work in a bipartisan capacity. butt sot i certainly would encourage our democratic colleagues to come to the table. butt sot rep. charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. (jrstone) president donald trump tweeted about the healthcare battele today saying.... "unless the republican senators are total quitters, repeal & replace is not dead! demand another vote before voting on any other bill!" coming up at eight. the emotional way the san jose earthquakes ...honored the men who saved one of their star players from drowning in lake tahoe. plus we're learning more about what caused a deadly accident on an ohio carnival ride. why the ride's owners say they are not at fault. and a brush fire is burning right now in southern california. how many acres have burned so far and where containment efforts stand tonight. the

republican reaction to tonight's news, joined now by ms nbc host hue hewitt and republican congressman leonard lance. your reaction. you we heard the conversation i had with ellen, what do you make about this story about jeff sessions and what he has been saying before publicly about this conversation with the russians? >> welsh steve, if it's true, i think the attorney general has to resign, if it's true is a big f. i remind the audience of the february 14th "new york times" story that counted all the different contacts alleged to have occurred between trump campaign officials and the russians, which former fbi director comey under oath testified was in the name not true. few if there was a series of conversations between the ambassador and the attorney general and they are recorded in a foreign intelligence lawfully intercepted tape, that is the end for attorney general sessions. i think you have to look out to chicago, boeing counsel mike litig's office to right the justice. >> congressman, let me ask you the president made clear he may not have a full confidence in his attorney general as a repu

i want to play for you what republican congressman leonard lance was asked about possible collusion. >> can you definitively say, can you say i'm 100% sure the president and his campaign did not engage in conspiracy with a foreign apparatus? >> no, that's why i want to get to the bottom of it. >> tara, how do you read that answer? does it show just how much the discovery of this meeting has changed things? >> i think he was playing it safe to say that. he's a republican, but at the end of the day we really don't know -- no one knows. i'm sure only a handful of people in the campaign actually know about the context and the fact that they haven't been as transparent as they claim to be. at the end of the day, you know, maybe this is a shift that you're starting to see a republican perhaps stepping away from trump in support, in his support because of the russia investigation. but i think he was playing it safe. the last thing you want to say is there's no collusion and then a week later we see more e-mails and meetings. who knows, it's been a drip drip drip and the more this investigat

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joining us, republican congressman leonard lance of new jersey. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> i know you looked at this statement in general. but what it says is i didn't meet with anybody under any type of circumstances to suggest any type of undue influence or control. he paints himself as overwhelmed and perhaps naive. do you think that should be good enough for questioners, to explain why he didn't disclose what he was supposed to when he was supposed to? >> i think at first blush it appears to be an open statement. i'm sure there will be questions raised by members of the senate intelligence committee. upon first reading, it appears to me to be an open statement. >> do you have any concerns when it comes to russian efforts to meddle in the election and what they may have tried to do with trump's campaign? >> yes, i think russians were up to no good and i think they did try to be involved, and this is true across the globe, not only hear in the united states. i agree with mike pompeo with whom i served in congress and dan coats, and,

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