jared kushner's father did that. jared kushner's father went to prison for it. jared kushner's father pled guilty in federal court to making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasions, and witness tampering. the witness he tampered with was his brother in law. here is what jared kushner's father did to his brother-in-law because his brother was cooperating with federal investigators. jared kushner's father hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law. he arranged to record the encounter between the two. then he had that video sent to his brother-in-law's wife, sent to his sister. jared kushner's father sent that video to his sister. who would do that? jared kushner's father would do it and did do it. jared kushner knows what federal prison is like because he was a constant visitor to his father in federal prison after his father did that and was convicted of doing that in federal court. what do the kushner men do when they're in legal trouble? who won't they betray when desperately trying to save themselves from legal trouble? that is the question tonight i

jared kushner wanted to pushback. what do you make of the timing of anthony scaramucci previous to the weekend and him behind closed doors? now you have the president who has a team that is going to fight. scaramucci is not going to be a wallflower in the back of the room. >> steve: it will be interesting to watch her play out, because on the one hand to hurt him in the press conference and over the weekend that he wants to de-escalate and doing things like opening -- >> harris: you mean with the media? i mean the investigation and everything else. >> steve: yes, i mean, if they want to fight, you will have to -- if you are advising the white house coming you hope that they have grounds to fight on. one of the problems with her posture over the past six months, every inclination is there to fight, and to be new revelation. >> kennedy: here's what i will say about anthony scaramucci, he is very analytical. he has a good grasp on how things really work and how things need to work differently. he is probably if not the b

wave from jared kushner. pointed out, which we hadn't known before, which is fascinating, is that the kushner team has no problem with the transcript being made public to this entire process. >> and it's up to senate committee's preferences whether or not he will go under oath for the interview but is willing to go under oath and give sworn testimony. >> again, we wanted to see, just in case, in the rare instance we would hear some of the first words ever from the senior adviser to the president, jared kushner, who almost never speaks in public or in a way that the press can hear him. now he is going to speak behind closed doors to the senate investigators, staffers from the senate intelligence committee. >> right. we should be learning more about that in a while. much more ahead. stay with us. (vo) dogs have evolved, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. nutrient-dense, protein-rich, real meat number one. this is a different breed of nutrition. purina one

this passage plays better for donald trump than jared kushner, so this was no doubt not jared kushner's team of leaking, doing this kind of leaking for that particular paragraph. and it is stunning how blatantly team kushner is leaking to "the new york times" and leaving their fingerprints in the articles, including this passage. colleagues of mr. kushner said he had remained focused and upbeat despite the drum beat of negative headlines, a trait they ascribe to his experience dealing with the legal troubles of his father, charles kushner, who was convicted of tax evasion and witness tampering. now, there are a couple of things that are absolutely stunning about that sentence. one is it begins with colleagues of mr. kushner. team kushner just blatantly saying, yeah, we're anonymous sources for the times, and here's something we're going to say that we think helps jared. so colleagues of mr. kushner. that also means that those colleagues are sources of other things than the things they have their actual label on in the article. that's how it works, and they are no doubt sources for many

for jared kushner. five years bigger. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things differently. >> this is the digital equivalent of the smoking gun left at a crime scene. >> there's an e-mail from a russian suggesting that the russian government wants to help, that would be very problematic. >> if isn't evidence of collusion, i don't know what is. we are beyond obstruction of justice in terms of what is being investigated. >> right now at this moment there is probable cause to charge donald trump jr. with the federal offense. >> i'm going to let bob mueller sort out all the criminality. that's not the job of members of congress. >> this meeting will become a mini investigation in and of itself. mueller's people will want to talk to everyone there. >> it is high time for president trump to come out with the full story. enough with the drip drip. come out with the full story. clearly they are lying and explaining their lies. >> sometimes people do or don't do what should be obvious. ♪ ♪ >> in retr

he will have more to say tomorrow under oath. >> my name is jared kushner. >> kushner spent two hours answering questions posed by staffers on the senate intelligence committee. >> i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. >> he's still giving himself an out there, saying he wasn't aware of it. >> there's a lot of behavior going on in that white house that makes me think this is how people would behave if they were guilty of colluding. >> trump clearly feels aggrieved that sessions recused himself. >> if he's very conservative about this russia investigation, maybe he has reason to be. >> donald trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign. >> they bring in drugs. they bring in crime. they're rapists. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> little marco. >> lyin' ted. >> low energy, jeb bush. >> you're going to have such great health care, and it's going to be so easy. >> you're going to get tired of winning. >> and

