. >>> donald trump junior's russia meeting back in the news tonight for one reason. his father insisted on getting involved. >>> donald trump junior hired a criminal defense attorney like many officials under scrutiny but these new reports are showing when he faced the biggest legal test about his contacts with russians offering election help it was president trump who insisted on being criminal defense attorney in chief. the white house confirming today president trump did have something to do with crafting that statement on his son's secret meeting with russians. the washington post reporting that the president personally dictated it. lawmakers on both sides demanding answers and the white house answer so far is that the president's past denials either weren't totally true or weren't the whole story because the president did weigh in like quote, any father would. >> the statement that don junior issued is true. there's no inaccuracy in the statement. he didn't dictate but he, like, i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. the president did

you might remember there was for or about a meeting that took place between donald trump junior and ahat took place between donald trumpjunior and a russian lawyer last year at trump tower. it turns out the first explanation we got from donald trump junior about this meeting was dictated by the president. that is the story the washington post has reported. the white house has responded saying it not accurate. this is the response. the statement that donjunior issued is true, there is no inaccuracy in it. the president weighed in at any father would based on the limited information he had and this is all discussion frankly of no consequence. just to remind you, the explanation we were given at the time by donald trumpjunior was explanation we were given at the time by donald trump junior was that he had met this woman in trump tower to discuss a ban on us adoptions in russia. that version did not last long and the press were already on to the real story so donald trump junior released this string of e—mails. it showed as he was offered damaging information about hillary clinton and sai

the statement that donald junior issued is true, there is no inaccuracy in it. at any father would based on the limited information that he had. this is all discussion of no consequence. there is no follow—up, it was disclosed to the proper parties which is how the new york times found out about it. the democrats want to continue to use this as a pr stunt and are doing everything they can to keep this story alive and in the papers every day. the president and the american people voted america first and not rush at first and that is the focus of our administration. inaudible he certainly did not dictate but he weighed in and offered suggestions like any father would do. was he aware at the time that donald junior had a meeting based on the pretext that he would be promised information that was negative about hillary clinton when he suggested that the meeting was primarily about russian adoption policy? the statement issued was true and there we re statement issued was true and there were no inaccuracies in it. i think the bigger question, everybody wants to make

it came from donald trump junior petitions that's what i can tell you that's what we know .. the president didn't sign off on anything. the statement released on saturday was released by donald trump junior and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyers. the president wasn't involved in that. >> "the new york times" says that he was involved in it that several people on the plane were involved. you're disputing that. >> that's incorrect. >> well on that note let's bring in in the starting panel white house bureau chief for the "washington post" back on the broadcast with us notably one of the authors of yesterday's bombshell report we decided it's officially a bombshell wp white house correspondent for mcclachy newspapers anita coup mar. and mike allen cofoufd he everer of the news organization axios and a veteran of the "new york times" politic p.o. and "time"ing magazine. welcome to you all. phillip congratulations to you on quite a piece of journalism. we wanted to go into theent molg a little bit how long was the lead upreporting that. are we rect the only thing the white h

the same story that donald junior, i'm sure, gave or is going to give in testimony. all of that can be charged as perjury. what they didn't count on was the fact that they don't know all the facts. donald trump doesn't have all of the e-mails. he doesn't know all of the evidence that can be gathered here. and surely, but slowly, just like it did with those june -- that june 4 e-mails, we're leading up to the june 9 meeting, there's going to be evidence coming out, basically putting the lie to these statements, and that is why donald trump so desperately wants to put the end to this mueller investigation, which is why everything he's done has been geared towards stopping that investigation. >> well, and it brings you back to the question of when did the president know about that -- >> trump tower meeting. >> the e-mail and the trump tower meeting and you know, the -- what we've heard is that of course he didn't know about it until it was done and over, et cetera, that he did not know about the e-mail, that don junior never told his father that these people were coming

