h.r. mcmaster. there's a lot of discussions about white house officials having concerns and then there's a lot of specificity in your reporting about h.r. mcmaster, learning about kushner's worrying contacts, which he didn't officially report and coordinate through the national security council. why is mcmaster the person in line to be monitoring this behavior by a white house official? are the daily intelligence briefings that he's receiving where he was getting reports about these concerns? >> well, h.r. mcmaster came in to replace michael flynn after he was forced out of the white house with his own russia related issues sits at the center of national security policy making that goes on in the white house and also his job to make sure the state department, the defense department and intelligence community their views are all represented and all of that information is brought into the white house has a coherent policy. when he came into his job he discovered and quite taken aback to find out jared

h.r. mcmaster may stick around.hankfully, you know, he did say the truth, which is that there is incontrovertible evidence of russia's impact on this election. i believe that it had a major impact, both -- maybe be so much in turning on changing votes, but it certainly affected the discussion around the election in 2016. it ham strung the dnc. it did a lot of things that helped donald trump. >> what strikes me is we've now passed the year anniversary since the president's only solo formal news conference. i was there in the front row and i asked him about the electoral college, his numbers. we fact checked him in real time. at the end of the exchange, i said to him. you're the president. so, he's the president now. so, it doesn't matter that everybody else is saying this. he's the president. why be defensive about how you got here? now act on all of our behalves behind the scene. what do aides say? when h.r. mcmaster says publicly, are they anticipating this lashing? is that the good cop, bad cop routine the white h

h.r. mcmaster at the munich security conference. i also understand seg guy kislyak, the former russian ambassador to the united states, was pressed on a panel there about whether he was aware of any potential russian role in this conspiracy to interfere with our election campaign. he was, not surprisingly, nonresponsive to those questions. of course kislyak is a key role and one of the other figures that's caught the attention of the special counsel, michael flynn. those contacts flynn had with kislyak during the transportation team we know are something the mueller team has been looking at. while the kremlin is not specifically referenced in this indictment, we know the special counsel has their eye on them as well. >> ilona, who are these people in the indictment? is there any name that stands out? i keep reading about one that is a caterer, a powerful caterer, a chef to vladimir putin. >> it shows the way things often work in russia, whether it be money being funneled through somebody, we saw this coming out in the panama papers

h.r. mcmaster's comments at the munich security conference. look, let's hope that they get closer together because we're inching closer to 2018. while we do the post game on what happened in 2016 and hold people accountable, we need to be laser focused on the fact that every day, we're still under attack by russia and need to take action to defense against them. >> as a public servant, i mentioned the president is his boss, but really it's the american people who are your boss when you are a public servant. >> indeed. >> shimon, you know, these indictments have shown that special counsel mueller is very good at preventing leaks about the investigation. last night former national intelligence director james clapper actually told our anderson cooper he believes more indictments are to come. let's listen. >> i think there are other shoes to drop here. noticeably finances. bob mueller and his team know a lot more about all this than is out there that we know. i think there's much more to come. i didn't see any indication about closing the investig

h.r. mcmaster was.aybe he can find a way to give trump the information he needs in a less pa can'to pedantic wa. >> used to be that the generals were going to be the grown-ups in the rooms that somehow protected us from the incompetence and recklessness of donald trump. kelly turned out to be the opposite of that. re-enforced all of trump's most partisan instincts. to lose mcmaster who has bipartisan credibility on the hill i think would be a real loss. >> thank you all. i appreciate it. >> thanks, don. >> that is it for us tonight. thanks for watching. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. . . . it's league night!? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. bowl without me. frank.' i'm going to get nachos. snack bar's closed. gah! ah, ah ah. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >>> a deputy arrives and takes up a position and he never went in. >> florida

h.r. mcmaster was.find a way to give trump the information he needs in a less boring way. >> it used to be the generals were going to be the grown-ups in the room that protected us from the incompetence and recklessness of donald trump. and kelly has reenforced trump's partisan instincts. and to lose mcmaster i think would be a real loss. >> thank you, all. i appreciate it. >> thanks, don. >> that's it for us tonight. thanks for watching. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. , "oh yeah!" but your brain says, "yeeeah...no." ...introducing new roasted turkey and stuffing delights from marie callender's. all for only 260 calories. because eating well calls for marie callender's® delights™. no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money aleia saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> good evening. new charges in the russia investigation. a new