jared kushner, on the record. p's son-in-law and one of his most trusted advisers in the hot seat on capitol hill for the first time, facing questions from staff about his russia contacts. kushner's interview under way as we speak, behind closed doors, not under oath. beforehand, he released an 11-page statement detailing a lot of things, including four contacts with russians during the campaign and transition, denying he read the e-mail chain from donald trump jr. leading up to the meeting with the russian lawyer and denying collusion on his part a

i don't think that jared kushner -- there's a conspiracy with jared kushner to collude with the russiansi don't actually believe it occurred. i don't think it's comforting what did occur. because look at the meeting itself. you had -- the meeting was interesting because no presidential campaign would take a policy meeting. >> right. >> let's agree with that. there was something else there and don junior seemed to think it was about getting dirt on the clinton, which i have to raise a red flag because we know that secretary clipton, there's nothing left to know about her. ran for president twice, secretary of state, u.s. senator, come on. to have the russians sit there and take a presidential campaign's time on a policy issue is ridiculous. this lawyer i would think would know better. why would you meet on a serious issue? the whole thing was set up by the russians for sure. >> say that's true. >> not comforting. >> if that's true, then either the trump campaign fell for it, which is bad enough, or they were happy to be a part of it, which a lot of the communication from don junior indica

we are following that breaking news any moment now, jared kushner scheduled to give a statement from the white house after just exiting that closed-door meeting with investigators who are working for the senate intelligence committee. >> jared, how did the testimony go? are you confident? >> jared, how did it go? >> did you answer all of the questions, sir? >> yes, i have. >> answered as many questions as they had, he said. this is the first of two days of closed-door questioning for kushner. but clearly his strategy was to get out ahead of all of this. get his message out first. he puts out an 11-page statement early this morning in which the president's son-in-law denies collusion. he did acknowledge a fourth meeting with the russian, and he details his side of the story about the controversial june 9th meeting with a russian lawyer. let's start with nbc's kristen welker, who is at the white house. garrett haik on capitol hill. we were listening to nick con if he sorry on andrea's show saying how unusual it is to have the seal of the white house outside there on a podium like that,

to hear from jared kushner is so unusual. for the president's son-in-law and top and closest advisor to the president, all the things under his wing, the middle east negotiations, not to say getting into the persian gulf issues. for him to be interviewed by the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors and now when he comes out we expect to hear him speak. >> reporter: especially when you look at what happens tomorrow, when jared kushner goes back to the hill to talk to members of the house intelligence committee. there is a gaggle, a group of reporters and photographers that have gathered. this is traditionally where you might see mitch mcconnell and senate leadership make statements, they can come out, make a few remarks and head back inside the west wing. that is where we expect to hear from jared kushner when he returns to the hill and wraps up the meeting with the intelligence committee staffers. we are told that he will not take questions, but he will make a statement. remember that from a messaging perspective,

in which jared kushner also attended. now, in his statement, john, he does discuss this meeting and says there was really nothing to it. he really didn't know anything about this meeting with russians who offered dirt to donald trump jr. and said he got an e-mail he didn't really read. this is a part of what he said. when at this meeting, which he arrived at late, was looking for a polite way to leave and get back to my work. said i actually e-mailed an assistant from the meeting after i'd been there ten minutes or so and wrote, please call me on my cell. he needed an excuse to get out of the meeting. i have not met the attorney before the meeting or spoken with her since and thought nothing more of this short meeting until it came to my attention recently. john, vo, this tame to people's attention recently, forced to amend his security clearance form because he did not include this meeting initially, when submitting his form, security clearance application. so -- so clearly this is one issue, john, in which investigators

you have jared kushner speaking in about 15 minutes. two hours later, president trump himself will come out and speak. he is expected to talk about health care and then on air force one as he travels to west virginia, where he was set to speak before the annual boy scout jamboree tonight. the new press secretary, answer huckabee sanders is expected to take questions off-camera on board air force one. one more thing i would note, melissa, anthony scaramucci said today on twitter that the cameras, the tv cameras, will be back on. we believe that means that the on camera briefing should be back. although when, we do not know. >> melissa: we will keep watching. thank you. >> jon: for more, laspina david, senior politics writer for world report. where it goes from here depends a lot on how well the senate until committee members receive jared kushner's testimony. he put out a vigorous defense of his actions and that 11 page statement. >> he had three main excuses or explanations for his contacts with russia. he said, either forgot about them

