goldstone would bring the russian lawyer.rump junior said he'd bring the candidate son-in-law, jared kushner, and campaign chair paul manafort. before joining the trump campaign manafort worked as a political consultant for oligarchs and russian clients. >> he's been in russia, he's been in ukraine. if donald trump, jr. and jared kushner took this meeting innocently and ignorantly and sort of stepped into -- you know, it's possible. but mr. manafort, he would have clearly known what the russians were up to. >> two nights before the meeting on june 7th, trump greeted supporters with what now sounds like a curious promise. >> we're going to be discussing all the things that have taken place with the clintons. i think you're going to find it very informative and very, very interesting. >> we just don't know if the speech donald trump made was a coincidence or not. and so the timing seems awfully strange. >> for all the attention the trump tower meeting would later get, goldstone says at the time he hardly gave it a second though

as told by rob goldstone, the man who arranged it.he room at trump tower, and an in-depth interview with cynthia mcfadden of nbc news. >> so the meeting is set. don junior has replied to you, if it's what you say it is, i love it. >> and i like to say here, i have a difference interpretation of that. to what the media has had over the last year. i was like -- thank god. he knows that i don't really know all of what i'm saying here. and i obviously don't have all the facts. so if it's what i'm saying, he loves it. >> but it's like you've turned off your thinking brain, rob. if it's what you say it is, if the russian government is going to turn over dirt against hillary clinton -- >> he loves it. yeah. i was focused on me. i was focused on, saving face. not embarrassing myself. not embarrassing my clients. >> not whether this was an unpatriotic or maybe even treasonous offer. >> correct. >> goldstone arrived at trump tower on june 9, 2016. when he got there. he checked in on facebook. >> on the few occasions i've been to trump tower, su

as told by rob goldstone, the man who arranged it.ok us inside the room at trump tower, and an in-depth interview with cynthia mcfadden of nbc news. >> so the meeting is set. don junior has replied to you, if it's what you say it is, i love it. >> and i like to say here, i have a difference interpretation of that. to what the media has had over the last year. i was like -- thank god. he knows that i don't really know all of what i'm saying here. and i obviously don't have all the facts. so if it's what i'm saying, he loves it. >> but it's like you've turned off your thinking brain, rob. if it's what you say it is, if the russian government is going to turn over dirt against hillary clinton -- >> he loves it. yeah. i was focused on me. i was focused on, saving face. not embarrassing myself. not embarrassing my clients. >> not whether this was an unpatriotic or maybe even treasonous offer. >> correct. >> goldstone arrived at trump tower on june 9, 2016. when he got there. he checked in on facebook. >> on the few occasions i've been to t

whatever came of the meeting goldstone says he's living with the consequences of one very bad idea. >> are you guilty of anything? >> i'm guilty really of not standing my ground. and knowing that this was a bad idea, that's what i'm guilty of, of not >>> a major trump campaign donor comes under suspicion because of his russian ties. we uncover exclusive new evidence. >> do you think that these donations were part of a russian campaign to influence the election and help president trump? >> absolutely. >> did paul manafort's russian co-defendant use a republican institute as cover? we have exclusive details from an insider. >>> and in russia, it's dangerous to be gay. >> after the bullet hit me, i tried to hide and they started yelling, where are you running, now fears that could happen here next. our live coverage from houston starts now. >>> welcome to houston, texas. as you know, i mainly report from overseas, but this time i'm here for a story that's both foreign and domestic, and, yes, it involves president trump and russia. in particular, why is it that some of president trump's m

whatever came of the meeting, goldstone said he's living with the consequences of one very bad idea. >> are you guilty of anything? >> i'm guilty really of not standing my ground. and knowing that this was a bad idea, that's what i'm guilty of. i've not really putting my sensible hat on and going, you know this is a bad idea, don't do it. >>> a major trump campaign donor comes under suspicion because of his russian ties. we uncover exclusive new evidence. >> do you think that these donations were part of a russian campaign to influence the election and help president trump? >> absolutely. >> did paul manafort's russian co-defendant use a republican institute as cover? we have exclusive details from an insider. >>> and in russia, it's dangerous to be gay. >> after the bullet hit me, i tried to hide and they started yelling, where are you running, faggot? >> now fears that could happen here next. our live coverage from houston starts now. >>> welcome to houston, texas. as you know, i mainly report from overseas, but this time i'm here for a story that's both foreign and domestic, and,

that was a very explicit attempt to involve the russian government, as rob goldstone's famous e-mailut it, the russian government's attempts to help donald trump get elected president. it is illegal, there is no question, for a russian government -- for a foreign government, including that of russia, to help elect a president. when you get to corporations which often have roots in more than one country, operate in different areas, i think there you get into more gray areas, and i think the fact, as mark's story very clearly points out, that this deal did not come to fruition, i think that argues against any claim that this might have been illegal. >> jim sciutto, is it a crime to create fake online entities, online personas to try to manipulate an election? >> i'll leave that to the lawyers, but one thing that has struck me throughout is that the trump campaign's defense, when you look at the trump tower meeting, has always been nothing came out of it, right? you know, as if it would have been -- you know, they certainly -- confirming that they would have been interested had the russ