congressional investigators are asking for more documentation connect to the meeting between donald trump, junior and russian lawyer i'm hanna dova in insuring with the latest coming up. >>> thieves show no humanity making off with thousands of dollars worth of tools from a local habitat for humanity site, we will tell you how the community is helping to right the wrong. >>> it is thursday, august 3rd , i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm jan carabao. rahel is off. katie and meisha are here keeping an eye on things this morning. >>> always good to see you. we are this close to the weekend. >> yes, almost there. >> you can just great. we are looking outside things are looking good, dry for now, hopefully it stays that way. >> well, not all of it. at least during our shift we're good. you know, i know you have had issues with traffic but weather hasn't had too much of an impact, it is later in the day. poor folks on five, six, 10 and 11 have had to deal with all that. we may still find some fog. we will get to that in a second. there aren't any advisories, just a mention. i noticed it. fog wasn't terribly thi

the response came from donald trump junior and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyer. let me say this, the president -- but i want to be clear the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. it came from donald trump junior so that's what i can tell you because that's what we know. the president didn't sign off on anything. he's coming back from the g-20. the statement released on saturday was released by donald trump junior and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyers. the president wasn't involved in that. >> "the new york times" says that he was involved in it, that several people on the plane were involved in it, as well. you're disputing that. >> that's incorrect. >> well on that note let's bring in in the starting panel white house bureau chief for the "washington post" philip rucker back on the broadcast with us and notably one of the authors of yesterday's bombshell report, we decided it's fiduciary a bombshell and white house correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers anita kumar, and mike allen. of the news organi

the president wasn't involved in that. >> donald junior's attorney had no comment on the new report.sident's legal team says it is not true and misinformed. >>> a south bay man is accuse of trying have sex with a 13-year-old girl. contra costa county prosecutors claim jose francisco toledo of morgan hill asked a teenage girl to send him nude pictures of herself. that turned out to be an undercover officer. a task force arrested him last week. toe lead dote went to a park along the martinez border expecting to meet the girl. >>> the contra costa board of support adviser will review a dozen applications for afr new district attorney. that position became available in june after mark peterson resigned. a grand jury found he illegally spent campaign donations on personal items and then lied about. . board will choose finalists will be invited to take part in two weeks. the most qualified candidate will serve the remainder of his term which expires in january of 2019. >>> 6:36. marin county officials will consider add a flood parcel tax. they want to reduce flooding and increase wildlife

donald junior released the e-mail saying he is was promised incriminating information on hillary clinton. >>> and sanctions on venezuela. president nicolas maduro is celebrating his victory as a mandate from the people, but the u.s. government is calling him a dictator who disregards the will of the venezuelan people. >> he joins a very exclusive club, including mr. mogave, bashar al assad and kim jong un in terms of the brutal repression of his people and in this case, the abrogation of the constitution with the constitution, with the assembly, constituent assembly. >> in a maduro responded to the u.s. calling president trump an emperor, saying he's proud of the sanctions and warning mr. trump that his biggest mistake in life will be messing with venezuela. >>> back home, a surge of children dying in hot cars, prompting congress to take action. they want technology in cars to alert parents when a child is left behind. 30 children have died in hot cars. 11 of those deaths were last month. and senator john mccain is back home in arizona after his dramatic thumbs-down vote on the gop healt

the grand jury has issued subpoenas related to the meeting between donald trump junior and a russian lawyer. >> it is just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. >>> trump brushing off the news that robert mueller has a grand jury for the russian investigation, telling supporters prosecutors should look at hillary clinton's e-mails. and his personal lawyer said they do not believe the president is under investigation. they hope the grand jury will help to wrap up the investigation. >> they have to do their job. but i don't expect this to go on for years. >> some democrats suggest donald trump was trying to intimidate robert mueller win the white house said that they have the authority to fire him. >> it shows a lot on what is going on. >> his latest move is seen as ramping up the investigation. authorities say his goal is to get to the bottom of whether or not donald trump junior told his father about his meeting. >> democrats only talk about made up stories. because they have no message. they have no agenda. >> they have introduced separate bills aimed