jared kushner and a notetaker. also present about a half dozen senate staffers and a transcript that was taken of that interview. a transcript the legal team says they certainly do not object to being made public. something that we don't know when it will be made public but certainly it will be available. also we're told before this meeting that according to a source, that jared kushner would take all questions. our ted barrett, producer, asked him on his way out whether or not he, in fact, did do that. he said, yes, he had. all the questions they had, he said it went very well. he is on his way to the white house and we know this was not sworn testimony but tomorrow will go before the house intelligence committee that will be sworn testimony and expected to be interviewed before members of that committee. not just staffers and then a transcript made available. as you know, wolf, part of a very concertsed effort and orchestrated effort, if you will, to show some transparency from jared kushner and his team going to

lets you were jared kushner has to say. -- let's hear what jared kushner has to say. mr. ner: my name is to kushner. -- jared kushner. i'm senior adviser to doesn't donald j. trump. when my father-in-law decided to campaign, i served the best i could because i believed in him and his ability to improve the lives of all americans. and now serving the president and the people of the united states has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. i'm so grateful for the opportunity to work on important matters such as middle east reinvigorating america's in a bit of spirit could -- innovative spirit. every day i come to work with enthusiasm and excitement for what can be. i've not sought the spotlight. first in business and out in public service, i have always focused on setting and achieving goals and i've left it to others to work on media and public perception. since the first questions were raised in march, i have been consistent and say that i was eager to share any information i have with the investigating bodies and i've done so today. the record and documents i have vol

eli, the story about jared kushner wanting a robust defense. >> yeah, we have been hearing that sort of wording from the jared ivanka wing since the don jr. story broke. if you read between the lines. file this under the statements, that have come out for a long time about preibus needs to go. the communications shop in this white house, under sean spicer, is sort of, priebus' area. jared and ivanka wing, has long wanted a different chief of staff. and long been frustrated at communications shop. you can see, that that is a feeling that a lot of times is shared by the president. whether he has been convinced by his daughter and son-in-law about this or whether it is just convane yeenient to blame the spokespeople for not being able to clean up the mess he's creates. go back early on. donald trump said well he gives the communication job, a c, c-plus. that continues. this is just a narrative. something we hear over and over and over again. from this white house. the problem there -- is, much bigger than communications and messaging i think safe to say. >> chris dicky. even with your fa

jared kushner put out an 11-page statement this morning of course ahead of his private interview with the senate intelligence committee. you keep hearing kushner won't be under oath. that doesn't matter if you're testifying before congress. if you don't tell the truth, there's a penalty for it. don't worry about whether or not he's under oath. he insists in this statement he didn't collude with any foreign government during the campaign, nor does he know anyone else in the campaign doing so. joining us, republican congressman leonard lance of new jersey. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> i know you looked at this statement in general. but what it says is i didn't meet with anybody under any type of circumstances to suggest any type of undue influence or control. he paints himself as overwhelmed and perhaps naive. do you think that should be good enough for questioners, to explain why he didn't disclose what he was supposed to when he was supposed to? >> i think at first blush it appears to be an open statement. i'm sure there will be questions raised by members of the senate int

we are waiting a statement for jared kushner.s on capitol hill talking to the senate select committee on intelligence in a closed session. we will bring you his comments from the white house live. democrats and the party members starting a chart to power and what they call a better deal. senate republicans plan a procedural vote to consider health care legislation again. ♪ david: as we await comments from jared kushner, who is expected to address reporters outside the white house, let's get the latest on his appearance before a summit select committee. us who is on joins capitol hill today and kevin whitelock covers congressional coverage from our beer in washington.

