donald jr.nd eric trump and his wife laura spent the last few days in washington meeting with groups including the teams at the rnc and pac the american priorities which supports the trump administration. the goal of these meetings was to get all of the teams on the same page ahead of the midterm 2018 elections and the president's own re-election bid in 2020. >> let's bring in scott olson and lynn. lynn, what is the president returning to and how will that will complicate what the president wants to do to get back to the business of legislating and getting work done. >> he has an enormous week and days ahead in congress. he has the most important issue is raising the debt ceiling that is coming up because he will probably need democratic votes to do that. you have his budget which was rolled out while he was overseas. not clear where that is going. and whatever happened to the health care bill in the senate? that alone would be a full plate. then you add on it the multiple investigations in the

this week, his son, donald trump jr., delivered a commencement address in neighboring united arab emirates. as julianna goldman reports, the younger trump's appearance in dubai is raising new questions about potential conflicts of interest. >> thank you. >> reporter: when donald trump jr. spoke to graduates of the american university in dubai earlier this week, he joined the ranks of such distinguished commencement speaker as former president bill clinton and former secretary of state colin powell. >> when i look back on what my father did in this past election, and the risk he took. >> reporter: clinton got $150,000 for his speech in 2002. another speaker told cbs news they were paid $60,000, plus first class airfare. the trump organization wouldn't say how much the president's son received but told us he's "been participating in business-related speaking engagements for over a decade." >> you can do it all! >> reporter: during the presidential campaign, trump jr. hammered bill clinton for accepting speaking fees from foreign entities while hillary clinton was secretary of state called it

donald jr. and eric trump ansd r his wife spent the last few days in washington meeting with groups including the teams at the rnc and pac the american priorities which supports the trump administration. the goal was to get all of the teams on the same page ahead of the midterm 2018 elections and the president's own reflex bid in 2020. >> let's bring in princeton history professor julian and kyle from the washington examiner. the headlines are not about this nine day visit. it's about russia and his son-in-law and the secret communications. it seems that their strategy now, more than ever, is to say very little, maybe even nothing about it. >> yes. the scandal is starting to consume the administration and they are trying to both contain president trump, meaning keep him away from twitter, and, at the same time, they are moving away from the media as much as possible. they don't want to speak about this. but that won't stop the story. at this point, the investigations are being conducted on multi

let's see, donald trump jr.d "congrats on being eight years older than me." [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] vice president mike pence posted, "i'm wishing you a happy birthday on facebook, because based on the rules of my marriage, i'm not allowed to be alone in a room with you." [ laughter and applause ] nice, though. it's a nice message. donald trump's first wife ivana posted, "my condolences." [ laughter ] and oh look, it looks like marla maples liked it. [ laughter and applause ] that's a share. tiffany trump posted "happy birthday, would love to meet you someday." [ audience ohs ] [ applause ] secretary of education betsy devos i think posted happy birthday. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] we'll give the benefit of the doubt. benefit of the doubt. former national security, now disgraced, michael flynn posted, well, okay i'm going to assume -- we'll assume that says happy birthday. [ laughter ] white house senior adviser stephen miller posted, "i hope it got the lotion i sent, and i hope it i

we do know donald trump jr. some candidates cam tpaigni in montana and that special election, congressman elect gianforte. and the fact that they are in charge of trump's organization is something to consider. >> caitlin and kimberley, thank you very much. >> something you may recognize, take a look at this. you see with youtube singer boni bonino. bush posted this picture on instagram saying bono ace real deal. he has a huge heart and not to mention, his voice. >> check this out. you can see a smile with prince harry with president obama. the two men discussed the manchester terror attack as well as support for veterans as well as mental health issues. >>> disturbing but more and more racist rants shared widely online. what's behind this? you are live on cnn newsroom. manait's a series of is nsmart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. mattress firmness? enter sleep number.