further details of started emerging in the statement that was produced by donald trump junior proved to be completely misleading. and false now with the washington post is coming out not reporting is that as a matter of fact it was a donald trump junior's father the president donald trump on the margins of the g. twenty. but in germany was dictating that false and misleading statements it's a very important developments. i simply because the president is involved in looks what looks very much to be a cover up which some. say is tantamount or can be equated with obstruction. hand the again the present himself. is involved and this is causing quite a bit of a iran frustration but inside this white house precisely because some of the folks who serve in senior advisory positions are saying that this was a. ridiculous and completely unnecessary move. on the parts. of this are presidents in this ever growing on daily basis russia scandal or so called russia gate scandal gallagher thank you very much and they got a family that reporting from washington. living see venezuela west to senior op

they brought jared kushner and donald trump junior to the hill to question them.hey don't have as much power as a grand jury does to compel witness testimony, subpoena documents. this is a signal that the investigation is growing. it's not winding down. we know the heat is on. the fact that congress is looking at protecting mueller's position is huge. it's a bipartisan effort. republicans control congress. doesn't matter. they are on board with this. what they want to do is make it so if president trump wants to fire mueller through the justice department, mueller could challenge that and he would have a three judge panel decide whether or not he should be removed. >> i want to bring jim in on that point. it shows the senate sees its role and the point of how these proceedings go down. congressional hearings can be rough. a grand jury proceeding make those hearings look like a cocktail party. >> they sure do. it's one thing to lie via the press but it's a whole other ball of wax to lie before a grand jury. a couple of things. first of all, i think the hill is goin

did he ever give donald junior that much autonomy to do anything? >> i will say that is not credible at all to me, the idea that this was somehow kept from donald trump. now, what i will say is he is a micromanager when it comes to things he's interested in. he can be detached at other times when it's things that he's not interested in, for example, health care policy. but when it comes to digging up dirt on hillary clinton, which was one of the most animating things that was happening in his campaign for month upon month, he clearly would have known about it at least as far as i'm concerned. and also, you know, one of the things that he does is the way he runs his team, the way he runs his campaign organization is that he empowers his aides to kind of eat what you kill, to go after various opportunities and then come back and brag to him. and it's not credible to me that nobody in that meeting or nobody on that e-mail chain wouldn't have come back to trump and said hey, look, we have this awesome lead from the russians. they have -- they're promisin

they have access to the president, and they want to tell the president that donald junior has this issue with "the new york times." we have chris whipple and others in "the washington post" saying the president should not be allowed even near this information at this point in time. he should not be involved in any way in what the statement is. does general kelly simply say, no, no one is allowed to tell the president this information? does he tell the president the information, close the door on air force one in the office there and tell him then what not to do? >> i think general kelly has to lay down some key ground rules at the outset of his tenure here. i think he will do that. one of the first ground rules will be anything pertaining to the criminal investigation of the president, and it is worth repeating, lawrence, the president of the united states is under federal criminal investigation. and general kelly should inform everybody anything having anything to do with that should be handled by the president and his counsel, not by the white house staff. the moment any member of the

probably also wrote up the statement for jared kushner which dovetails nicely with the donald junior statement. so there's plenty of consciousness of guilt. what i find most concerning here is that he's acting like somebody who is in the pocket of vladimir putin. i mean he's acting as though putin has got something on him and that he's being blackmailed. i mean this is not just consciousness of guilt. i think it goes beyond that. i think he's either a puppet of vladimir putin, or he's just downright crazy. it's one or the other. but this has gone on for such a long period of time. all throughout the election, all throughout the first eight months of his presidency, he has yet to say one word about vladimir putin that is in any way critical. >> you've got an investigation that is essentially about, at one level, is this president in the pocket of vladimir putin. and of course as ambassador mcfaul and others have told us, this was coming. there would be these moments coming when you would be at a confrontation point with vladimir putin, and we'll see what happens. and every time we com

donald trump junior and his family, sure, he did something worthy of investigation, at least accordingthe special counsel and the grand jury. and trump can't stop that. no matter what he tries to do. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >>> the gop they're on a roll. state governments across the country, the republican party controls the governor ships and state legislature up 26 states, democratses hold complete control of government in only six states and in the district of columbia >> the question here, what does it mean for state of the democratic party and how did the republican party rise so quickly? hi, david. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> the gop, a lot of people talked about the gop is dead. this is no longer that party. now it's kind of reinvented itself and we're seeing it really happening here. >> well, you know, most of this happened in the elections of 2014 and then 2016 but with the switch of west virginia governor jim justice from the democratic party to the republicans, that ads one more state where republicans can basically make laws without any input f