it's not what jared kushner will say today. and we saw again this morning donald trump is clearly pushing in this direction of wanting jeff sessions to either resign out of humiliation or who knows, maybe he will actually fire him and appoint someone that he believes would actually fire mueller. >> let's stay on that. i want to bring in peter alexander, live at the white house. to jonathan's point, the president is clearly intensifying attacks on his own attorney general, jeff sessions, who basically was with him from the beginning of the campaign, the first senator to back him. i mean, the president waking up this morning while health care is on the table, talking about jeff sessions taking a very weak position on hillary clinton crimes. are you kidding me? >> yeah. this is clearly the first thing on his mind as he went to bed and appears when he woke up again this morning, the topic of his attorney general jeff sessions and really the frustration, he's been fuming privately and now increasingly publicly about his a.g., who wa

he's not where jared kushner is. >> correct. consequences for jared kushner in many ways are starker. he's the one that has filed the forms, which he has had to update now several times. because some of these meetings with russians were inadvertently omitted the first time around. we know for instance the democrats have been consistently saying his security clearance should be strict. others saying he should have to forfeit his white house job altogether. >> shepard: the tick tok on the day, so far, early morning, before 6:00 a.m. eastern time, this 11-page statement came out from jared kushner. it was embargoed until 6:00 a.m. so nobody could mention it in your local 5:00 a.m. show or whatever it was to start the 6:00 a.m. hour. and then for today's show and the good morning america and all of those shows at 7:00. we go through up until the time of the meeting. he hasn't done it. his story is the story out there. this gives them the top of the fold, the top of the website, alerts as people are waking up. he hasn't spoken, so th

so you have jared kushner really pushing for that. and then we learned today, according to a senior administration official that president trump is going to hire tie cobb who is a veteran lawyer in washington, d.c., no stranger to tough legal battle is, but to effectively come into the white house to help with their legal and pr messaging. there's a sense that it hasn't been dispinned enough. and we go back to the briefings that i sat in on in which we ask deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders questions about the russia controversy over and over again and the responses to refer our questions to outside counsel. so i think there is going to be a more robust attempt to not only anesthesia questions that they are getting on a daily basis but to do so in a disciplined manner. >> you've done a lot of reporting on this. let's talk about this fifth character we now know was in the room, reign that the ak men shon. who is he? what did he bring to that meeting, and is he tied to russian intelligence? >> well, he denies and has denied i

and jared kushner attended that meeting which the president dismisses, saying that's politics. but lawmakers want to hear from both men and some democrats want to revoke kushner's clearance saying he must be held accountable for omissions on his national security questionnaire. the president today kicked off "made in america" week, touting american products but making no mention of the fact that many of the products sold or used by the trump family businesses are manufactured abroad, including clothing marketed under the donald trump and ivanka trump names. senate republicans, meanwhile, they will put off a vote on their health care bill until senator john mccain is well enough to return to washington after surgery for a blood clot. the bill may not advance without him and even with mccain's vote, there may not be enough republican support to push it through. they're asking that they use the delays to hold hearings on the bill which was crafted in secret. >>> a new poll shows only 36% of americans approve of president trump's performance. the president says it's not bad, but it'

jared kushner has been completely transparent.has provided information, which he was not required to provide. he has filled out his sf-86 form and all his contacts over 100 different contacts with foreign leaders were informed on that document. and, moreover, right, he has volunteered to cooperate in any investigation to prove beyond any doubt whatsoever no coordination, collaboration or cooperation between the trump campaign and anyone involved with russia. >> he's talking about that in this statement that we know he is going to be giving to members of congress and basically using this as an excuse. he was essentially overwhelmed and didn't know better in some of these instances. does that excuse hold water? is that good enough? >> when he was asked to attend a meeting and particularly a meeting that was call under to question here from his brother-in-law. meeting between jared kushner and donald trump jr. no indication of what that meeting was about. he didn't read the full e-mail chain. he was added to it later in the chain. he

and jared kushner, later in the broadcast. this comes after preresident trp and d russian presidident vladir putin had their first t official sit-down meeting on the sidelines of the g20 summit in hamburg, germany, on friday. during the two-hour meeting, the two discussed a ceasefire in parts of southwest syria, whether russia intervened in the 2016 u.s. election, and a plan -- which trump is already backing away from -- to form a joint cyber r security team to work against election hacking. on sunday, trump tweeted -- "i strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling in our election. he vehemently denied it. i've already given my opinion." followowing the memeeting, russn presidident putitin said trumpmd accepted his denial of election interference. >> our position is well-known. i have spoken about it. there are no grounds to believe russia interfered with the election process in the united states. asks a lot of questions about this issue. i answer these as well as i could. it seems to me he accepted it and ag