h.r. mcmaster's reaction. >> the president's reaction is to himself. i think h.r. mcmaster was recognizing the threat posed in the indictment. when the indictment lays out what the russians had done here, spending $15 million, having all these people designed to tear us apart, to sow discord. they couldn't pick a better president to back than a president who every day throws us into discord. so many of these things are self-inflicted. i think the russians are proud of what they did and h.r. mcmaster is quite dismayed of that. >> i want to quote one more thing from the "new york times" op-ed piece. freedman is a nonpartisan colum nis. he wrote, this is code red. the biggest threat to the integrity of our democracy today is in the oval office. >> well, we can get desensitized to trump behaving like trump, but we shouldn't. this is a long running, consistent attack on american institutions. and i think you can argue american principles. we used to be able to take it for granted that whatever the response was, whether we agree with it or not, the president of the united

h.r. mcmaster could be on his way out.hy the former head of the cia says we owe the general a debt of gratitude for what he's done there, next. how long have you been here? i've been here a couple days. (avo) get the best unlimited on the most awarded network. buy iphone 8, and get one on us with no trade-in required. >>> sources tell cnn that h.r. mcmaster may soon be out of his current role and return to the military. sources in the administration also say tensions are flaring between mcmast ser and presiden trump. hayden is former director of the cia and nsa. >> good morning, alisyn. >> why do you think h.r. mcmaster is leaving or possibly leaving, and does it worry you? >> well, i mean, we see these reports periodically. so that suggests very strongly that the magic simply is isn't working in the relationship between the general and the president. alisyn, i look at this on two levels. one is personal, one is structural. on the personal level, that's n got to be a bond of trust. it is an intimate relationship. they move

h.r. mcmaster spoke, and he only acknowledged what had happened in a direct question from a russian senator, by the way, brian, that was interesting. but let's be clear even what h.r. did. h.r. just diagnosed the problem like we've all done. the administration as a whole, not just president trump, has done nothing to respond to it. and there's some very simple things you can do. they sent people undercover to spy, to interfere in our election. we could throw out a dozen spies tomorrow. he could do that if they wanted to respond. and so i want to be clear. president trump first and foremost needs to be the leader. but the trump administration also is not responding to all this, and that was -- many people talked about that in munich. the one person that's responding, however, brian, is a guy named bob mueller. he's our chief foreign policymaker for russia today and that got the attention of russian. there's lots of russians at the security conference, and why is that so? because if you're indicted like that nobody expects vladimir putin to put them on a plane and send them to new york. but n

h.r. mcmaster said there was no question russia meddle in the presidential election. >> as you can see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is incontrovertible and available in the public domain. >> rod rosenstein announced the indictment of 13 russians charged with setting up a plot to influence american voters. the president tweeted "general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and crooked h, the dnc and the dems. remember, the dirty dossier, uranium and the podesta company." first, the indictment had nothing to do with the collusion investigation. it was about russian meddling. the collusion investigation according to our reporting is ongoing. second, the extent to which russian meddling did or did not effect the results of the election is an open question. the president also tweeted, i never said russia did not meddle in the election. i said it may be russia or china or another country or group or could be a 400-pound genius in bed playing with his computer. the reality i

h.r. mcmaster, but it seems perhaps this is different. >> from the minute h.r. es that's been consistent all the way through is he wants his fourth star, this could be the path to his fourth star, this could delay the fourth star, is it going to make it easier to get the fourth star, will he go to korea to get the fourth star, will he go to afghanistan to get the fourth star? president trump loves him. but the bottom line, when you look back at the incredible 13 months that have passed since the start of this administration is that h.r. mcmaster came in and saved the national security council and president trump's ability to chase disaster. he's not universally liked. there's tensions with the state department, tensions with the pentagon, tensions with the president himself. a competent staff has worked with the president in a political sense. some say he's supportive of president trump, given president trump encouragement in some areas, like rhetoric on north korea, but it's also fostered the way to do his job is the president wants a plan for something to come

