>> well i mean look at, this week you had an unusual situation where jerry brown, diane feinstein and camella harris said who does the bill hurt? seniors, harris called it an age tax. premiums may be five times more for a 60-year-old man in los angeles making $50,000 a year this goes to the heart of the argument that this is basically a gift to the wealthiest people in the form of a tax cut and a huge blow to middle americans. >> and the cbo, with this estimate came back and said 22 million americans would lose their coverage. >> and there's other impacts, too, like kqed had a story, we sent somebody up to shasta county, a very red county and found about 900 jobs were added because of the affordable care act, hospitals, clinics and local businesses. suddenly folks have health insurance, spending on things related to health care. i think what they're finding shasta is not a place that voted for obama, they don't like obama, but they kind of like obamacare. they wouldn't call it that. >> what's happening here is really very political. the republican bill now looks like it's going to pre

senator diane feinstein now says the special counsel has given the all clear for donald trump, jr. and paul manafort to give public testimony about their secret meeting with the russian lawyer. >>> also tonight, cnn has learned the identity of the eighth person in that meeting last year. he is a close associate of the russian family that initiated the meeting with an offer of kremlin dirt on hillary clinton. exclusive video obtained by cnn appears to show him in the background next to donald trump in las vegas back in 2013. this hour, i'll talk about those stories and more with senator chris coons. he's a democrat on the judiciary and foreign relations committee. then our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. >>> first, let's go to cnn's ryan noble, he's up on capitol hill with more on the gop health bill's collapse. rile an, so, what's the next move on capitol hill? >> reporter: well, wolf, even though the map is not currently on his side, senate majority leader currently has promised that there will be a vote to repeal obamacare. and the first stage of that vote co

testimony where he said he felt queasy when loretta lynch said refer to it as a matter, even diane feinsteincommittee. >> at the end of the day there is no comparison between russia's influence and trying to impact our democracy and bill clinton talking to loretta lynch for few minutes on the tarmac. if an investigation is called for, fine. i think she has made it clear that she is willing to come forward and share her information, but at the end of the day you are literally comparing apples and oranges and trying to compare the russia situation and their influence in our democratic process versus president clinton speaking to loretta lynch for a few minutes. dagen: gary b, it was a matter of days after that meeting in late june between lynch and clinton that james comey stepped up and said we are not going to recommend charges against hillary clinton. >> exactly. i'm not sure i agree with adrian on the apples to oranges. we don't know what the oranges, we don't even know if they are oranges. that said, i guess i'm in the camp of jonas. maybe i'm getting a little older and cynical because i'

and senator diane feinstein tells cnn interviews for the senate judiciary committee were originally scheduleday, but now feinstein says she doubts it will happen this week. my panel is here to dive in. let's start with jeff sessions, though, because it's such a curious story. the president called attorney general sessions beleagured this morning in a tweet. sara murray is reporting sessions was at the white house this morning where he had a meeting with the white house counsel. anthony scaramucci wouldn't answer when he was asked if the president wants sessions to resign, he just said they need to sit down and talk about their future. the first sitting u.s. senator to support donald trump and it's everything but pushed off the plank. >> yes. all of these pieces together sound a lot like a well orchestrated plan to push him off the plank. what scaramucci or the mooch, i just wanted to say that, said today is really striking. if somebody texted you and it's a boyfriend saying we need to have a conversation about our relationship, that's not a good sign. and it's certainly not a good sign if the

this is grassley and the ranking democrat on the committee diane feinstein.d issue a subpoena for the other person who is expected to testify next wednesday, asked to testify, that was glenn simpson, head of that research firm fusion gps, behind the russian dossier. they have issued a subpoena. he has declined to appear. in a key development, donald trump, jr. and paul manafort at least have staved off the process of appearing publicly, at least for now, as they negotiate privately with the committee and with the members about communications they had with russian officials and about that very controversial and recently revealed trump tower meeting that they had with the russian officials during the campaign season, brie annanna. >> now we realize, we assume as they negotiate they will be testify testifying behind closed doors, jared kushner is going to be testifying behind closed doors, both of them before different committees. would this be different if democrats were in control of the senate, if they were the ones heading up these committees? >> reporter: i