this was the first time i think i heard jared kushner's voice. we always see him in video walking behind the scenes. this is the first time we see him out front like that. >> there was an event he was at and not speaking to anything that's has to do with campaign. it was strike at first to hear him. let's talk about the substance of what he said. tomsome is talking about this. this was not under oath but the whitehouse is trying to discredit the russia probe and this was the chance to follow that strategy. >> well you know new wanted to get attention and you wanted to get eye balls put a new face on this that is jared kushner. as shawn said he's a bit of a fix in the city. people know who he s people see him a lot. but nobody really quite as ever heard from him and they certainly have never heard from him like this today. and this was a remarkable reason. one of tophi officials today one of the highest who actually now has gone to house intelligence committee and answered questions about the russia investigation. it's kind ever a preamble to all

jared kushner didn't fill out his form correctly initially. there have since been three meetings with russians that have caught the attention of investigators. and the legal team on the outside has been frustrated, has told -- have told people that they are frustrated that jared kushner is discussing the investigation with the president they want to put up a wall between him and the president that would effect til be that they can't discuss anything to do with the russia investigation. this is creating tensions or it's exacerbating tension that already existed between the outside legal team and the kushner camp. >> jonathan, you studied this well. what's the reality of this? one can argue that ranls priebs carries more weight, but this is the president's son-in-law who has been a close advisor for him -- to him for some time and is married to his daughter. what is the likelihood of a wael being established between the president and jared kushner? >> i think the legal team is finding donald trump very difficult to manage and really that's not u

they have requested more records from jared kushner and donald trump jr. as top democrats double down on their call for kushner's security clearance to be revoked. we have more. what are you learning, shimon? >> senator bloomen that withal e was resign. now, nancy pelosi held a press conference saying the same, basically, they need to know more and his clearance, that kushner's clearance needs to be revoked. take a listen. >> the revoking of a security clearance for jared kushner. it's absolutely ridiculous that he should have had that clearance. it's not justified in any way. the president could revoke it in a moment and he should. but, congress should call upon, the republicans should stop hiding from the truth and stop hiding the truth from the american people. >> reporter: yeah, so that was nancy pelosi this morning. we have not heard from anyone on the republican side, certainly none of the lawmakers calling for his security clearance to be revoked. pamela, as you know, really there's not much anyone can do unless the president, that's president donald

including a new politico report tonight, saying jared kushner already in his own russia trouble feels the white house should be way more aggressive in defending don jr.'s meeting. quote, a source close to kushner said that while he doesn't have an exact plan for overall russia response. he was angry that there wasn't a more robust effort from the communications team. kushner wanted them to complaint about chyrons on cable news that's the wording at the bottom of the screen call reporters to update story was statements and unleash surrogates immediately. one senior administration official suggested that two aides from the communications shop be dedicated just to updating chyrons like these headlines on cable news. also tonight new reporting from the "washington post" under the headline trump's legal team faces tensions and a client who often takes his own counsel. and the questions keep coming from the hill as to why kushner still has his security clearance having reportedly now amended his security forms three times with an additional 100 more names of people he now remembers meeting

piece of it, the jared kushner piece of it as well. he was obviously in that meeting.has made things, i think, i hear from people close to this white house very difficult for people inside the white house, because there are people who work inside this white house who can't be fired, right? we know there are different factions in all sorts of white house, whether it's the obama white house, the bush white house, the reagan white house. the fact there are top level folks there who are related to donald trump and in his family and are essentially a protected status skpand untouchable. that makes things different for this white house. >> you followed this story closer than the rest of us. did you think this would all come out in a tweet by the president's son? >> it had to be a russian billionaire known as the donald trump of russia and also has a son, aside from being a pop star, works with his father at the krocrocus group. you want to talk about connections. agalarav is very close to the kremlin, the government, with president putin. he has developed some of the biggest

name is jared kushner. i am senior advisor to.donald j. trump. when my father-in-law decided to run for president, i served his campaign the best i could becauseible in him and his ability to improve the looils of all americans. and now serving the president and the people of the united states has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. i am so grateful for the opportunity to work on important matters such as middle east peace and reinvig rating america's innovative spirit. every day i come to work with enthusiasm and excitement for what can be. i have not sought the spotlight. first in business and now in public service, i have always focused on setting and achieving goals and have left it to others to work on media and public perception. since the first questions were raised in march, i have been consistent in saying that i was eager to share any information i have with the investigating bodies, and i have done so today. the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show that all of my act

