i'm sure jamie gorelick gets the same thing.that's what lawyers and civil libertarians and public intelectuals and professors have to do it. we have to call it straight in a nonpartisan way. >> everybody stand by. professor, we'll get back to you. new reporting coming in on additional and undisclosed contacts between jared kushner and sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador to the united states. so our engineers can solve problems with the most precise data at their fingertips. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. dearthere's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something... set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the semi-annual sale going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustm

his attorney jamie gorelick is saying he had thousands of phone calls during that year and he couldn'tber all of them. >> jared kushner fixed his first security clearance form only because it was pointed out to him that he omitted all these russian meetings. and because these were significant meetings, these were deliberate omissions. you can't actually fix it a a day later because the felony occurs at the time he made the deliberate omissions. and then with respect to his multiple calls to the russians, why was he even making those calls? you would remember those calls to a russian ambassador. it's not as if he was filling out this form about events years later. he was filling out this form within months of these contacts. >> i just want to also point out to be convicted of a felony you have to show intent, that he intended to lie on those forms. his attorneys will argue that. let me get to another issue that's come up, congressman. the breaking news we've been following. one of president trump's long time personal attorneys in new york michael cohen has now declined an invitation to

kushner's lawyer, jamie gorelick, former attorney general, she put out a statement zeroing in on the interests of her client's russian contacts, including kislyak, the head of a russian bank that's been statemented. gorelick's statement -- "mr. kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings, and he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry." now, it is not clear if the fbi actually wants to sit down and talk to jared kushner, despite all of these threats. it's our understanding the bureau so far hasn't reached out to him, poppy. >> all right, joe johns reporting for us in washington. thank you very much. let's dive into all of this now. lynn sweet is with us, washington bureau chief for the chicago day times and david swerdlick, assistant editor with the "washington post." lynn, let me begin with you. i mean, it would be one thing if this was just the president's son-in-law, but this is, like, the everything man in the white house, the man that is supposed to help lead mideast piece negotiations, deal with mexic

he's not been contacted by the fbi according to jamie gorelick, his attorney.do know, however, the senate investigators have already reached out. they want to try to talk to him. they're trying to figure out when the interview will occur. >> okay. i'll get to kim now. kim, what's your reaction to this? >> well, the sad thing for jared kushner is right now should be his moment of glory. he's coming off the back of the president's first foreign trip that hemastermind of. he worked closely with the sa i saudis, closely with the israelis. and think about what this trip has done for all the criticism that president trump may have gotten from the way he handled some of his remarks today at nato, in saudi arabia, he met with arab and muslim leaders and got a largely positive response and changed the channel from his administration being seen as anti-muslim, at least he took a very major first step. in terms of israel he spoke with the israelis and palestinians and got through that without any major diplomatic incidents. this was designed by jared kushner and now, once

and if i were jared kushner's lawyer and his lawyer is a terrific lawyer, jamie gorelick, who was amy student, i would sa, first to the investigators, before you talk to my client, i want to know what your authority is. what your jurisdiction is. what statute -- >> you want a statute? >> what statute are you looking at. >> aiding and abetting hacking. it's a crime. >> oh, come on! you have to show evidence. you're just making that up -- >> i'm not making -- >> you have to show evidence that not only they knew about the hacking but that they worked hand in glove with them. >> alan -- >> you're just making that up. >> let me talk. every national security apparatus in the american government has said the russian government initiated this campaign to defeat hillary clinton, part of which was, hacking into the dnc, hacking into john podesta's e-mails. >> that's proved by the russians. >> we also have an extraordinary number of contacts between trump campaign officials, jared kushner, michael flynn, paul manafort, with russian government and russian-affiliated people. was there a nexus betw

and indeed mr kushner‘s lawyer, jamie gorelick, issued a statement a short while ago saying mr kushnerngress what he knows about these meetings. he will do the same if he's contacted in connection with any other enquiry. but the fact that jared kushner, a man so close to president trump, is considered a person of interest, apparently, in this investigation just heightens the interest in that inquiry. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: nasa releases the first detailed pictures of the poles of the planetjupiter, showing massive cyclones the size of planet earth. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was t