h.r. mcmaster saying today evidence of russian interference in the 2016 election is now indisputable. >> as can you see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is incontrovertible and available in the public domain. >> this after the special counsel handle down 13 new indictments to russians charged with attempting to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. the 37 page indictment describes an unprecedented campaign by russia to support trump, zpar g disparage hillary clinton. >> the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. >> the intelligence community pouring cold water on the president's claims the investigation is a hoax or a witchunt. and new developments on the florida school shooting that left 17 people dead. cnn learned exclusively that the confessed shooter was part of a private group chat that shows he was obsessed with race, violence, and guns. plus a shocking admission by the fbi. someone called the agency's tip line januar

h.r. mcmaster, saying general mcmaster forgot to say the results of the 2016 election were not impacted orhanged by the russians. so, while you heard a lot from the president on russia, criticizing the democrats, criticizing president obama, criticizing his own national security adviser, one person the president did not criticize at all, vladimir putin. david? >> jon karl kicking off another week at the white house. thank you, jon. >>> next, the winter storm barrelling from coast to coast tonight. alerts in 24 states from california all the way east to vermont. heavy snow and icy conditions in salt lake city tonight. more than 100 accidents and counting across the country. and look at this, flooding in mason, west virginia. more rain on the way from texas all the way up to michigan. a messy scene across the country. let's get to rob marciano, tracking it all for us tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. a big system. we call this a highly amplified system. a lot of warmth to the east, cold to the west. as a matter of fact, winter weather advisories up for l.a. you see the snows in the

h.r. mcmaster. we do not see him criticizing put and that's a pattern from well before he even began running for president. >> not implementing sanctions duly passed by congress, not faithfully executing the laws. which some call is impeachable. donald trump let's read that tweet again that natasha referred to. he tweeted this. general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and the crooked h. remember the dirty dossier. he rollsous his conspiracy theories. did mcmaster forget to say that or is that just not true >> mcmaster didn't forget to say that. mcmaster forgot to read the cue card that the white house handed to him that he was to read when he makes statements. leapt me tell you about general mcmaster a man i used to have a lot of respect for. these are one of these guys that's an american hero. he wrote a book literal about military leadership standing up to presidents abusing powe

h.r. mcmaster said the evidence of espionage and subversion was undeniable. yes i have no response you can publish anything and we have seen those indictments and i've also read the statements from the homeland security adviser in the u.s. who denied the reports that any country to influence the election results the same was said by mike pence either here or maybe in another european capital so until we hear the facts everything else is just blather if europe is defense minister says there's been no military takeover a day after the government declared a new state of emergency it comes off the worst anti-government protests in a quarter of a century the state of emergency will last for six months and effectively bans demonstrations the body of zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been repatriated from south africa he died on wednesday after battling code on cancer sanger i was a key figure in zimbabwe in politics and founded the movement for democratic change of course in pakistan has sentenced a man to death for the murder and rape of a six yea

h.r. mcmaster, the senate intel committee, chuck grassley. i would go down the list of republicans, ben sasse, go down the list, james lankford. there aren't many people left except for really sad and pathetic spokes people for donald trump and donald trump himself who are denying this. only people who disagree are donald trump and russia. >> right. >> what are we to make of this? >> and rod rosenstein delivering that press conference. >> another republican. >> been a republican longer than donald trump has. >> they're all republicans. bob mueller has been a republican. james comey has been a republican a lot longer than donald trump has. >> right. i think this indictment obviously blew a hole in one of the president's favorite narratives which is this was a hoax. he retreated over the weekend a little bit. he tries to claim it's not the russian interference that's a hoax. it's collusion between my campaign and the russians. he's clinging to these two lines that rod rosenstein delivered in his press conference. one, there's no allegation in t

