let's talk about the abby lowell denier. abbe lowell who defended a whole lot of very powerful people. o there has not been a single question asked or document sought on the 666 building or kushner company deals. this is a pretty broad denial. you would think the special counsel would be asking questions here if it were something he was seriously interested in. >> absolutely. i think it's very much worth paying attention to, what abbe lowell said. it is also true that these investigations don't evolve immediately and you certainly -- if you are investigating a

so although abby lowell tries to side step the question a little bit, he doesn't really answer it.t but perhaps more importantly than asking tried to discern from other sources was kushner also concerned about comey because of the investigation. >> there are reports we haven't confirmed but in books like "fire and fury" and elsewhere and steve bannon has done his share of casting aspersions about that, what did you think of the defense attorney saying he doesn't understand the question but here are the previous democratic criticisms of comey which is true. we had lanny davis today on the show mad at comey. >> right. he immediately tolded you he didn't understand the question. and then he proceeded to answer it. but we both know that will abby lowell is a great lawyer, the kind of defense lawyer that you hire when you intend to go to the mattresses, not when you intend to plead out early on in the case. he has to realize that the issue here is whether or not kushner was involved in terminating comey because comey was perceived as being a threat. >> right. joyce vance, a busy news ni

let's talk about the abby lowell denier. abbe lowell who defended a whole lot of very powerful people. o there has not been a single question asked or document sought on the 666 building or kushner company deals. this is a pretty broad denial. you would think the special counsel would be asking questions here if it were something he was seriously interested in. >> absolutely. i think it's very much worth paying attention to, what abbe lowell said. it is also true that these investigations don't evolve immediately and you certainly -- if you are investigating a person, he's the last person you ask, he's not the first person you ask. it's also true, if mueller's people have not sought documents related to the 666 transaction, and i'm sure there are thousands, if not millions of documents related, that does suggest this is not a focus for mueller. one thing i think we have all learned is that it is very difficult to predict where robert mueller is going. last friday's indictment was certainly a surprise to me, and i think to mos

we should say for the record, abby lowell dismissing cnn's reporting. saying, quote, another honorable source now questions the facts. in all of mr. kushner's extensive cooperation with all inquiries, there has not been a single question asked nor document sought on the 666 building or kushner company deals. nor would there be any reason to question these regular business transactions. i want to spend most of our time in this segment on jared kushner and what this means for the special counsel. but this indictment today of somebody, who, no offense, will most likely be forgotten. to me it's like the papadopoulos information, it just sets a marker. in papadopoulos' case, i have someone cooperating with me. then general flynn turns, and i have someone else cooperating with me who is a bigger fish. in this case another person who lied, didn't disclose e-mails, and mueller says, that's the way you want to play? welcome to court. >> right. this is someone who is really tangential in terms of the personality and the character, much more so than papadopoulos i

. >> abby lowell, who is the lawyer, he did say he has not been asked to produce documents related toth avenue. he has not been asked about these things. the mueller investigation, i think it's quite clear, is a long way from over. they may go back to him, but at the moment i think abby lowell made a fair point, that if they were so interested in 666 fifth avenue, they would have asked her. >> does anyone disagree with me, the entire story and what basically came out of the supposed sit-down with michael wolff was just a recap of the wolff book? >> the point is we just don't know anything. >> we have to take a break. thank you, everybody. we'll be right back. more news ahead. nick was born to move. 3 toddlers won't stop him. and neither will lower back pain. because at a dr. scholl's kiosk he got a recommendation for our custom fit orthotic to relieve his foot, knee, or lower back pain, from being on his feet. dr. scholl's. born to move. dial your binge-watching up to eleven. join the un-carrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirty-five bucks each. woah. plus, netfl

. >> abby lowell, who is the lawyer, he did say he has not been asked to produce documents related tonot been asked about these things. the mueller investigation, i think it's quite clear, is a long way from over. they may go back to him, but at the moment i think abby lowell made a fair point, that if they were so interested in 666 fifth avenue, they would have asked her. >> does anyone disagree with me, the entire story and what basically came out of the supposed sit-down with meuller was just a recap of the wolff book? >> the point is we just don't know anything. >> we have to take a break. thank you, everybody. we'll be right back. more news ahead. who's the new guy? they call him the whisperer. the whisperer? why do they call him the whisperer? he talks to planes. he talks to planes. watch this. hey watson, what's avionics telling you? maintenance records and performance data suggest replacing capacitor c4. not bad. what's with the coffee maker? sorry. we are not on speaking terms. intrtechnology withnema. incredible color, what's with the coffee maker? sound and streaming. just