his lawyer has said, jamie gorelick, said that at this time he had thousands of communications with many different people at that particular time. again, reuters is concluding this new round of reporting that this doesn't indicate kushner has done anything wrong at this stage, it is another detail layering upon information that "the washington post" has already published. as i say from here, hr mcmaster shutting down a question on that last night. >> same thing from gary kohn. nic robertson interest sit lee. thanks very much. >>> world leaders looking for change on the climate change accord. the president tweeted about the issue. we will talk about that. >>> and two men stabbed to death trying to stop an anti-muslim ranl rant. what the suspect yelled at officers when they tracked him down. you'll see the video. [ dinosaur roars ] onboard cameras and radar can detect danger all around you. driver assist systems can pull you back into your lane, if drifting. bye chief. bye bobby. and will even help you brake, if necessary. it makes driving less of a production. lease the gle 350 for $579 a

the ironry of course is that the war room is being set up in part by jamie gorelick. james st. claire, richard nixon's special counsel came from the same firm. then the perspective, it's been 20 years since mel gibson's conspiracy theory came out with his apartment full of maps and red lines and newspaper clippings. i'm beginning to think there are some offices in mainstream media that have those kinds of charts. there are lots of dots that people are connecting rapidly. but the mcgivin in that film was in the end there was a conspiracy. >> tough question, how does the trump agenda do next week on capitol hill when everybody is back? >> well, the agenda advanced with a confirmation of a multi par and the destruction the so-called blue slip. that's good on the judicial side. i think mitch mcconnell admitted also to reuter's he has no current plan to get an obamacare package out by august. hope that changes. and the speaker told me this week we have got tax reform on the agenda in 2017. i look at two tracks, brian. i don't believe this helps but i do believe it's moving forward.

. >> reporter: and in a statement to cnn, kushner's lawyer jamie gorelick says his client has previously volunteered to share with congress information about his meetings with the russians and will do the same if contacted in connection with any other inquiry, so he is willing to talk to the fbi if asked. it's still unclear whether they are going to talk to him, pam, and just to be clear once again, no allegations that he's done anything wrong. >> they are allegations. >> think you may have helpful information. >> one would think if he does, the fbi would eventually want to talk to him. elise labatt, thanks so much for that. >>> and cnn also learning this afternoon that former fbi director james comey was aware that a critical piece of information in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation was likely fake created by russian intelligence before he took action last summer, as you'll recall, and declared the investigation over. cnn chief political correspondent dana bash joins me now. you broke this story, dana, what have you learned? >> reporter: cnn has learned that the then fbi director

jamie gorelick, the lawyer tonight, said he would be happy to talk to anybodylse involving any other inquiry. in terms of whether or not jared kushner might appear before any of the congressional committees who are investigating this, would we expect that robert mueller, who is overseeing the fbi investigations, would have to okay that, that it's something that if we had been expecting jared kushner to testify in congress before, maybe right now this means he's less likely to? >> well, he doesn't necessarily have to okay it. but there's certainly a tension between those things. if i'm robert mueller, i would rather have the first crack at any witness, including jared kushner, so that he's not telling multiple stories in multiple forums. but i can't prohibit him from testifying. if he goes before congress to testify, he may be concerned that his statements there could be used against him in the criminal investigation. and so it may be that he invokes his fifth amendment right not to incriminate himself before the grand jury to protect him from criminal prosecution down the road. so th

you just repeated that statement from jamie gorelick. that's the attorney for jared kushner. i reached out to several white house officials. their public position is they're not commenting. they redirected me to that statement from kushner's attorney. i've reached out to several and have yet to hear anything beyond that. it's notable that both kushner and ivanka trump are now back here in washington, d.c. after traveling overseas on the first several legs of this foreign trip with ivanka trump's father, the president. specifically what we know here that's important to sort of distinguish this, the officials said that kushner is basically in a different category than those former aides to the president, the former national security adviser mike flynn as well as the former campaign chairman paul manafort. they are formally considered subjects of the investigation. the records of both manafort and flynn have been demanded by grand jury subpoenas at this point. we do not have any information that indicates that any records have been asked for or provided by jared kushner in this