it's now to turn it into an eric trump and not a donald, jr.ch mcconnell handpicked the senators to rewrite the bile bill. seems something a little sausagey about the group. >> a group of 13 republicans will be responsible for crafting the senate's healthcare bill, a group made up of all men. a g.o.p. aide responded to concerns no women were included, said it's not about gender, it's about getting the job done. >> trevor: guys, we're not being sexist, we're just saying women are pretty much useless and this whole thing will go faster if they're not nagging us and men straiting all over the bill. dude power, yeah! unlike the republicans, we have an actual woman who can give us her perspective on how this bill impacts health. >> hello, trevor! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: what do you make of this healthcare bill? >> i'm not sure it's a bill as much as a line from a notorious b.i.g. song. republicans are, like,. >> trevor: biggie at least loves healthcare. >> the panel looks like, well, she drowned, guess she wasn't a witch. throw in another

donald jr. eric trump, his wife laura spending the last few days in washington, meeting with trump-aligned groups in and outside of the white house, including groups at the rnc and pac priorities which supports the trump administration. the goal of these meetings was to get all of these teams on the same page ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and the president's own reelection bid in 2020. ryan nobles, cnn, washington. >>> setting up the so-called war room that ryan nobles just mentioned is in the early stages. possible members are white house chief of staff reince priebus and steve bannon, corey lewandowski and david bossie are also mentioned. neither of those two are in the trump administration but are loyalists. >> they are brushing aside questions about russia. here's how trump's national security adviser responded to reporters on saturday about it. >> we're not going to comment on jared. we're just not going to comment. >> generally speaking, general, would you be concerned if someone on

his son, donald jr. campaigning hard for greg gianforte . >> reporter: early voting is popular in montana and it remains unclear what this latest development could have on the election results. >>> it is 6:08 am. >>> some people in san francisco do not like the city's new blended drinking water and the public utilities is testing a new program and adding small amounts of groundwater to the traditional source of drinking water. yesterday at the hearing many residents complain saying that adding groundwater is contamination. the water officials say that the groundwater is safe and that it is important to diversify the water supply in case of a drought or in an emergency. >>> it is 6:09 am. >>> another case of botulism and this time in napa and two people have died. >>> a yoga guru bikram have to find he has inner warrior and the judge issued a warrant for his arrest, the latest legal problem for the man behind hot yoga. >>> we have some rain and drizzle being reported in santa rosa with light rain on the m

>> we've had donald trump jr. twice in the state of montana touring. we have had vice president mike pence. this is out of character for montana, which has three electoral votes. montana maybe gets one or two stops a campaign season. but it does not get the attention that it's been getting from the last couple of weeks. so i think that the president's name carries with it a lot of weight. the robo calls, i'm not sure the people in montana love those. but i think that's all people wanted to talk about and we were just indated on the paper last night with people wanting to talk. >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> all right. so we have new developments also in that terror attack in manchester england. 22 people killed and according to new reporting, the u.k. has suspended intelligence sharing related to the united states. that's coming from multiple different reporting outlets and this is amid a lot of frustration over leaks from u.s. officials, including leaks like these photos published by the new york sometimes showing the aftermath of the bomb

the president's son, donald trump jr. called it disgusting not surprising.a conservative did this to president obama. >> chelsea clinton slammed griffin's photo calling it vile and wrong. >> griffin tried to appease critics with a nonapologetic tweet saying she was mocking the president. later she tweeted out this video apology. >> hey, everybody me kathy griffin. i sincerely apologize. i am just now seeing the reaction of the images, i am a comic. i crossed the line. i moved the line. then i cross it. i went way too far. the image is too disturbing, i understand how it offends people it wasn't funny. i get it. i have made a lot of mistakes in my career. i will continue. i asked your forgiveness. taking down the image. ask the photographer to take down the image. i beg for your forgiveness. i went too far. i made a mistake. i was wrong. >> that apology not enough for a growing number of critics calling for her to be jailed. >> yeah, her biggest gig of the year, hosting the times square new year's eve coverage on cnn now may be in jeopardy. even andersen coop