senator diane feinstein -- one of the most infleiuntial politicans in the country -- says the bill threatensut down hospitals and cut off millions of people from health care. boxes nbc bay area )s thom jensen is t u-c-s-f children )s hospital in san francisco w/ the details. thom? raj/cg we )ll continue to follow any nw developments on it will disappear under the current gop bill. >> listen to these three women. their children would have been dead. i mean, i heard enough to just know that. >> reporter: it is that simple according to feinstein who those moms who say they know first hand medical saves lives and rescue families from financial destruction. >> if we didn't have that critical care at home, megan would be here. >> cut backs to medical would be fatal to children. >> reporter: cut services and the effect will be felt by everyone. >> the bill in front of the senate today will harm all of those children. >> reporter: saying the accur. y >> we see what this bill is. and it must be defeated. >> reporter: by phone, the california republican vice chair today told me that she supports an id

. >> reporter: some democrats were celebrating like diane feinstein, tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get back to work to improve the affordable care act for all americans. they will eventually go home to heated town halls. we will see what happens. todd: it will be a rough next couple weeks for some people. heather: republicans ran on repeal and replace in 2016. why did the senate not get it done? todd: at the center of the debate, jim, the big question is what doomed this repeal? >> what doomed it was as john mccain said, having a regular order process, the problem is we waited too long and now we have to get something done. the american people are suffering, premiums are going up, deductibles are too high and we can't get back to regular order of process. it will take a year and a half to do. we have to get some things done and negotiated but i am disappointed. i do believe in regular order but i understand the american people are suffering. heather: you are running for governor in the state of ohio. how will this impact people there in your state of ohio and your future endeavor r

>> reporter: california senator diane feinstein asked if he signed off on obama-era torture memos. >> my view is that to clur is wrong. it's unacceptable, illegal, and believe ineffective. >> reporter: test he's a graduate of yale university and the yale law school. in 1997, he started as a federal prosecutor in georgia, and then tbhorkd washington, d.c. from 2001 until 2005, eventually taking charge of the justice department's criminal division. ray worked on cases with both both mueller and comey, but later left for private practice, specializing in white collar crime. >> this is potentially somebody that will be in that position for a long time, investigating crimes. it can be crimes commit bid republicans, crimes committed by criminal democrats. >> reporter: ray's legal experience, record, and demeanor will like lead to an easy confirmation. >> i had a lot of cases that people have read about, and think at the episode of the day, his age, his temperament will serve the fbi very, very well. >> reporter: ray said so far, he has met with president trump 2 times and was never asked ab

senator diane feinstein said tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get back to work. thousands the calls and e-mails led the way to defeating the bill. thank you. john mccain said skinny repeal fell short because it fell short of our promise to repeal and replace obamacare with meaningful reforms. >>> the weather is going to be warm this weekend even though now it's foggy, but the fog always burns off quickly and we get full heat. >> if you are looking to escape the heat it's going to be mild at the coast. it's hot inland and the heat wave lasts a few days, here's a look at mound d airks blo. -- diablo, it's mostly sunny out there. south bay, 67 degrees right thousand. livermore 71, oakland in the upper 50s, lower 50s in san francisco right now. it's easy to tell where we still have the cloud cover. for the afternoon, the cloud cover keeps us comfortable. mid 60s for pacifica. 69 in san francisco. the inland cities go into the upper 90s. sunday is the hottest day, when the temperatures cool back, we are in the 90s inland and 80s at the coast. >>> firefighter in antioc

. >> the democrats were salivating like this tweet from diane feinstein, tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get back to work to improve the affordable care act for all americans. the senate goes home to face voters indeed -- heated town halls, 74% of americans want the gop to reach across the aisle. this will be a campaign issue even if they move on to tax reform or other things. the special election for jeff sessions of alabama happens on august 16th, the first test to see how this is playing out politically. >> reaching across the aisle, senator chuck schumer says he is not celebrating but is he contradicting himself? moments after saying that, this happens, chuck schumer looked like he was celebrating taking this selfy with elizabeth warren. i wonder if that ended up on twitter or instagram. >> you heard him on the floor, just watching as an objective observer it gives the sense that maybe we can get some bipartisanship but that picture is celebrating. heather: the republicans have some issues to deal with as shown with this vote. they have to reach across the aisle. >> skinny repeal