moments ago within the last hour, abby lowell provided this statement.t says another anonymous source with questionable motives now contradicts the facts in all of mr. kushner's extensive cooperation with all inquiries. there has not been a single question asked nor documents sought on the 666 building or kushner company deals. nor would there be any reason. >> what are the details of the meeting? >> there are two meetings and discussions that were had with foreign investors that we understand special counsel robert mueller's team is exploring. one of those has to do with meeting that kushner had with anbang insurance, a chinese conglomerate. they report they met with kushner and others one week after the election and discussed financing for 666 fifth avenue. those conversations continued into the president's first term and we understand no financing took place. another investor that special counsel mueller asked questions about is a very prominent qatari business man. those conversations began during the campaign and continued through the administration

we can put this up on screen, just a portion of this from abby lowell, who is kushner's security clearance. as to his security clearance, mr. kushner has done more than what is expected of him in this process. we should point out, wolf, that the "washington post" report says foreign governments, including israel, were looking at ways to manipulate kushner by taking advantage of his business dealings, a spokesperson for kushner's lawyer put out a statement saying they're not going to respond to that but as you can see, wolf, just an avalanche of negative information coming out about the president's son-in-law and his security clearance issue at the white house this evening. >> the "washington post" citing four countries that supposedly had ways they thought they could influence kushner -- israel, united arab emirates, china and mexico. we'll stay on top of this and work our sources. jim acosta at the white house, thanks very much. >>> now to the russia investigation. we're waiting to hear from members of the house intelligence committee. they've been behind closed doors now for hours trying

abby lowell and sarah sanders says the directive won't impact how he does his job. the president will override whatever kelly says. >> stick around, everybody. when we come back after the president publicly called out the national security adviser, questions about where h.r. mcmaster may be headed to next. what comes next. w if you move your old 401(k) to a fidelity ira, we make sure you're in the loop at every step from the moment you decide to move your money to the instant your new retirement account is funded. ♪ oh and at fidelity, you'll see how all your investments are working together. because when you know where you stand, things are just clearer. ♪ just remember what i said about a little bit o' soul ♪ things are just clearer. when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of bu

attorney earlier this evening in response to our story, and he basically said, quote -- this is from abby lowell, the attorney -- the story was based on another anonymous source with questionable motives now contradicts the facts. in all of mr. kushner's extensive cooperation with all inquiries, there has not been a single question asked nor document sought on the 666 building or kushner company deals. nor would there be any reason to question those regular business transactions. we have questions despite what the attorneys think, and there will be no other reason to ask these questions. >> do you have details on what the details were of these meetings? >> from what we know, basically, is this has to do with some finances and a meeting kushner had with chinese investigators -- chinese investors, i should say, just a week after the election. and also according to "the new york times," kushner met with this insurance company out of china that also plans to own the waldorf-astoria in new york. they were close to getting the company to invest in the 666 fifth avenue property. talks between the two c

. >> there was a call from abby lowell, his counsel on this. >> which is a high-powered attorney. >> feel like he's out of the woods now, the chief of staff, after being on the rocks last week with the rob porter mess? is this the way to move past it? >> he's going to try. perhaps the news cycle changed in a significant way. the rob porter story was not the fbi's part where they flagged these things, it was the white house's dealing with the flagging. in the case of jared kushner, the issue is not what they are giving him, it's how the white house deals with that. the president can make this choice, but i think it's a problem for them because it is going to center on jared if you're truly going to fix that process. >> that seems to be the i go issue here. yes, there are dozens of others involved but he seems to be the one. >>> let's go back, if we can, to talk about russia a little bit more on the investigation. after the indictments came out on friday, the president's national security adviser h.r. mcmaster speaking overseas basically said what the intelligence agencies and others h

is it clear whether he held the meetings against the advice of the national security counsel and abby lowellwill say at this point they complied and gone above and beyond and the fact it took so long because jared kushner's financial dealings so complicated. he was a businessman, it's unusual, et cetera, et cetera. the question for you and again not only have you worked in ethics but also worked as the us ambassador, can he fulfill his duties without the top level security clearance? >> john, there's a debate going on whether or not mr. kushner can do so and some people that i respect think he can. i am not buying it. i know how essential it is to conducting diplomacy and have that highest level of clearance. i enjoyed it. when i served our country abroad for almost four years, i couldn't have done my job day to day without it. here's a man charged with some of the most sensitive relationships and negotiations we have, middle east peace, israelis and palestinians, broader issues in the middle east, how on earth if he's not fully informed, how can he represent the united states in those conve

between proving a guilty charge, a criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt in front of a jury with abby lowell defending and figuring out whether there is a security risk. security risks are usually adjudicated in several months. if you have some troubling information, that's enough. there is not the same burden of proof and rights for that person. so, i think probably the white house has already processed sufficient information to give grave doubt as to his ability to handle classified information and it really does rest with kelly now. >>> in terms of the broader status of the investigation, as chuck says, the submarine surfaces occasionally. but in the last week it surfaced and put into play four new platforms of inquiry. and if i had to try to tie together a basic theme, they are sort of setting the stage for activity in and from russia, and the next big piece will be whether there is an ability to link up things in the united states, people in the united states with what was obviously nefarious activity coming from a hostile power. >> michael schmidt, chuck rosenberg and harry litman, we'