. >> i've always thought when you're talking about shell corporations property tafrz, donald jr.years an extensive amount of their portfolio was with russia, that you have to follow the money. we asked clint watts, he said you should follow the trail of the dead bodies. so there is a real connection here to really getting out the question of conflicts of interests and making sure the interests of the american people people come first. >> i don't know much about the treasury financial crimes unit. i know the stories of them tracking terrorist financing and tracking down people who are violating sanctions. but you've now announced you're going to hold up one of the president's nominees for undersecretary of the treasury until your committee gets the records from the financial crimes enforcement network at the treasury d. what does that part of the pressurery department do and why do you think those records are so important? >> those records are so key because they are really going to finally illuminate some of these connections between the trump organization, his associates, and th

donald jr. and eric and his wife laura meeting with groups in and outside of the white house, including the teams of the rnc and the pac american priorities, which supports the trump administration. the goal of these meetings was to get all of these teams on the same page ahead of the 2018 mid tern elections and the president's own reelection bid in 2020. ryan nobles, cnn, washington. >>> setting up the so-called war room is in its early stages. possible members? white house chief of staff reince priebus and chief strategist, steve bannon, corey lewandowski and david bossie are also mentioned. neither of those two are currently in the trump administration but they are long-time trump loyalists. cnn's claire sebastion joins us for the latest from moscow, and claire, it's just russia, russia, russia, here for this administration. so what does russia think about the fact that they continue to be the focus of so many questions? >> reporter: well, it's extremely frustrating for the government here in

. >> reporter: the president's son donald jr. is lending his support on twitter.eted a comment that hoping comey cuts flynn slack is not close to obstruction with one word, truth. >> if jim wants to be heard, jim will be heard. >> reporter: new jersey governor appeared to blame the recent woes on the white house staff. >> listen, i've been -- i think i've said a number of times publicly before, that i think the president has been underserved by his staff. >> reporter: but at this moipt it seems no staff shake-up will quite the calls for a special prosecutor. >> clearly where we are now is in my view we need a special prosecutor to conduct an independent investigation to determine whether or not there was collusion. clearly we need to make the tapes, if there were recordings done at the white house between trump and comey, public. >> reporter: and some breaking news coming in just at this moment, jake. we're told by white house officials that the president has decided on this upcoming foreign trip where he'll be going overseas to saudi arabia, israel, italy and bru

donald trump, jr. tweeted, disgusting but not surprising. this is the left today. you consider this acceptable. imagine a conservative did this to obama as potus. chelsea clinton tweeted, this is vile and wrong and it's never funny to joke about killing a president. the secret service says it's investigating tweeting, it monitors social media and threats made against its protectees receive the highest priority. hena daniels, cbs news. >>> president trump is causing a big stir on social media. a lot of people are trying to filling out what he painted when he treated this out early this morning or last night. negative press of "covfefe." he tweeted it just after midnight. he didn't say anything else until this morning. when he tweeted out, who can figure out the true meaning of "covfefe"? enjoy. for six hours people wondered. one company called key spring has already designed t-shirts and tank tops that say "covfefe." they are on sale for $20. and for $12, you can also have your own "covfefe" coffee mug. >> when i stub my toe i'm going to say "covfefe"! >>> amazon is

now, for the nine people watching on c-span, there also was another elephant in the room ut donald trump jr. shot and cut off his tail. you know, a lot of people told me, hassan, if you go after the administration it would be petty, unfair, and childish. in other words, presidential. here we go. i get why donald trump didn't want to be roasted tonight. by the looks of him he's been roasting nonstop for the past 70 years. historically the president usually performs at the correspondents dinner, but i think i speak for all of us he's done far too much bombing this month. a lot of people in the media say that donald trump goes golfing too much. he goes golfing too much. which raises a very important question. why do you care? do you want to do -- do you want to know what he's not doing when he's golfing? being president. let the man put put. keep him distracted. tell him he has a great body for bobsledding. playing particular tack toe. the longer you keep him distracted, the longer we're not at war with north korea. every time donald trump goes golfing the headlines should read trump golfing,