looking tonight like president trump had a bigger hand than first acknowledged in crafts son donald junior's initial misleading statement about his meeting last year with the russian attorney. as you may recall, follow-up statements from the younger trump revealed the meeting was really about gathering campaign dirt on hillary clinton. but the "washington post" is reporting it was the president himself who dictated his son's first response, which incorrectly claimed the meeting was about something much more innocent. that's raising a host of questions this evening. our happy jackson has details. >> reporter: tonight new questions of credibility and contradictions with the white house defending the president for his response to that campaign meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. the fallout focuses on what happened july 8th, on air force one, not long after the president left the g20 summit in germany. in the forward cabin according to the "washington post," president trump with hope hicks, who acted as a go-between with his son as the president, quote, personally dictated a

trump said he was turning over the operations of the trump organizations to his two adult sons, donald junior and erica trump. however, he was still maintaining an opener stake in the trump organization. this has raised ethical questions among government experts as to whether or not the terms of that lease have been violated. now, fox 5 spoke with virginia democratic congressman jerry conley today. you might know conley is the lead democrat on the house oversight committee. he said that congress is gng probe by growth the gao and the general services administration will go forward without interference. >> we certainly can press for hearings. we did have our own forum on conflicts of interest where this came up back in december. and we'll do more of that as we get closer to the mid term elections. i suspect my republican friends will have more interest in the conflict of interest subject. because this administration is replete with those conflicts and frankly, sadly, the president has been singularly insensitive to that topic. >> reporter: the congressman believe that, but jim and shawn, the r

style rally, the president is rallying supporters amid growing interest on capitol hill into donald trump's junior meeting with the russians during the presidential campaign. congressional investigators want phone and e-mail record from everyone at that meeting, including presidential son in law jared kushner and campaign chairman paul manafort. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is also on the road heading to southeast asia for an annual summit of asian leaders. talks are likely to be dominated by north korea ballistic missiles test in what appears to be a show of force, u.s. military launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistics missle of its own yesterday. >>> time is 5:35. in business news what starts the most arguments between couples. >> and amazon is struggling with one of its goals for 2017 , i didn't know amazon could struggle but money watch 's roxana saberi joins us live from the knock stock exchange, good morning, rocks san a. >> investigators are watching to see if the dow jones will powe seventh straight record high. dow jones passed 22,000-point mark for first time. april emmys

donald junior initially issued a statement saying the meeting was about russian adoption, before acknowledgingered damaging material on hillary clinton, to help his father get elected. the white house press secretary has now said the president weighed on the statement, giving suggestions as any father would. according to the washington post, which broke the story, some trump advisers fear the president's intervention could put him in legaljeopardy. for more on events in washington and across the americas, head to our website at bbc.com/news. or you can also download the bbc news app. the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty later today. prince philip, who's 96, is to attend a parade by the royal marines at buckingham palace. he announced in may he would be retiring from official functions after supporting the queen for more than 65 years. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. he has been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 19 47. and although his robust appr

donald junior initially issued a statement saying the meeting was about russian adoption, before acknowledginged damaging material on hillary clinton, to help his father get elected. the white house press secretary has now said the president weighed in on the statement, giving suggestions as any father would. according to the washington post, which broke the story, some trump advisers fear the president's intervention could put him in legaljeopardy. the us senate has voted to confirm christopher wray as the new director of the fbi. he's a former senior official in thejustice department who served under president george w bush. after his confirmation hearing last month, he received unanimous cross—party support from the senatejudiciary committee. the post had been vacant since may, when james comey was sacked by president trump over the russia investigation. for more on events in washington and across the americas — head to our website. you can also download the bbc news app. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: can a bit of beyonce save this australian bowls club from oblivion? cheering qu

investigative pressure has moved to donald trump junior. today he's consenting for the first time to a russia investigator with senate investigators. they had been seeking this since last month. this session sure to focus on his trump tower meeting with vu russians. they are investigating whether president trump dictated a misleading account. could that be part of a federal case for obstruction. trump junior wrote that e-mail saying i love it when offered dirt on hillary clinton from russian people claiming to support a kremlin plot. that meeting was revealed. trump junior claimed it was about adoptions. all of this is coming tonight as we learn that trump was seeking kremlin help separately with business dealings in a new focus on trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen. a republican close to the white house saying this gives mueller all the excuse he needs to open a full blown investigation into cohen. what more proof of a secret russian connection do we need? i want to bring in our panel. joan, that's a conservative cite writhing. she use