h.r. mcmaster says there is incontrovertible evidence that russia meddled in the 2016 election, we will speak to the prize-winning russian-american journalist masha gessen about her new article "the fundamental uncertrtainty of muellerer's rua indictments." >> i think h.r. mcmaster is correct in saying there is incontrovertrtible evidence of russian meddling, but to call it bold and sophisticated and to t thathat we now know index lee had an influence on the outcome e of the election is absurd. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the head of the national rifle association, or nra, wayne lapierre has broken his silence after last week's florida school shooting that left 17 people dead and sparked a student-led national conversation on gun legislation. on thursday, lapierre attacked his opponents as communist sympathizers hell-bent on undermining individual freedoms. >> the elites don't care, not one wit, about america'a's schol systemem and school children. if they truly cared, what they would do is they wou

h.r. mcmaster. i think what we ought to take from the indictment is exactly what they say, there was basically a sophisticated operation going on to try to thwart hillary clinton and it does not make the connection between collusion between the campaign and russians. but what it does show, incontrovertibly, except to the perhaps president, that russia was trying to meddle in the election. >> let me ask you about one. kristen welker mentioned the commentary about his national security adviser. many foreign policy experts were in munich for the munich security conference. if it was the goal of russia to create discord and chaos within the u.s., then with all the committee hearings and party hatr hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreamings. they're laughing their asses off in moscow, get smart, america. what do you make of the tweet he fired off? >> they are laughing, but donald trump's tweet i think is disingenuous and ignores the fact that he is a part of their efforts in the united st

h.r. mcmaster. the post reports that one anonymous european diplomat suggested h.r. mcmaster and other u.s. officials may be following in the footsteps of german government officials, who continued to serve during hitler's rise, ostensibly in the name of protecting the country. president trump's tweet storm came after the justice department indicted 13 russians and three companies for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. friday's sprawling indictment charges the russians orchestrated a propaganda effort 2014 to undermine the election system and then developed into an effort to help donald trump win. the indictment says the effort, coordinated by russia's internet research agency, included russians posing as political activists, stealing the identities of u.s. citizens, and further politicized issues of immigration, race, and religion, in efforts to push american voters to choose trump over his rival, hillary clinton. this indictment also alleges some russians were in contact with people associated with trump's campaign, although it does not allege trump's ca

h.r. mcmaster will stay on as national security adviser or whether he's going to have to find a way to hold onto his position and i thank you very much jonah hill tonight is from washington you have al-jazeera much more still ahead for you funerals a healthy two palestinian teenagers shot eyes re-inforcing as tension continues on the border. and the art of to firing the mastermind behind one of the finest gardens and the wilds. had a tropical cyclone kelvin is just about no more but you can see the shape very overseas in the satellite picture came on two lines about a category two cat the r. for a while as well another the clouds spread from it's right down to the desert areas that gibson for example and so western australia will see a decent downpours and go all the way down to the south coast probably avoiding person to get a bit further inland from lots and we still got heat forty one degrees out of spring's not very well done southeaster adelaide melbourne sydney or around the low to middle twenty three bit warmer not. some big showers in maybe sydney area possibly southern queensland b

h.r. mcmaster. clearly he was shocked and appalled to see that jared kushner had been meeting with people he didn't even know about. this became part of his daily briefing. this clearly came from mcmaster's office even though he's saying, we've kissed and are playing nicely now. >> i don't have time to get to the axios piece that says that jarvanka and john kelly are in a death match. i know someone who would like that to be true, and that's steve bannon, who is clearly watching this, possibly promoting it while eating popcorn and laughing. >>> let's turn to the major move by dick's sporting goods. turn up the volume for this because this is a very big move. the nation's largest sporting goods retailer is taking a bold stance, the company will medial stop selling assault rifles. dick's says it will also end sales of high capacity magazines and it will not sell any gun to anyone under 21 years old. here is ceo and chairman ed stack explaining the company's decision. >> as we looked at what happened d