. >> i've always thought when you're talking about shell corporations, property transfers, donald jr. said for years an extensive amount of their portfolio involved russia, that you had to follow the money. i'll also tell you that we asked clint watts, the former fbi director about this. he said you're absolutely right, senator. you ought to be following the money. but you also ought to know that you should follow the trail of the dead bodies. so there is a real connection here to really getting out the question of conflicts of interests and making sure the interests of the american people come first. senator wyden, i don't know that much about the treasury financial crimes unit. i know some of the sort of heroic stories about them tracking terrorist financing, about them tracking down people who are violating sanctions that have been put in place for national security reasons. but you've now announced you're going to hold up one of the president's nominees for undersecretary of the treasury until you get these records from the financial crimes enforcement network at the treasury depa

donald trump jr. tweeted that it was disgusting and imagined what would happen to a conservative who did the same to president obama. griffin did back down and posted an apologize on instagram. i went way too far. the image is too disturbing. i understand how it offends people. it wasn't funny. i get it. i went too far. i made a mistake wrong. there are indications the secret service took this seriously when the image was circulating earlier tonight. the agency tweeted that threats made against those it protects receive the absolute highest priority. chris lawrence, news 4. >>> a three hour standoff is over tonight. police say they have arrested a man who pointed a gun at an officer inside the orlando airport. police say no one is hurt, no shots were fired. a temporary lockdown was just lifted but state highway officials have shut down all roads to the airport. >>> police in prince georges county are asking for help in solving a murder. they got a call to check on someone this afternoon at a complex o

from donald trump jr. to chelsea clinton as well as many fellow celebrities. after an initial tweet to try to appease critics. griffin tweeting, video apology. >> i'm a comic. i crossed the line. i moved the line. then i cross it. i went way too far. the image is too disturbing. i understand how it offends people. it wasn't funny. i get it. >> griffin is not out of the woods yet. the secret service is investigating the incident. growing number of her critics are calling for her to be jailed. and cnn is suggein re-evaluating griffin's role on its new year's eve special. >> we have new developments in the investigation into russian election meddling. former national security adviser michael flynn reportedly now agreed to provide documents to a senate committee. and two congressional panels reached out to the president's long term attorney. brian ross has more. >> reporter: as the the questions grow about activities and the future role of the presidential son-in-law, jared kushner. another close confidant of donald trump, his personal lawyer, michael cohen, a man

party lines and professions from anderson cooper her frequent co-host to chelsea clinton and donald trump jr. she issued this on-camera apology following the backlash. >> i sincerely apologize. i'm just now seeing the reaction of these images, i'm a comic, i crossed the line, i moved the line, then i crossed it. i went way too far. the image is too disturbing. i understand how it offends people. it wasn't funny, i get it. i made a lot of mistakes in my career. i will continue. i ask your forgiveness taking down the image. going to ask the photographer to take down the image. i went too far. i made a mistake and i was wrong. >> taking a turn to the weather now. 5 million people at risk for severe thunderstorms today. let's check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins who is tracking it for us. >> good morning. unfortunately it's in new england again. this region this will be day we got showers rolling through the region of upstate new york, one or two showers trying to make it through the chesapeake, as far as today here is the severe weather threat. we could have a isolated storm around d.c.,

donald trump jr. called the photos disgusting. chelsea clinton called them vile and disgusting. kathy griffin said it wasn't funny, she made a mistake and was wrong. >>> ben jellis is going to run. he backed bernie sand ners his run for president last year. so far, only one other candidate has entered the race. high-tech e ross. >> a man in virginia killed in a fight by his neighbor will be laid to rest. the spotsylvania county resident was killed over a dispute over his property line. he was a well-known d.c. road developer. a memorial service will be held. landscapers witnessed the shooting and called 911. 80-year-old larry johnson was arrested and faces first degree murder charges. >>> christian morales was 18 years when police say gang members murdered him. we're told they were waiting for him at malcolm king park in gaithersburg. the judge said she hopes the sentence sends a strong message that gang violence will not be ra >>> a wild break-in, fire and standoff. and now we know who police believe is responsible. prince george's county police believe that wayne gardner broke

party lines and professions from anderson cooper her frequent co-host to chelsea clinton and donald trump jr. she issued this on-camera apology following the backlash. >> i sincerely apologize. i'm just now seeing the reaction of these images, i'm a comic, i crossed the line, i moved the line, then i crossed it. i went way too far. the image is too disturbing. i understand how it offends people. it wasn't funny, i get it. i made a lot of mistakes in my career. i will continue. i ask your forgiveness taking down the image. going to ask the photographer to take down the image. i beg for your fof r forgiveness. i made a mistake and i was wrong. >> a warming trend continuing across much of the nation. will karins joining us. good morning. >> a nice warm spell is what we've had for much of the month. the jet stream kind of controls our weather in the spring time. lately all the way up here even north of seattle and into areas of canada. that's allowed the warm air through montana, just about everywhere else in the west. the high temperature about 85, vegas at 96. the cool air allowed to flow down