. >> the grand jury has already issued subpoenas related to the trump tower meeting between donald trump junior and a lawyer. >> it is an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of politics. >> trump brushed off the news that there is a grand jury being put together for the investigation, he said prosecutors should be looking at hillary clinton and her connections. his personal lawyer said they do not believe the president is under investigation. and they hope to wrap up the investigation after all. >> i don't expect this to be going on for years. >> some have suggested that trump was intimidating robert mueller. >> it tells us a lot about what was going on with the president, is team and russia. >> reporter: he says his goal is to get to the bottom of whether or not donald trump junior had a meeting with a russian lawyer. >> they only talk about the made up story. they have no message. they have no agenda. >> bipartisan senators have already looked at new bills aimed at protecting robert mueller from being fired by the president. >> what is the democratic reaction? >> so far democrats are

donald trump junior initially denied his talks with natalia veselnitskaya were about the presidentialhanged. the white house says the president "weighed in, as any father would," but denied there were inaccuracies in the initial account. richard lister reports. president trump is still making headlines for all the wrong reasons. among them, the curious tale of his son and the russian lawyer. it has emerged that natalia veselnitskaya, who has ties with the kremlin, met him injune last year with the promise of incriminating information about hillary clinton. congratulations, dad! we love you. donald trumpjunior played a key part in his father's election campaign and his e—mails show he loved the idea of getting dirt on hillary, but when asked by the new york times if he had hit had any meetings in russia, he said: injuly, he put out a statement saying he had met natalia veselnitskaya, but he had only discussed a programme about the adoption of russian children. after being challenged on that he finally confirmed the meeting was to talk about individuals connected to russia supporting ms

donald trump junior will testify in front of congress in september.ornia senator dianne feinstein made that announcement yesterday. this comes after it was revealed that president trump played a role in crafting a possible misleading statement about a meeting between don junior and a russian lawyer during the campaign. the statement said that the meeting was about russian adoptions. it was later revealed that the lawyer promised the trump campaign damaging information on hillary clinton. yesterday the white house confirmed that the president did in fact "weigh in" on the statement. (mark) prosecutors have filed felony vehicular manslaughter charges against a california bus driver... in connection with a wreck that killed four people. the incident happened last august in merced county... the bus was heading to washington state when it hit a large highway post - head on. it practically sliced the bus in half. four people where killed - and nearly 20 others were injured. the driver... mario vasquez is now facing four felony counts of vehicular manslaught

to end this investigation or curtail it, actually came up with the talking points that his son, donald junior, used to excuse this meeting involving eight people, including multiple russians tied to the kremlin. what do you make of that? >> it sounds very much in character for donald trump. very much like richard nixon. john ehrlichman, nixon's aide, who finally went to prison for a year and a half in the watergate scandal said in retrospect, nixon couldn't keep his hands off a cover-up. he wanted to be involved. there's no way you would have gotten him away from this. so the suggestion that donald trump is, you know, trying to pull the strings, to keep russia from being investigated, doesn't sound so hard to believe. and the question, of course, comes back to, what is it is that he's afraid of? what is so terrible in terms of his involvement in russia and that of his campaign, that he is so terrified to have it investigated? >> and taking advantage of your president to ask you about everything in the world. i have to also ask you about this appointment of general kelly. the idea in most whit