i want to play a sound bite from snar diane feinstein who predicted that mcconnell is not going to havefor this. let's listen. >> the majorities leader pointed 13 white men to sit in a back room and write a bill. we're very close to defeating it. mitch mcconnell the leader hasn't brought it to the floor. my sense is he won't until he has the votes and my sense is that he is not going to have the votes. >> it's important to point out, the reason there are nine republicans against in -- for two different reasons some of them don't think it's conservative enough and it needs more cuts. and the others don't think they're getting re-elect first degree they pass a bill taking away medicaid from so many. what is this a head fake or do you think they're going ahead with a vote on a bill they don't have support for. >> we're having deja vu to what happened in the house. i think we already are. with the poll arization within their own party. they're on two separate sides thp they won't have the votes now they'll have to go back to august recess it's painful. they're going to get yelled at we saw

republican chuck grassley, you remember diane feinstein, both say they want the president's son to testify under oath as soon as next week and they may be willing to use their subpoena power to make it happened. the person who suffered the most damage is probably his brother-in-law jared kushner. we now know definitively that this meeting last summer with the russian lawyer was one of three meetings with russian nationals last year chflt kushner failed to disclose on security forms under penalty of perjury. one, setting up away from the prying eyes of u.s. intelligence. and the other the head of the sanctioned bank. kushner had to revise the forms and later confirmed by nbc news, he supplemented the list of foreign contacts three times, adding more than 100 names. joining me, member of the house say this is not a big deal. most people would take the. >> what a trajectory even got down. you look at where this started. the president nld no russia. no collusion. certainly the confronted with they will. they've had to acknowledge them. now where we're at, the president saying so what. that's w

. >>> senator diane feinstein was in the bay area today meeting with patients and families at the children'stal. senator feinstein urged voters to take action against the gop's health care bill. >> get on your phone. and call as many republicans as you can. there is no democrat in the united states senate that will vote for this bill. it will be 51 republicans or nothing. and i think we're very close to defeating it. >> senator feinstein says the bill will gut medicaid and harm children. to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. lawmakers are hoping to have a new version of the bill to vote on when they return to washington next week. republicans can't afford to lose any votes if they want the legislation to pass before the july 4th recess. nine republicans voiced their opposition to that bill. >>> okay we want to bring you some breaking news. this is coming to us from butte county. and here are live pictures folks of a structure. it looks like to me that it's a home going up in flames. this fire broke out just a short time ago. around 3:00 this afternoon. this is in the community of

meanwhile, senator diane feinstein is now calling for attorney general jeff sessions to appear before the judiciary committee as part of its russia investigation. president trump stepped up his public disdain obsessions, one of his earliest supporters referring to him in a tweet as, quote, beleagured. the president learned that sessions was in the white house today for meetings. communications director anthony scaramucci won't say whether the president wants sessions to resign. i'm quoting now, they need to speak and determine what the future of their relationship looks like. congress is expected to vote tomorrow on new sanctions against russia for its election interference. the question is, will president trump sign the bill? we're covering all of that, much more this hour, with guests including sergey kislyak. let's begin with jared kushner's interview with senate russia investigators. our justice correspondent jessica snooyder joins us with e very latest. t jared kushner says he's done nothing wrong when it comes to russia. >> he maintains he's fully transparent. he met with staffe

. >>> senator diane feinstein took to twitter last night and said tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get back to work to improve the affordable care act for all americans. thousands and thousands of california calls and e-mails led the way to defeating this terrible bill, thank you. arizona senator john mccain said this on twitter. skinny repeal fell short because it fell short of our promise to repeal and replace obama care with meaningful reform. >>> there are more developments to share in the president's plan to bar transgender americans from military service. the pentagon said they will be allowed to remain until the secretary of defense gets more clarity. >> the entire force, the chain of command will, always has, will today and tomorrow and always should treat every single soldier with respect for their service in the cloth of our nation. >> reporter: the announcement stirred up outrage and protests. >>> five of six defendants held in connection with the beating death of a woman appeared in a san jose courtroom this morning. prosecutors say all five played a role in the death of fl