. >> and donald trump jr. as well as vice president pence also showing up at rallies for the republican. the democrats wasting no time launching facebook ads overnight against him over the incident. so, this fort gian forte is facing misdemeanor assault charges. >> the county sheriff contributed hundreds of dollars to his campaign. in a press release the sheriff says his support for the candidate will have no effect on the investigation. >> we'll move on to the other big breaking news from overnight, britain is so angry at the u.s. over leaks to the media from the manchester bombing investigation. >> the final straw apparently was the publication of these photographs, published by "the new york times," they show what was left of the bomb indicating that the suicide bomber must have had help making it. british officials have just revealed they will no longer share law enforcement information with the united states. >> let's head over to manchester and abc's molly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis

decapitated head of president trump and posted it to social media and the backlash was swift, donald trump jr. tweeted disgusting but not surprising. imagine a conservative did this to obama at potus. chelsea clinton said this is vial a vile and wrong. it sparked outrage across the political spectrum. the outrage even reached the secret service. overnight it confirmed it's investigating say each alleged or perceived threat has to be investigated thoroughly which taxes secret service manpower and resources that could be utilized elsewhere. griffin has been a strong opponent of the president but appears that wasn't always the case. here she is embracing him three years ago when she was a contestant on "celebrity apprentice." hours after griffin put out a video apologizing. >> i sincerely apologize. i'm a comic. i went way too far. i made a mistake and i was wrong. >> griffin has been a part of cnn's new year's eve co-hosting wi with anderson cooper. cooper said he thought it was disgusting. they're valuating their new year's eve coverage. >>> president trump is taking aim at the media yet again

so shut down, donald trump jr.id 45 million in taxes. he paid a much higher percentage in tax than bernie sanders and barack obama. i really appreciate it. thank you for the intro there because i wouldn't have gone there. >> all of that unfolding at a montana rally for a republican looking to secretary ryan zoningy. an out of control suv slams into a car, take a look at the video and then hit a teenager riding his bike and taking off. this all happening outside tampa, florida. amazingly the 14-year-old boy walked away with just cuts and bruises. he says he didn't know what happened until he was on the ground. >> i have my eyes closed, and i open them, and i see the tire right in front of him. i have two nuts here. i got road rash and a big nut in my hip. thankful. and i thanked the lord when i when i got up. >> and the driver is still on the loose. a violent brawl in washington, d.c. the video showing men in suits punching and kicking protesters to the ground. the demonstration reportedly turning violent over clash

they've been spending millions of dollars to prop him up, with visits from donald trump jr., mike pence. actually, donald trump recorded a robocall that came out just yesterday here. >> vote for my friend, republican greg gianforte, for congress. he's a wonderful guy, he knows how to win, he's going to win for you and i'll tell you what, the people of montana are going to be happy. >> all right. ali, republicans are just going to hold on tight here tonight, it looks like, and hope for the best. >> garrett, good to talk to you. we'll cover this with you in boseman for the rest of the day. garrett in boseman, montana. >>> for more on this, i want to bring in our national political correspondent steve kornacki. we have the entire day for voters to head to the polls, but as garrett was saying, many votes have already been cast. what do you think happens now? >> that is the big wild card in this. the 11th hour surprise in politics. not really what it used to be in the age of early voting. these are the headlines folks in montana are waking up to today on election day. as garrett mentioned, a