. >> saturday kushner's lawyer, jamie gorelick, deputy attorney general during the bill clinton administration, says he's already shared information with congress about the meetings he had with russian officials and will do so if asked. so far he hasn't been asked. >> what questions would you like with jared kushnerer in senator. >> what was the purpose of the meetings with russia and that he would like to do back channeling. why would he want to do that? doesn't that compromise the ability of, first of all, president obama was president at the time during transition. these are matters that should have been held after president trump took office and should have been done through the proper channels. all this raises questions as to whether these were initiated by jared kushner or whether this was an effort by russia to get contacts to mr. trump. >> the obama administration, as we know, handed over some secret documents related to the russia investigation. have you reviewed them? any of them relevant to the current investigation? >> there is certain information that i got in my role as the ranki

>> what's intriguing is that kushner's attorney, jamie gorelick has said he's willing to testify on capitol hill about these meetings but that testimony has not yet happened of course. i think the question that looms over these exchanges and convsations th russian officials and figures is this. were sctions discussed? was anything regarding the kushner company's finances. >> reporter: -- or projects discussed? and how do these things intertwine in the conversation? this is speculation. it's still a lot of reporting to be done, but that's the key question. >> wait a minute. peter, you picked up on this. why don't they just walk into the damn press room and answer all the questions about all the meetings right now? what are they mightihiding that criminal, unconstitutional, sticky? you know, what are they hiding? why doesn't kushner talk? he doesn't even talk, that guy. why doesn't he walk into the room and answer all the questions? are they elite? are they beyond us? >> certainly as a reporter, that would be my preference. i always urge everybody to come forward and answer our questions. i d

kushner's lawyer, jamie gorelick giving this statement to nbc news, "mr.hner previously volunteered to share with congress when he knows about those meetings. he will do the same if he's connected in connection with any other inquiry." joining me from the white house, nbc's peter alexander, glenn thrush and eli stokols are back with us. joining the conversation to keep me honest, paul butler, former federal prosecutor, now a professor at georgetown law. peter, i want to start with you because whether you love jared kushner or don't love jared kushner, whether you love donald trump or don't love donald trump -- >> yeah. >> -- everyone seems to appreciate how seismic his role is in this white house. it's almost unprecedented. so how closely are insider watching this development? >> reporter: yeah, no, nicolle, i think you're exactly right, what's so striking about this, this is now the only known individual within this white house who is under scrutiny as part of this russia investigation. both paul manafort, the former campaign chair, and mike flynn, the ou

he has a very skilled lawyer, jamie gorelick, who worked very quickly to correct that.ther that is in and of itself the basis for a criminal case seems a little questionable at this point. but obviously, there have to be -- there would have to be other factors, other pieces of evidence that have not come to light that would make him fit into that category. so there is a lot here we still don't know. >> jeremy works the person of interest know that he or she is a person of interest? >> not necesrily. i mean normally the fbi would reach out and schedule an interview, and then you know from the discussion between your lawyer and the fbi what the nature of their questions are and what the scope is. and that could give that person some indication. but if the fbi is just doing some standback investigation, if they're reviewing documents, if they're talking to other witnesses, maybe even if they conducted some surveillance in terms of electronic surveillance, wiretaps, you as the person of interest would not know that. i just want to add on to something that was referenced in

jamie gorelick, his attorney, says "mr. kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings. he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry." now, the importance of these developments is that it brings the fbi investigation inside the white house and to the president's family. christine, dave? >> all right, let's bring in cnn politics reporter eugene scott. good morning. you just heard that report from evan about, you know, where this russia investigation is going from here. the president's going to come back from this big european trip -- in fact, we're waiting to see him again in italy this morning. he's going to come back and russia is going to be right on his plate again, isn't it? how important is this kushner development? >> i think it's very important, especially since kushner during the election went on the record and said that he pretty much paid very close attention to microtargeting using social media to get messages to voters that he was hoping wo

tonight jared kushner's lawyer, jamie gorelick provided was the statement -- mr. kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings. he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. joining us is david corn, david frum, senior editor for lick. michael isikoff, chief investigative reporter. and malcolm nance, nbc counterterrorism intelligence and analyst. thank you all for being here. so let's start off with this sort of obvious question here. and i'll go to you first on this, malcolm. jared kushner now being something the justice department would like to talk to. and the fact that it is connected with his conversations with a sanctioned russian bank, what does that say to you? >> well, it tells me that there are multiple tracks in this investigation, into this particular campaign, and quite possibly into the top levels of the white house. there is arack that is going after -- that is going after the actual hacking and collusion related to the hacking there is a track that is going after the campaign