it's donald junior, jared kushner. >> that part about hitting him whext says tough stuff, there is a look of genuine dread in his eyes. >> he is panicked about it. >> it is not just a joke in our vocabulary but when was the last time he said anything critical about putin? he cannot bring himself to say anything critical about him. that's just amazing. >> this could be one big joke. like the guy is just -- >> it's not a joke. i think it could all go back to this russian investigation. >> and there's a piece this the times about, he will feud with anyone. with mitch mcconnell, jeff sessions. >> he doesn't know how to govern. >> i want to stay on this point. what is your theory? this is a personal fight with everyone from rosie o'donnell to the attorney general. not once will he ever -- >> bizarre. it is the way he is and it is something that is going to be a problem for him. and we'll talk about it like this. none of russ going to come up with an answer unless we talk with a shrink. >> i'll saying there may be a real reason. the one thing that's clear is that he will not say -- even th

the question of intent could be crucial in determining if donald trump junior violated the law.oining us is jill winebanks. counsellor, thank you for coming back on the broadcast. why does intent matter, and how does it apply to don junior here? >> irn tent is one of the elements of a crime and the prosecutor will have to prove it, but i think if we read just the e-mails all by themselves, there is enough to show intent. it makes it very clear it is the russian government that wants to lp him, to give him information to hurt hillary clinton. and that makes it very clear that he received from a foreign national, and he went ahead with it. he said that would be great, especially later in the summer. he was plotting when it should be released. i think that shows it was a foreign national and two that he had the intent to receive such information and i think that is a pretty clear cut case that has to be fully investigated. the true is same for manafort and kushner. >> everything you mentioned about the meeting we learned on a rolling disclosure, evolving description basis. it chang

>> of course when donald junior, it was obviously misleading to the say the least. i thing be the president is viewing this as a family problem. pr problem. it's not -- it's serious. it involves a foreign power trying to invade our election process. the it involves the highest level of security when it comes to the united states' relationship with russia, and it's the subject of a criminal investigation. the i know he would never hire me as an attorney but i can't imagine having the president as a client if he would do something this rash. >> do you think that he's put himself in some sort of legal jeopardy. >> i won't go that far but i will tell you i can't believe any worthwhile prosecutor can ignore this. this is a reality. it was poor judgment on the president's part to 0 inject into this conversation about his son's meeting facts which frankly had no basis. >> but a misleading statement, it's been pointed out many times -- even not american people, that's not a crime. >> well i didn't say it was a crime. but i'm saying you have to take it seriously. the when a

both know, yesterday we found out the president did, in fact, weigh in on the crafting of donald trump junior's statement, the first statement he issued after the new york type times reporting open his meeting with a russian lawyer. in the statement he said the meeting was primarily about adoptions and they did not discuss campaign issues. we later found out that that was misleading. he was under the impression he was meeting with a russian government attorney to discuss incriminating information on hillary clinton on behalf of the russian government's efforts to help his father's campaign. this all ties into whether or not the white house is being truthful with us. >> thank you for that. the justice department is tight lipped this morning, not commenting on a "new york times" report that it's launching a new fight against racial discrimination. >> the administration's belief -- this has to do with what the justice department will and will not do for minorities and for white americans having do with admission into college. lawyers can sue colleges that give preferential treatment to minority ap

i was tough on team trump wendy donald junior email train came out.s, on the other hand, good news for the trump campaign, countervailing evidence. got far less attention than some of the other bombshells but this shows high-level people in the campaign being repeatedly offered opportunities to meet with russian officials although active labor which in. they said no, they said these are concerns we have. there could be logan act violations. we should talk to our allies in nato before we do anything with the russians. looked like a responsible campaign making sure they are adhering to protocol. this is not unto itself vindication for the entire story from the vantage point of trump but it's a data point it's helpful to their contention there was no collusion. >> eboni: i want to talk to the fellow counselor here, whitney. something that can rebut some of the narratives. at the very least, it points us in another direction. >> is a criminal defense attorney, i loved reading this today. and seeing there was actual paper document or in electronic form. th

the cover up could have legal challenges for the president and donald junior. >> before you respond, let me read more from this "the washington post". although miss leading the public all the news media is not a crime, advisers to trump and his family told "the washington post" that they fear any indication that trump was seeking to hide information about contacts between his campaign and russians almost inevitably, would draw additional scrutiny from mueller. how many problems has the president created for himself here? >> i don't think it's a bombshell i think it's a come backfirery with most. this is a story we've seen repeat itself over and over again. he's not accused of committing a crime, i think it stems from the fact that when he started as a candidate in this presidential race it was five people in an office. he had to be a jack of all trades, he was involved in every aspect of every decision made. he's now president of the united states, he needs to transition into that office and stand back and let the professionals handle this. now i understand why he he's he has tan to