jared kushner was in a meeting with a foreign agent. now we know that he was in a meeting not just with a foreign agent but with a former and "former" counterintelligence officer. formers no such thing as counterintelligence officers if you ever worked for the soviets. once you are in the kgb, you are always in the kgb. it was not to talk about adoption, it certainly was not to talk about anything else but if anything, it was there to cap information and the fact that jared kushner lied and admitted it, until finally revealed today, asks the question whether that man should be in the white house right now instructed with this type of information. military,were in the if we had this type of her and our security, that would have been -- what would have been our punishment? clearance would've been suspended immediately an investigation open. i'm glad you mentioned jared kushner because many are wondering why is he in the white house caps on -- in the white house? in the first form, he light on it. he did not disclose a single meeting with

i also call for the revoking of the security clearance for jared kushner. it's absolutely ridiculous that he should have that clearance. it's not justified in any way. the president could revoke it in a moment, and he should. but congress should call -- republicans in congress should stop hiding from the truth and stop hiding the truth from the american people. i think in light of the actions this week, the e-mails that we saw related to donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russians, now we know a counterintelligence person was in the meeting as well, that it is important that we see all electronic communication, whether it is direct messaging, twitter, e-mail, text, whatever it happens to be, among members of the trump family and within the trump administration. did he convey that message that -- the spirit of that message to the president. the american people have a right -- have a right -- to know. and so here we are, house democrats are not going to let the republicans off the hook for their complicity in this. today we announce a new effort to force vot

>> suggests to me that the jared kushner piece maybe in terms of the lead toward some collusion conspiracy might be a blind alley. that doesn't mean there weren't others involved in the campaign who did things either kushner didn't know about her was not involved in. doesn't completely clean the slate but not only does he say he was not involved in the collusion, he says he doesn't know anybody who was. as close as he is to the inner circle with mr. trump, then candidate trump, you have to believe if it was going on, he would've known about it. if you knew about it he's not going to put forward a statement that's going to end up under oath. i think this statement, this is not a blanket, vague statement of innocence. this is different and it strikes me that it's entitled to a measure of credence. >> bret: if you did say something that was not true, you are out on a limb. >> you are in trouble and no good lawyer would let you do that. >> bret: thank you. ten months after democrats lost the presidential election, the party is trying to regroup and find a way to beat the grand old party next t

no wonder kraft is so good. >>> jared kushner under fire, not disclosing his meeting with the russiant that were forwarded to him by donald trump jr. how likely is it that kushner forgot about the meeting? this is a pattern. he forgot about a meeting with the russian bank, the russian lawyer. all three meetings not disclosed on the forms. joining me now, the reporter for the globe and the reporter for bloomberg news. what are you hearing about this? >> i spoke with several republicans who said that they want all these folks to testify before open hearings before the senate intelligence committee. particularly not just people like senator lindsey graham, a republican from south carolina who has become an outspoken republican critic of sorts against pressing these folks to testify but frls marco rubio who are urging robert mueller to take a look at these folks. and honestly, i think that's where this is going. i think there is intensifying pressure from republicans to air out all of this in public. >> is that what you're hearing as well? >> absolutely. but i think there's a huge amount

they are talking to jared kushner. neil: do you think this drags on, before the judiciary committee, also a closed door meeting, we will have a lot of the hearings, whether they are private or not, does that supercede the attention that would normally be given to these issues? >> of course, look at the madness. we are not talking about health care, we are not talking about tax cuts, we are not talking about regulatory reform. let's get to work and do the work of the american people rather than fixate on the russia nonsense. if there's there, let the special counsel find it. neil: do you think the administration is not trying to provoke that but sort of stumbles into it by revealing that it hadn't revealed additional meetings? >> yeah. neil: cocktail party receptions or not, i understand there are differences, it fuels this argument that they are hiding something. >> you know what, we got the really weird emails and i think we should flag them now, put them on the table, they could have handled this so differently and i