jr. he's raising big bucks for republicans across the country. he's a natural at retail politics. i think he is a force. donaldnues here. the romanoffs. >> paul manafort cannot count on donald trump helping him if in fact the courageous attorney general of new york state, eric schneiderman, is successful in investigating money laundering. article two of the constitution only allows a president to pardon a federal conviction, not a state conviction. if i were donald trump, i'd be worried. >> he can still pardon michael flynn. thank you. when we return, let me finish tonight with trump watch. you're watching "hardball," where the action is. mom? dad? hi! i had a very minor fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. which is so smart on your guy's part. like fact that they'll just... forgive you... four weeks without the car. okay. yep. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't go up just because of an accident

donald trump jr. camed the photos disgusting. chelsea clinton said it was vile. that it's never okay to joke about killing a president. last night, the agency tweeted that threats made receive the highest priority. >>> new this morning, a tweet from the president the latest one to go viral and it's bog of a misspelling. we'll fill you in on the new word you'll be hearing about today. >>> plus, drugged while driving. tiger woods' arrest is bringing it into the spotlight but you'll beho b narrator:to do time is what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. urants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. >> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." >>> today, we expect to see the video of tiger woods' dui arrest. police in jupiter, florida, expected to release dash cam video of monday's arr

donald trump, jr. spent a couple days campaigning with gianforte earlier this month, national republican groups are buying up tv ads, republicans are likely to win the seat considering president trump won montana by 20 points. democrats have lost each of the 11 congressional elections in montana dating back to 1996. but, look, democrats are optimistic. bernie sanders is expected to visit montana to rally voters to the polls for quist. democrats do have one u.s. senator and the governorship in montana. the republican candidate is expected to win. experts say it comes down to voter turnout which could be low given the special election is happening right before memorial day weekend. rick? rick: i understand, bryan, that russia made its way into the election? >> reporter: right, the candidates went back and forth on taxes, guns and north korea. russia looms large here. the democrat quist attacking republican gianforte for investing in russian companies. >> i was really disturbed to hear the other day that

used it often, said in the first couple of days that he wanted to win the seat for trump, and donald trump jrd twice here for him during the course of several days time. and mike pence came to the state two weeks ago. >> there was a question about the health care bill that came out of the house that spurred this assault. do you get a sense that that is going to be difficult in terms of which side of the fence to be on for house republicans because he did not really want to weigh in on a position on the cbo score. will that be difficult for not just people there in montana but republicans across the country? >> well, it affects 80,000 people of montana. that depends on how -- what happens, but right now there are 80,000 people of month monana affected by it. there is information to note, he was not taking a stance on it. three criteria to meet to have his support. and then he was reported on tape that he told folks back in washington, d.c. that he was thankful for the repeal and replace. so he was kind of caught trying to have it both ways. i contacted his campaign trying to ask for clarificat

donald trump jr. said in september 2008 that he made half a dozen trips to russia in the preceding 18 months,oting that russian investors were heavily involved in trump's new york real estate projects. we see a lot of money pouring in from russia, he said. one trump property am midtown, manhattan had become, within a few years of opening, a drama of rushing money. here there are still big questions. . he could save a lot of time and money by releasing federal and state tax returns. in testimony before the judiciary committee last monday, they will be subject to come proo. easy to manipulate targd individuals with the prospect. >> p. his transition team, his campaign or his businesses. another big question mark. >> we know that president trump has had in his orbit very russia friendly figures. in 2014 who is director of the intelligence committee. had developed strong relationships with russian mirror taer. he flew to moskos at a pained kpur arns where he was once seated near vladimir putin. such a tri

donald trump jr. called photos disgusting. there are also indications that the secret service. saying those that it protects receive the highest priority. >>> and the roads that we're talking about this morning. >> to melissa mollet with traffic. >> good morning, this breaking news out of arlington. again, this is glebe road. darcy spencer out there on the scene, we're think they're making pretty quick work of this, right, darcy? >> reporter: that's right, melissa. i can tell you one lane is open. take a look, this is north glebe road. the traffic that you're seeing come in here is inbound traffic heading towards c chain bridge. right now, one lane is open, they're rotating traffic trying to get people through here. there is a large branch in the roadway all morning long. that has been cleared up, you can see they're getting ready to clear the scene. good news for commuters this morning. back to you. >> that is welcome news for sure. over to van dorn street looking much better. had real delays. rest of the beltway, no major issues. southbound, bw, 197 crash reported there 66 an