h.r. mcmaster hit out at north korea.owever, diplomats from china, south korea and russia urged more dialogue with the regime. special counsel robert mueller detail of my widespread and coordinated campaign by russia. grand jury indicted 13 russian national and a so-called roltroll farm. this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always to they appear to be on the internet. the indictment alleges that the russian theaters want to promote discord. we must not allow them to succeed. general jeffney sessions is ordering a review of the justice department's processes after the fbi felt to investigate a tip that the former -- that the florida school shooting suspect could up and stop. it was clear the nation's premier law enforcement agency missed warning signs. the fbi acknowledged it failed to act on a tip to its outline that nikolas cruz had a desire to kill. prime minister theresa may has proposed keeping britain in total alignment after brexit. may said the move was critical for security agencies allowing th

h.r. mcmaster. you heard sarah sanders say the president still has confidence in his national security adviser despite publicly breaking with him over the weekend after h.r. mcmaster made public remarks saying it was very clear that russia meddled in the election. the president tweeted that he should have added that there was no collusion. so that was sort of the -- all of the headlines when it came to russia, then there were a number of gun-related headlines as well. we learned the listings session on wednesday, ali, will include not only those from the parkland community but those from columbine as well as sandy hook. she seemed to express an indication that he would back some version of a bill that would strengthen background checks, but what would he support beyond that? that remains an open question. she was asked about assault weapons. she said, look, he's open to having these discussions. when it came to bump stocks, though, i thought this was another important headline, ali, she did say he h

h.r. mcmaster, john kelly, not a stretch to describe it as a snake pit.ve was a consolidation of power by kelly. he's reached out to corey lewandowski. >> to get lewandowski on his side. >> to have his back because lewandowski remains close to jared and ivanka. they can spin it however they want. they sent a senior administration official to say jared is a good boy and does lots of work and you hear the president say over and over he doesn't make money here. not a good talking point. >> all right. >> we know how that worked out for others that didn't make money on the campaign. the problem jared has now is that his wife has a portfolio she enjoys. there is no natural, graceful exit. i share your theory that mcmaster might not be where he is for awhile. th thanks to incredible reporting and the operating clearance and that he probably never would have gotten. >> yeah, this is kelly taking a stand and saying we're drawing a line. got to go. >> it's mcmaster and kelly saying there is a national security reason he has to take the downgrade in clearance. i hav

h.r. mcmaster and japan hosts twenty three u.s. military bases so this would serve as a major point of attack for the u.s. if it were to actually happen but isolating japan pushing japan away like this could have adverse effects on u.s. policy as japan may end up looking to regional partners trade partners like china and russia which the u.s. has kind of identified as adversaries you know i wonder you mentioned that this isn't just on these import quotas isn't just on japan but you mention china vietnam and venezuela maybe a another one but vietnam and venezuela are small potatoes in the steel manufacturing business but china and japan are big japan is so big my recollection is they're only like we're like five percent of our exports is this more about a precedent setting you know thing with regard to the trumpet ministration or is japan do you think really worried about their exports well i mean i think japan is worried about it about its exports it's not an enormous amount but. you know japan is i mean since world war two japan h

h.r. mcmaster. standing by for us in munich is mission to krishna our chief political editor. so the german foreign minister is in my gob to get was the first leader to speak at this morning and he expressed concern about u.s. foreign policy under the trump administration let's have a listen to what he had to say. perhaps this explains why we germans are sometimes irritated when we look across the atlantic. that we no longer wish to recognize america these days. we measure america by by words by tweets. all right michelle was so the governor speaking there what kind of policy then does gum care want to see from the trumpet ministration. before he went into back home and basically praised america's traditional role of also defending interests of its allies in europe now that is something the united states also general a master and we've heard here has recommitted to at the same time you criticize that there was a global architecture there is this not just perceived but actual withdrawal of the united states from many regions in the world and he said that others would move in qu

h.r. mcmaster. the evidence now is in kopbt vertible. does it have anything to do with vindicating the president? he said charges deal don a big win. did they? >> i don't think so. and here's why. what the indictment charged was conspiracy to defraud the united states. that means if there are other americans involved in the political process were also conspireing or were assisting in some way or had knowledge, that conspiracy can actually broaden. so we don't know if there is that evidence yet because we haven't seen that revealed. but the way in which this document was crafted leaves open that possibility. i think also the president's tweets demonstrate he is terrified of this investigation. and he is either terrified of this investigation because there is some kind of evidence that would implicate those close to him or those involved in his campaign, be or he is worried about this special counsel now with this indictment and the way that the deputy attorney general is conducting oversight of it, that this investigation is now on track