turns out even diane feinstein, the ranking immigrant on the intelligence committee says there is 0 evidence of collusion. the newest what is there with obstruction of justice over the collusion. so the fantasy that didn't occur is being replaced -- technically the president of the united states cannot obstruct justice. he is the chief executive of the united states. if he wants to fire the fbi director all he has to do is fire him and the other day someone said of john f. kennedy had fired j edgar hoover over investigating and wiretapping martin luther king jr. would people have thought it was obstruction? there is not really collusion. what is the latest leak, the washington post's record of running anonymous leaks has beaten the new york times. an enormous achievement and i give the post credit that in their energy and enthusiasm they have been more consistently wrong then the times which in the olympics of stupidity is an enormous challenge. the latest thing is mueller who will not get anything on russia and won't get anything on obstruction is now looking at finances. what you are seein

it turns out even diane feinstein, the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee says there is 0 evidence of collusion. the newest one is but there was obstruction of justice over the collusion. the fantasy that didn't occur is now being replaced by the president of the united states cannot obstruct justice. the president of the united states is the chief executive officer, he wants to fire the fbi director, all you do is fire him and a very good test, john f. kennedy had fired j edgar hoover over investigating and wiretapping would people have thought it was obstruction? so there is not really collusion so what is the latest leak from the washington post whose record of running anonymous leaks has been the new york times, an enormous achievement and i give the post credit that in their energy and enthusiasm they have been more consistently wrong than the times which in the olympics of stupidity is an enormous challenge. the latest thing is mueller who will not be able to get anything on russia or obstruction is now finances. what you are seeing is this is why when i was bigger i

the last time i was in the senate dining room, he was having lunch in there with diane feinstein discussingho knows what. contacts are one thing, and they are not bothered until legitimate, but someone acting during a presidential campaign on the behalf ofen a foreign government, seeking to help one candidate against another and influence to campaign in that direction, that is something we have to be concerned about. the thing is, it doesn't appear to have come to anything. >> tucker: >> tucker: what so s, the trump campaign clearly believed in the russian lawyer and her publicist in england. campaign was colluding with russia. it does seem like both sides thought the same thing of the other. because that's one of the amusing ironies of this whole thing, each side the other was guilty of playing pattych cake with the russian interests. >>ty tucker: is there an investigation with the hillary people were colluding with the russian government? >> who knows? what investigations are going on inside the justice department, whatever direction he chooses to take them, we have no evidence so far tha

diane feinstein, a top democrat on the committee, told me earlier today that she believed a deal could be reached. last week the committee invited him to appear in a public session. instead. >> agree to a transcribed interview, agree to give records to the committee, but the committee broke down after apparently manafort only agreed to give one single transcribed interview to the congressional committee, that being the intelligence committee. earlier today he did speak to the senate intelligence committee and i am told that conversation was exclusively about the trump tower meeting he was at along with donald trump jr. and jared kushner. and paul manafort, i'm told, has agreed to come back and talk with members of staff about a mission in the manafort camp after a showdown in which he was subpoenaed to appear in front of the senate committee may not happen because of a deal in the works, wolf. >>> the president's son-in-law jared kushner we're told may return to capitol hill to answer even more questions, that he answered questions on the hill earlier. >> house members pressed him abou

senator diane feinstein tonight called the e-mails disturbing. donald trump jr.self spoke out tonight saying there's nothing there. >> so as far as you know, as far as this incident, this is all of it. >> this is everything. >> reporter: donald trump jr. sit on fox news channel monday night that he has nothing to hide, but president trump's son has become the latest focus of the federal investigation into the russian hacking of the u.s. presidential elections, and potential ties to the trump campaign. on monday, trump jr. released four pages of e-mails. the e-mails reveal that trump jr. set up a meeting with a russian attorney that was not publicly disclosed. donald trump jr., his brother, jarryd kushner, and campaign chief paul manna fort met with the russian attorney, natalia veselnitskaya at trump tower june 9th during the campaign. the e-mails came from rob goldstone, a publicist who worked on donald trump's 2013 miss universe pageant in russia. he wrote that he had a message from a mutual acquaintance. quote: e: >> trump jr. responds: >> in the end, there wa