this was donald trump, jr. and eric trump as well as erick trump's wife. the plan is to map out a strategy for the next couple weelks and make muir all these different groups are on the same page and playing out of same page book with the goal of making sure republicans can retain the house and the senate? 2018. and then lay the grown work for the presidential's campaign in 2020. this couples with the reports that the white house is planning somewhat of a war room inside the length of time wing designed to respond to all these attacks and criticisms of the trump administration as this russian investigation moves forward. there's clearly an effort of foot here to make sure everyone aligned with the president is working together to make sure his message gets out and they can refute some of the criticism that's coming his way from various circles. >> ryan nobles thank for filling us in on that. i want to talk more about this with jack and bob. jack, let's focus on this intercepted conversation between the russian ambassador. what the discover was lying about

. >> in recent weeks, big-name surrogates like donald trump, jr., emphasized gianforte's grace of his father. quist brought an bernie sanders. both candidates ran on outsider platforms. even before the incident, political watchers here told fox gianforte style could be an issue. >> the perception is that he is a little prickly. more than other candidates in the past. >> pulls in montana close at 10:00 p.m. eastern and we should have results soon after. >> bret: live in montana, alecia, thank you. we will have results here. the senate intelligence committee is giving its top two members blanket authorities to issue subpoenas in the investigation into alleged russian interference with last fall's election. richard burr and mark warner will be able to issue the subpoenas as they deem necessary. now to a follow-up story on last night's explosive story about illegal surveillance conducted by the obama administration. on thousands of americans. illegal searches so egregious the obama administration received a harsh rebuke from the secretive fisa courts. here is james rosen with reaction. >>

donald trump jr.tember 2007 he made half a dozen trips to yush ya in the proceeding 18 months noting that investors were involve d in trump's new york real estate projects. we see a lot of money pouring in from russia, he said. one trump property in manhattan had become within a few years of opening a prominent depository of russian money according to a report in "business week." here there are still big questions. president trump could clarify these questions by releasing his personal tax returns. corrupting and compromising politicians. in testimony before the judiciary committee last wednesday director comey acknowledge d that financial leverage was exploited by russian intelligence e over many decades back to the days they used compromising material to pressure individuals with the prospect of damaging disclosures. has russia compromised corrupted, cultivated or exerted improper influence on individuals associated with president trump, his administration, transition team, campaign, or his business

and donald trump jr., the president's oldest son, he helps manage the trump organization. he said in 2008 the russians make up a pretty disproportionate assets. and we have the secretary of state rex tillerson. he worked closely with russian oil companies with exxonmobil. they had a deal start drilling in the north. that was cancelled because of sanctions and he did testify that he thought the sanctions were unnecessary. he was awarded the order of friendship from vladimir putin in 2013. wilbur ross commerce secretary. he hds a stake in the bank of cypress which has very specific ties to russian investors. seeing it all listed like this, what does it make you think? >> it makes me think it is a lot of circumstantial ties to another country that is very big and very powerful, and has not always been a great friend to the united states, and maybe it means something and maybe it means nothing. we're still at this point of confusion as far as we know, so is the investigation. there is a lot of, as john brennan said in his testimony this week, the former cia director. he had a

in 2008, at a real estate conference, donald trump jr.ays the businesses see money pouring in from russia. back to the latest case involving eric trump, author james doddson recalls when the told them about the the funding from russia, it seemed like he had nothing to hide. >> he wasn't uncomfortable. there wasn't a whisper of any issues with the trumps in russia. that was a year and a half in the future. very cordial. >> reporter: you can bet the white house is keeping score now. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> more news ahead. we'll the right back. s a lot of. but there's plenty of time for scotts outdoor cleaner plus oxiclean to work it's magic. all while being safe to use around plants and grass. guaranteed. this is a scotts yard. dale! oh, hey, rob. what's with the minivan? it's not mine. i don't -- dale, honey, is your tummy still hurting, or are you feeling better to ride in the front seat? oh! is this one of your motorcycling friends? hey, chin up there, dale. lots of bikers also drive cars. in fact, you can save big if you bundle