the response came from donald trump junior, i'm sure in consultation with his lawyer. the president was not involved in the drafting of a statement. >> he had nothing to do with the statement that don junior put out? >> the statement that don junior put out, you're talking about yesterday's, chris? >> the one over the weekend. >> that was written -- that was written by donald trump jr. and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyer. the president didn't sign off on anything. he was coming back from the g 30. the statement released saturday was released by donald trump junior i'm sure in consultation with his lawyers. the president wasn't involved in that. >> the new york times says he was involved. you're disputing that account from the new york times? >> yes. >> he could not have been more definitive, the president had nothing to do with this, your reporting flies in the face of that, what does this mean for the bob mueller investigation? >> well, what he said there is simply not true according to our reporting, you raise a good point about the mueller investigation. yo

carolina: donald trump junior dijo que habÍa ido a esa junta para hablar de un programa de adopciÓn denuestro compaÑero carlos. . estarÍa donald trump en problemas legales si es cierto quÉ le dictÓ informacion falsa a su hijo? carlos: no, necesariamente. no serÍa la primera vez que un presidente da una declaraciÓn engaÑosa. no serÍa la primera vez de eso. lo que es innecesario es para un presidente que estÁ bajo la lupa como estÁ donald trump. esto lo que hace es poner lo mÁs en ese tanto no que sean -- pantano que se ha metido Él solito por sus declaraciones. queda cada vez mÁs en la mira de los investigadores. el problema es que si se demuestra que Él intervino en esta respuesta que dio su hijo, y que se mostrÓ falsa, tambiÉn podrÍa alguien decir que Él esÁa tratando de desviar una investigaciÓn federal. javier: quÉ podrÍa pasar? carlos: si eso se demostrara, eventualmente, ya eso serÍa una causal. para un juicio polÍtico, sin duda, sumado con lo que pasÓ con comey, mÁs otro tipo de cosas como su investigaciÓn si puede o no auto perdonarse. si puede despedir al jefe de investigaciÓn

it came from donald trump junior. that's what i can toll you because that's what we know. >> the president didn't sign off off anything. he was coming back from the g20. the statement released on saturday was released by donald trump jr. i'm sure in consultation withes his lawyers. >> "the new york times" says he was involvedy in it .several people were involved. >> that's incorrect. >> so the president was not involved. he says all of in breaking just an hour and a half after the president wrote on twitter, it was a great day at the white house. good point to bring in tonight's starting panel. senior foernl affairs for politico. white house reporter for the associated press, vivian salama. and chief the ektices lawyers to former president george w. bush richard painter returns. he teaches law at the university of minnesota. welcome to you all, michael you're our reality assessments. how big a bombshell is this? >> well it's big, brian. but it's also part of a pattern. i think what's significant is the way this pattern

from the west virginian audience but it came in the aftermath of clear evidence that his own son donald juniorawyer to try to get dirt on hillary clinton. he never got the dirtd apparently, but clearly there was an effort to reach out to the russians, so for your the president to say, this is absurd, i have nothing to do with russians ever, it's simply inaccurate on its face. >> paul callan and lynn sweet, thank you both. >> thank you. >>> still to come, leaked transcripts of the conversations between the president and leaders of mexico and australia and something unflattering about the state of. >> announcer:. how some are responding. next. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ beggin' skinny strips or beggin' black label? there's two?! what a delicious dilemma! beggin' strips premium edition. twwwoooooo?!?! with real meat as ingredient one. everything to your liking? mmm mmmmm... beggin' strips premium. becaussssseeee beggin'!