h.r. mcmaster essential little said iranian-backs militias in various countries like hezbollah?hat's the plan? >> the danger is that it's in lebanon over 30, hezbollah has become the foremost terrorist organization in the world. the iranians have funded the houthi and they're taking over this part of this important country. and this has to be stopped with regards to blah steps we m what steps we may or may not take, i do not think it's proper to discuss on public television. >> meanwhile, they're also at logger heads with iran nbc's bill neely spoke exclusively with the iranian prime ministers. >> reporter: from israeli's prime minister threats and theater, showing world leader what is he said was a piece of an iranian drone >> mr. sharif, do you recognize this you should it's yours >> reporter: calling out iran's foreign minister and issuing this threat. >> we will act if necessary. not just against iran's proxies that are attacking us, but against iran itself. >> reporter: on the same stage, iran's foreign minister mocked the drone display. >> translator: as cartoonish >> repo

h.r. mcmaster, said there is incorespondent veteranble evidence but president trump tweeted saturday nightcmaster forgot to say that the result of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians and the other collusion it was between russia, crooked h., the dnc, the dems. remember the dirty dossier, uranium and the podesta company. considering all this, do you think there is a divide between trump and the rest of the white house officials? >> i think president trump is pretty alone in his view that the russians were meddling and the real story was podesta and the dossier and it's pretty unprecedented that a u.s. president will criticize his own national security adviser on twitter. you know, it almost is like the head of msnbc saying, you know, why didn't you guys read the script differently? i don't like this segment. you just don't see this. you don't see the uk prime minister criticizing their own national security officials on twitter. so it kind of undermines mcmaster's trust that president trump has given him. >> just imagine general mcmaster walk off stage and saying,

h.r. mcmaster who is in europe saying the indictment that went through step-by-step all of the campaign ofisinformation run out of this russian troll farm. h.r. mcmaster said the evidence is incontrovertible and something we have not hert from president trump so far and trump saying he left something out and this is what he had to say. so gnar we have not heard president trump say what he is doing with this. pins much of what was done close to president vladimir putin and something we are waiting to hear from. the white house did issue a statement the president has tweeted about it, but we haven't really heard a full response from him. president trump is going to be meeting with house speaker paul ryan today at mar-a-lago. we are expecting something to come out of a tweet or something but unclear if we will see part of that meeting but certainly be watching does paul ryan bring up the indictment and does something come out of that in regards what the trump administration is going to do to respond to what russia did during the 2016 election. >> dan, thank you. >>> joining us is tom fuentes

h.r. mcmaster and dni code spoke forcefully about the indictment and about russian activity. i think they feel freer, by the way, to speak out from the m mountain tops that the russians did that. the way i look at the indictment, it's a social media indictment. a lot of this information was out there around the time facebook went public. what's not in there is about the po poe test that hack, wick key leeks and the rest. >> he probably won't -- >> i think he'll -- it's powerful messaging by the way, i think the next shoe to drop will be a full indictment of the people involved in the hacking. more to come. >> more to come on that topic, more to come on mid terms. without the presidentstepping up here talking about protection and punishment, protecting us from the midterms, punishing runner. >> i think they're doing everything they can. there you see a lot of state elections going back to paper ballots, something i don't think anybody would have expected when you look at the way all the election kind of ties in. everything has been djtized right. that's how we were going to ke

h.r. mcmaster says there is incontrovertible evidence that russia meddled in the 2016 election, we will speak to the prize-winning russian-american journalist masha gessen about her new article "the fundamental