senator diane feinstein discussed the issue in the area. and melissa cane tells us there's a proposal to make it better. >> there's no democrat in the united states senate that will vote for this bill. it will be 51 republicans or nothing. >> senator feinstein says it will probably be nothing. >> i think we're very close to defeating it. mitch mcconnell the leader hasn't brought it to the floor. my sense is he won't until he has the votes. and my sense is, that he's not going to have the votes. we'll see if it comes to the floor on monday. if it does not, you know that it does not have the votes yet. >> if the republican proposal does fail, the senator says democrats are willing to work with the republicans on a new bill. we would collaborate, chuck schumer has said that. he's the leader on our side. feinstein admits that the current system isn't perfect. for example, subsidies, people who make less than $48,000 can get government money to help pay for insurance. but the minute you go over that, let's say it's $50,000, you lose the subsidy.

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he even put his arm around diane feinstein. it was at 1:30. mukowski voted no. mccain didn't answer when his name was called. he talked about this seconds later and asked for the clearing's attention. >> mr. peters? >> as buzz feed noted, you can look at this one moment like a renaissance painting, what each person was doing when that third vote was asked. they did not know what happened before when they witness it. bernie sanders nudging the vote was coming. bob casey on his feet waiting in anticipation. and sherrod brown slapping the desk. and elizabeth warren leaning in to see what would happen and then unable to resist, cheering for mccain's vote. chuck schumer trying to quiet them with the audible gasps. and mitch mcconnell, arms folded, staring at mccain, watching him walk off the floor knowing the bill was dead. the crowds would find out seconds later. [ cheers and applause ] after that vote, leader mcconnell said it is time to move on and acknowledging the defeat. >> this is clearly a disappointing moment. we worked hard and everybody on this side can ce

i was talking with ranking member diane feinstein and she showed me what manafort's people have counteredit is totally unacceptable. they only want us to ask certain kinds of questions only about one meeting, so the parameters are so narrow this is not going to happen in this fashion. >> take a listen to what senator feinstein had to say today about whether the trump administration is trying to cooperate with russia probes and be transparent in general. take a listen. >> oh, no. i think every day it kind of gets worse and worse. >> that a fair description? i mean, we do know that white house adviser jared kushner cooperated with the house and senate intelligence committees over the last two days. >> i know that jared kushner said he did not collude, but that is his conclusion, and whether mueller would come to the same conclusion remains to be seen. there is a lot more to happen with the investigation, and that needs to proceed. >> let me ask you about health care, if i could. senator john mccain just returned, obviously. he is battling cancer. first of all, you also have a health issue.

senator diane feinstein also weighing in in a statement on facebook she wrote, what we know so far about the donald trump, jr. e-mails is deeply disturbing. they appear to show direct coordination between the trump campaign and possibly the russian government itself. >> republican lawmakers say they will delay their august recess in order to push through the new health care bill. a short time ago a leading senate republican says the revised bill will likely keep the tax boost on wealthier americans. gop legislators are working to craft a health care bill they can present on thursday. but the pressure is on to get it done. >> we'll be on health care next week. therefore we will be in session the first two weeks of august. >> i don't know many working class americans who get to take a whole month off. >> they hope to obtain a cbo, congressional budget office score, by early next week and then move to a vote on their latest version by the end of next week. >> a deadly military plane crash in la flour county, mississippi, has claimed the lives of 16 service members. abc7 news reporter maggie

i think getting the support of diane feinstein i think very early on and clearly other democrats on the committee voiced their favorable impression and voiced their support. i don't think -- i think he did very well. again, i think it was very important for him to build the credibility that independent fbi, particularly he intends to lead, we all need him to lead. >> harris: i have been asking people this question about the white house doing its own opposition research now so it can start to get out in front of things. joe, do you think that's a good idea? >> look, i think the best advice for the white house right now is to let this investigation go wherever it's going. >> harris: drip drip drip. chris, do you think they should try to circumvent that? >> they should tear it up. appoint a special prosecutor to go after hillary clinton, bill clinton, their russia ties. honestly, there should be a second special prosecutor going down a completely separate avenue here. i hope that they leak every day after they -- as joe said earlier that the trump administration can't continue to say this