and so we all know that general kelly still has the second place behind ivanka and jared and donald juniore fascinating things about that politico article, he had to stop the president from getting his information from info wars. it's like the president of the united states, prior to general kelly becoming chief of staff, was going to info wars to seek out information. >> right. sandy hook truthers. >> that's dangerous. this is all about the inner agency process working well, throw of information within the white house working well. this isn't the first white house to face with this criticism but he's in a different category in terms of criticism. >>> a little boy at the center of the most gripping social human dramas of the clinton era, elian gonzalez. we'll have a preview of the incredible documentary cnn films when we come back. and up to 70% off on outdoor life for him and simply styled for her! plus hot deals on jeans for kids, starting at 8.99. hurry - sale ends september 4th. one laugh, and hello sensitring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think protection this

did the president get involved in donald trump junior's statement.id he had a hand in that statement. jay said to me as we just showed, no. no part of it at all. now sarah huckabee sanders is saying he took an interest in the way any father would. >> anything further the thing that struck me about what sanders said is she said his origin gnal statement is true wh is misleading. >> you want to define true. there was no, nothing in there was fault. they just didn't tell us. >> here's the thing to keep this mind about donald trump, his experience in politics is you say whatever you want to say. late er you backtrack. >> you said it experience in politics. you are both new yorkers here. that's his experience dealing with tabloids. you could say whatever you need to do to get through page 6 today and worry about it later. >> it's up, your down. it is what it is. market change in real estate. trump used to dealing that way. i wonder what does don do all day. tlp is a white house counsel office that should be advising these guys to conduct themselves that d

and so we all know that general kelly still has the second place behind ivanka and jared and donald juniore fascinating things about that politico article, he had to stop the president from getting his information from info wars. it's like the president of the united states, prior to general kelly becoming chief of staff, was going to info wars to seek out information. >> right. sandy hook truthers. >> that's dangerous. this is all about the inner agency process working well, throw of information within the white house working well. this isn't the first white house to face with this criticism but he's in a different category in terms of criticism. >>> a little boy at the center of the most gripping social human dramas of the clinton era, elian gonzalez. we'll have a preview of the incredible documentary "cnn films" when we come back. i make it easy to save $600 on car insurance, so being cool comes naturally. hmm. i can't decide if this place is swag or bling. it's pretzels. word. ladies, you know when you switch, you get my bomb-diggity discounts automatically. ♪ no duh, right? [ chuckles

the other is, this was a meeting in which the russians offered information about hillary, which donald juniorerly accepted. so they have this receptivity to collusion to, getting information about the russians. now, again, it's only a crime, collusion is, if it's something else illegal like conspiring to hack e-mails. so just reaching out for information itself isn't a crime but to a prosecutor, it looks suspicious. again, especially when you have the lack of transparency from president trump. >> let me ask you, ken, your newspaper has reported that president trump's long-time lawyer michael d. cohen has given congress a point by point rebuttal of a dossier alleging that he has deep ties to russian officials, an effort to clear his name as the justice department and committees -- and congressional committees investigate russia's attempts to disrupt last year's election. mr. cohen vehemently denies the claims made in the dossier about him which are false and remain wholly unsubstantiated his lawyer wrote. what do you make of this? >> with both cohen and the interest in renat akhmetshin, the bi

ya ha emitido citaciones judiciales para que testifiquen bajo puramente sobre la reuniÓn de donald trump junioromparecencia de testigos y tomar testimonios bajo juramento. >> se estÁ desarrollando muy rÁpido, está consiguiendo una intensidad y un enfoque mÁs amplio. lourdes: el gran jurado cosa entre 16 y 26 personas, sumisiones determinar si existe causa probable de que un delito se ha cometido. el presidente trump ha dicho que mueller no debe cruzar la lÍnea roja de investigar sus asuntos financieros, es algo que ya hacen los investigadores. el mandatario ha considerado despedir a mueller, ya despidiÓ al ex director del fbi, james comey, que iniciÓ la investigaciÓn. la casa blanca respondiÓ: "la casa blanca favorece cualquier cosa que acelere la conclusiÓn de su trabajo de manera justa. la casa blanca estÁ comprometida a cooperar totalmente con el seÑor mueller". >> no se debe esperar un resultado inmediato porque hay muchas piezas de evidencia que estÁn repasando y escuchando mÚltiples testigos. lourdes: hoy se presentaron en el senado dos proyectos de ley bipartidistas que impedirÍan o harÍ