h.r. mcmaster -- somebody from mcmaster's office got information to you all or somebody from the white housenformation from you all, you know, a lot of times they say, well, we saw this intel report that says these four countries think that kushner is an easy play. i'm not saying you do publish gossip, but if you get a source in the white house telling you these things, i'm wondering how solid that information is. >> so it's a good question. and what i was going to say was that we know of at least four countries in which an issue was raised and a concern was raised inside the white house about the way in which foreign officials were discussing jared kushner's ma nip lability. it's a mouthful. their view at least in their discussions prooivately they we viewing him as an easy mark. somebody they could take advantage of and potentially trick or move in the direction that they wanted to move him. and i guess the reason that we take it so seriously is that it raised concerns inside the white house and again as we published in our story yesterday, it also is one of the reasons that the security c

h.r. mcmaster says the federal indictment of 13 russians leaves no doubt that moscow meddled in the electioning the evidence incontrovertible. but president trump fired back. in a tweet he said this, general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians. >>> israel's air force says it carried out a large-scale attack on six hamas targets in gaza saturday night including a tunnel. israel says the move was in retaliation for an explosive device that detonated along the gaza border saturday injuring four of its soldiers. >>> so back now to our breaking news. that plane carrying 66 people has reportedly crashed in central iran in an area known for its difficult terrain, and weather. let's get more now from our cnn meteorologist ivan cabrera. ivan? >> natalie, good to see you. we have an area of low pressure moving through here now. before we talk about anything, plane's obviously designed to travel through this kind of weather. so it is very early in the process. they haven't even found where this location is to determine whether weathe

h.r. mcmaster learned kushner had contacts with foreign officials, contacts that he did not coordinate with the national security council. kushner did not respond to cnn questions. a spokesman said they won't respond to "unnamed sources peddling secondhand hearsay." >>> hope hicks didn't have much to say during a nine-hour closed door appearance tuesday before the house intelligence committee. according to a source with direct knowledge of her testimony, the white house communications director did admit she has to tell "white lies" for the president on occasion. she insisted she has not had to lie about anything substantive. >> she refused to answer questions about her time in the white house. she did not invoke executive privilege but told lawmakers she had been instructed by the administration not to answer the questions. >> hope we'll get to all the answers. >> reporter: has there been a subpoena issued for her? >> no. >> reporter: should there be? >> yes. >> reporter: why is that? >> as within who doesn't answer -- with anyone who doesn't answer questions, they ought to be subpoenaed. >

h.r. mcmaster, under the bus in that tweet but not to criticize russia.do to his own national security team? >> it was already strained, and i think with this indictment, it will become worse. i do think there are members of the national security team who want the president to simply acknowledge what is before the public, that there is substantial evidence that russia conducted this campaign during the election -- this is not about the collusion part of the investigation -- and to offer some kind of assurance and plan that the united states will make sure this doesn't happen again. and someone like mcmaster has his reputation on the line, he has his own beliefs in what needs to happen with public policy, and yet he's watching a president who is tweeting very different things and who is showing no indication that he takes this seriously. instead he attacks the fbi, and he attacks many of his opponents with a vehemence that's absolutely lacking when it comes to russia. >> is that, then, the explanation of why he'll do this? he already has a strained relatio

h.r. mcmaster had this to say. >> as you can see with the fbi indictment the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain. >> now, just minutes before russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said this, quote, i have no response. you can publish anything and we see those indictments multiplying, the statements multiplying. until we see the facts, everything else is just blabber. meanwhile, in russia the country's presidential envoy for information security further denied the allegations. he told russian state media, quote, there are no official claims, there are no proofs for this. that's why they are just children's statements. for more on this story now let's bring in nbc news national security and intelligence reporter ken delanian. ken, walk me through the activities that led to the indictments of these individuals and companies and try to explain the significance of mueller's indictment. >> the mueller indictment is hugely significant from both informational standpoint and legal standpoint, aaron. on the information side mueller told for the first time in cine d cine

h.r. mcmaster said the indictments show evidence of russia meddling beyond dispute. >> we would love to have dialogue when russia is sincere about curtail its sophisticated form of espionage. think that day will be coming, because we're becoming more and more adept at tracing the origins of espionage and with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain. whereas in the past it was, it was difficult to attribute. >> russian foreign minister sergey lavrov at that security conference, dismissing news of the charges as quote, blather. but then moments ago the white house standing by the president's assertion that the indictments vindicate him. >> first of all, we have to understand this began in 2014. under then president barack obama's nose, he didn't do a thing about it. long before donald trump announced for president. this was going on. also p points out clearly that in this process there was no collusion as you just pointed out. the president said it multiple times, this makes it clear. and concise for the american people and proves the