now, i just spoke with chairman chuck grassley of the committee and the top democrat diane feinstein who cut that deal with manafort and donald trump, jr. and both are signaling there well could be a public session. feinstein saying there will absolutely be a public hearing with those two men. she expects that after the recess. grassley would not rule that out, but they do expect documents back from those two individuals within the next two weeks, wolf he >> yeah, so the early est that public hearing could take place is in september after labor day. thanks very much manu raju for that report. >>> we are learning more about president trump's very tense relationship with his attorney general. let's bring in our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, the president clearly still fuming at jeff sessions. >> reporter: wolf, he is still fuming at his attorney general. important to point out this is one of the longest and most loyal supporters, but this is how much these relations have broken down, would have. jeff sessions, the attorney general, was at the white house today. he

meanwhile, democratic senator diane feinstein has told cnn that special counsel robert mueller has given the green light for two people to testify before the senate judiciary committee. that would be donald trump jr. and former campaign chairman paul manafort. though it's not clear when that could actually happen. aly allison and chris, back to you. >> we have political panelists. great to see you. >> there must be something political going on. >> what, you can't come up from d.c.? he says coming from new york is not the point. always pushing his new product. >> davids, let's talk about this previously undisclosed, possibly hour-long meeting between president trump and vladimir putin that there is official u.s. record of. what are we to think of this? >> i don't like it. anybody who has covered the white house like i am, the president who does things in the name of the american people should be transparent. and certainly when you're being investigated for improperly having, you know, cooperation or collusion or contacts during the campaign with the russians, i don't think it's appropriat

he even put his arm around diane feinstein. it was at 1:30. collins voted no. mukowski voted no.n didn't answer when his name was called. he'd walk in seconds later, stand in front of mcconnell and ask for the clerk's attention. >> mr. peters? >> no. >> as buzzfeed noted, you can look at this one moment like a renaissance painting, what each person was doing when that third republican vote was passed to kill the bill, something democrats told "all in" they did not know what would happen for sure until they witnessed it. bernie sanders nudging the vote was coming. amy klobuchar and bob casey on his feet waiting in anticipation. and sherrod brown slapping the desk. and elizabeth warren leaning in to see what would happen and then unable to resist, cheering for mccain's vote. minority leader chuck schumer trying to quiet them with the audible gasps. and majority leader mitch mcconnell, arms folded staring at kean, mccain watching him walk off the floor knowing the bill was dead. the crowds would find out seconds later. [ cheers and applause ] >> after that vote, leader mcconnell add

. >> the ranking member of your judiciary committee, senator diane feinstein asked the chairman of the committee chuck grassley to call the attorney general to appear before the committee. do you see that happening? >> we discussed that today in an open hearing on the judiciary committee. i do think we're going to see the attorney general before us likely in september for an oversight hearing. and i complimented judiciary chairman senator grassley, republican of iowa, for the way in which he's been conducting himself and conducting our hearings. he and ranking member feinstein have cooperated well on making sure that where necessary, requests for documents and subpoenas for witnesses are going out, and that we have an opportunity to question witnesses and for this process to move forward in a deliberate and bipartisan way. >> senator coons, i want to you stand by. there is more news that is coming into "the situation room." we'll take a quick break. we'll update all of our viewers right after this. here's to the safety first... i think i might burst... totally immersed weekenders. what

speaking of jeff sessions, the top democrat on the you dish nair committee, diane feinstein issued a letter demanding that the attorney general come in and testify in the senate to clear up whether or not he lied to them previously about his communications with russian officials. "the washington post" reported friday night that u.s. intelligence agencies intercepted communications from the russian ambassador communicating back home to moscow to his superiors. they intercepted communications that said that the russian ambassador has been discussing the trump campaign and u.s. policies toward russia with jeff sessions when he spoke with him during the presidential campaign. sessions himself told the senate in writing that that never happened. he told the senate in writing, back in march, that he didn't recall any discussions with any representative of the russian government regarding the political campaign. now, it's possible the russian ambassador was lying about his meetings with jeff sessions. it's possible jeff sessions was lying about his meetings with the russian ambassador. but

meanwhile, democratic senator diane feinstein of california telling cnn that special counsel robert mueller has given the green light for donald trump jr. as well as paul manafort, the former campaign chairman, to testify before the senate judiciary committee. no word on when that's going to happen. chris and alisyn, back to you. >> appreciate it. let's bring in the panel, david gregory, anna palmer and cnn politics reporter and editor at large, chris saliza. david, the latest piece in the concern about transparency where russia and the trump administration is involved is a meeting we now know about at a big dinner for the g20 heads of state, the american president leaves his seat and his translator, who was a japanese translator because he was sitting next to the japanese head of state, moves over next to vladimir putin and talks to him for about an hour with no u.s. official, no transcript, no recording of what it was about, just putin and his translator. how does this feed in to the concerns on a larger level? >> supporters of trump and the president himself talk about this hysteria in t

senator diane feinstein without comments she and senator grassley the chairman of this committee have just announce thad they have issued. this is a little of a dispute between committees, halle, it seems, i know you have been doing reporting on this, there had been an agreement for manafor to the assist the senate intelligence committee in their investigation. this judiciary committee wanted to see the documents and information surrounding that. essentially, there seems to be no agreement that was made on that, so the judiciary committee said, okay, fine, we will compel you to come up here and do what we are asking you to do t. judiciary committee is a very powerful committee up here on capitol hill and the fact that there is bipartisan agreement between grassley and feinstein to do this, i think is pretty significant and one place where the judiciary committee is focused is the department of justice, you could see more coming out of this committee. >> prior to this news breaking, a source told me paul manafor is the working to accommodate all these requests he is getting from member

judiciary committee leadership, republican chairman, chuck grassley as well as ranking democrat, diane feinsteinssued a subpoena to the former trump campaign manager, paul manafort. does bill at horse trading in the second committing to try to get out how they will get his testimony. this is really part of this big bargaining process. that is going on. the issue of a subpoena is very dramatic, because it is coming less than 24 hours before tomorrow's public hearing. >> we want paul manafort to come like we want donald trump, jr., to come in other people that we want to call in. the point is we are willing to give up all sorts of accommodations, but we cannot miss a around and playing of oe committee against another. >> just as senator grassley was speaking, in fact, we had paul manafort in another part of the senate speaking with staffers under senate intelligence committee. we did not get pictures of him, but he may as well be back here tomorrow on capitol hill in a position, where he would have to take the fifth. again, a big negotiating tactic. >> julie: a fox news alert. we have democratic s

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. >> from both the chairman's grassley's opening statement, diane fine stoinne feinstein's statement. >> pete williams in our washington bureau. let's go quickly across town to the white house. kelly o'donnell is standing by there as the witness comes back into the hearing room and, kelly, we have one eye on mr. wray and the panel. we'll cut out if questioning resumes. but we understand the president has granted an interview to pat robertson. we'll be hearing snippets of that tonight, but it is for air tomorrow night when the president is in paris, correct? >> that's our understanding. the christian broadcasting network is home to the 700 club and pat robertson. there is a friendship there. and expect that this will be an interview where the president will try to in some way support his son, and also it may be more wide ranging than that, we don't yet know. we do expect they will give us a clip. to give you a sense of the behind the scenes here, i saw the truck that brings the leather chairs back to the roosevelt room off loading those. they clear the roosevelt room if an interview is

dianne feinstein saying, china has to step it up when it comes to north korea. >> diane gallagher in washington. thank you, ladies. let's talk more about this new threat jonathan crystal is with me. he studies u.s. foreign policy and nuclear proliferation. president trump slammed china today on twitter. you said that tweet made you nervous, why? >> it makes me nervous that president trump thinks that china really holds all of the cards here, and he thinks china should do what we want them to do just because we want them to do it. i'm not sure they have the same incentives we have to reign north korea in. >> you don't think they are the ones that have the most leverage with north korea? >> that's not what i mean. i'm not sure they have the incentives to stop north korea. that doesn't mean as much to have as our desire to have them stop doing these tests? >> why is that? >> these threats don't pose a threat to china. what poses a threat to china would be in the u.s. really stepped up a dramatic troops in the area. those kind of things china would want to avoid. that might be a reason f