h.r. mcmaster said that the president felt he had to clarify. listen to this. >> as you can see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain. >> reporter: and fred, here's what the president tweeted. he writes, quote, general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and crooked hillary, the dnc and the demes. remember the dirty dossier, uranium, speeches, e-mails and the podesta company. it's crucial to point out that in that indictment that was rolled out by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on friday, there was no mention of collusion with hillary clinton at all. the indictment actually says the russians tried to disparage hillary clinton while promoting donald trump further. there was no mention of the dossier, uranium, e-mails. the other thing we haven't seen the president mention in these tweets that's important to point out, fred, still no warning to russia, no conde

h.r. mcmaster. this is very troubling. >> laura coates, it's interesting.ne of the people speaking most for jared kushner right now is his lawyer. he had his security clearance reduced inside the white house. some of the only statements we received is from the lawyer handling his relationship with the special counsel. i find that very odd. he's now involved in these two -- what should be very different roles here. you can see how one thing is affecting the other. >> you know when your lawyer becomes your spokesman, you're in a lot of trouble. the idea that there's going to be somebody to channel a particular narrative -- the reason is because mueller is quite powerful in washington, d.c., powerful enough to be the person to say i'm investigating a whole host of people. i haven't revealed who they are. you may very well be one of them, jared kushner. if there are instances where people are concerned about your foreign contacts, your failure to disclose them, that it may have compromised you in some way, there's a bullseye on your back and a microscope above

h.r. mcmaster. what is the president saying? >> reporter: well, i guess an easy sunday morning for the president on a warm and sunny day in florida, the perfect conditions for tweeting and that's what we're seeing this morning from president trump on a range of subjects almost as if he had built up a lot of topics he wanted to comment on or perhaps he had been reading coverage, watching coverage. hearing some of the things that have been in the news since this indictment came down and he is responding. so a couple of the things we picked out to zero in on. one of those deals with the fact that his own national security adviser h.r. mcmaster who has been in munich for an international security conference talked about this in a session publicly and he commented that there is incon trow vertible evidence, the president is commenting on what he did not say. he forgot to say the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and he uses his old name for hillary

h.r. mcmaster, rumor that he's going to be moved out. have you heard anything about it? rumors. i have great regard for general mcmaster. he's a tough-minded guy. i read his book on vietnam. he's a person who can cut through a lot of b.s. i like general mcmaster. i've heard the rumors for the last six months. there's always rumors coming out. i hope he stays where he is. >> you think it would be a mistake to move him? >> i'm not the president. from my vantage point, i think he's doing a very good job. >>> let's go to the instant matter at hand. do you think there's a chance that anything will be done to help stop these school shootings? >> chris, if you had asked me a week ago, i would say no. make it clear, i favor ban on assault weapons, i believe in background checks, i sponsored the bill saying if you're on the terrorist watch list, you should president be able to buy a gun. i'm on that side. having been through so many of these from sandy hook and aurora -- there's so many of them. there's never been any action. what i've seen in the last week, i think there is a re

h.r. mcmaster says the federal indictment of 13 russians leaves no doubt that moscow meddled in the 2016 elections. president donald trump fired back, tweeting, general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians. >>> survivors of wednesday's school shooting in florida are demanding tougher gun laws. they held this rally alongside supporters in fort lauderdale on saturday. many of these high schoolers said they're outraged at the national rifle association, and urged voters to kick out lawmakers to take campaign donations from the organization. >>> 13 people in mexico were killed when a helicopter crashed friday night. all the victims were on the ground. officials inside the helicopter who were surveying earthquake damage all survived. the aircraft was attempting to land when it crashed. >>> there are reports u.s. airstrikes have killed dozens of russian contractors in northern syria. but the kremlin is refusing to say anything about it. and that's not all. the trail leads to a putin ally, who was one of 13 russian operatives charged w