jared kushner was in a meeting with a foreign agent. now we know that he was in a meeting not just with a foreign agent, but a former and quote-unquote, former, soviet counterintelligence officer. let me tell you something there is no such thing as former counterintelligence officers if you ever work for the soviets. once you are in the k.g.b., you're always in the k.g.b. why was that person in that room? it was not to talk about adoption. it certainly wasn't there to talk about anything else but if anything it was there to pass information and the fact that jared kushner lied in his clearance, lied and omitted it until finally revealed today, really call into question whether that man should be in the white house right now and trusted with this type of sensitive information. ted, awe andy -- you and i were in the military and we had security clearances. if we had this type of mission in our security clearance what would have been our punishment? mr. lieu: our security clearance would have been suspended, and an investigation would be o

things to work on. >> let's go to garrett and he's watching this whole thing with congress and jared kushnerho has been in a staff meeting with senate judiciary meeting. what have you got? >> senate intelligence committee. >> sorry, you're right. >> that's all right. intel committee. we're in place waiting for mr. kushner to leave. we're told he would probably be in that meeting 90 minutes to two hours. kind of show here a little bit, i don't know how well can you see this but basically reporters, staff, interns, looky-loos of every stripe lined up to catch him leaving. here what is we know. this meeting about 90 minutes long with kushner, none of the senators going to be there, just staff members. maybe half a dozen, maybe a little more than that. the big question for us, what are we going to learn about this after it's over. it's almost entirely up to jared kushner. if he decides to stop and talk about what he said, we will find out. there's not expected to be any public transcript. there's not expected to be any public readout of it. a few minutes ago joe manchin democrat on this committe

you're in "the situation room." >>> following escalating outrage that jared kushner still has a security clearance as the president's senior advisor and son-in-law faces intensifying scrutiny in the russia investigation. some top democrats are demanding kushner's clearance be revoked immediately, suggesting that america's security is at risk every day that kushner has access to the nation's secrets. this as lawmakers press for more information about that 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer arranged by donald trump, jr. and attended by kushner and former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the president is ramping up his defense of his son tweeting today that most politicians would agree to meet with someone promising damaging information about an opponent, even if it was supposedly coming from the kremlin. but even members of his own party dispute that. tonight the senate judiciary committee chairman tells cnn he is pushing for trump junior and manafort to testify under oath within the next two weeks. >>> also tonight, a senate vote on the endangered gop health care bill is on hold w

. >> it wasn't just about don jr., it was about jared kushner.ow much did protecting jared kushner play into all of this sh. >> we're told a big part of the discussion was making sure jared kushner, who was the only person inside the meeting about protecting him and making sure that there donald trump jr., who is a private citizen doesn't have to disclose the meeting, that all of the blame goes on him and part of the issue is you have people that white house who purpo purposely were supposed to be left out of the russia investigation who may have to answer questions from the special counsel, mueller, because they've become part of the discussion of this meeting. we'll see if robert mueller decides he wants testimony from all of the aids who moilth have been part of this strategy to respond. >> they'll be treated as witnesses. >> yes. >> a growing witness list, no question. is the white house once again changing its story on a key detail of the russia investigation? this time on when the president knew about donald trump jr.'s meeting with a russi

immigration fund sites had removed any references to jared kushner. the company blamed the post on a third party, saying the post was several months old and hasn't had any interaction by followers. kushner company sent this response saying kushner company was not aware of these sites and has nothing to do with them. the company will be sending a cease and desist letter regarding the references to jared kushner. in a letter sent june 1, three democratic lawmakers asked kushner companies to explain the nature of its relationship with these companies, but so far they have not received a response. the visa program is perfectly legal, but ethics lawyer richard painter says using the president's son-in-law to lure investors to the program is unacceptable. i that's something we told people the bush white house. don't let other people use your name to raise money for investments. >> reporter: he believes the jared kushner references are deliberate. he is an expert on helping foreign nationals invest in the eb-5 investment program and says chinese investors es

if it's monday, jared kushner opens up behind closed doors. >> tonight, the kushner connection.lls senate investigators there's no smoke around his four meetings with russians during the campaign. >> let me be very clear, i did not coll

immigration sites removed any references to jared kushner. in a statement, they blamed the post on a third party saying the post was several months old and hasn't had any interaction by followers. kushner companies sent this response saying they were not aware of the sites and has nothing to do with them. the company will be sending a cease and desist letter regarding the references to jared kushner. they did not respond but did remove the jared kushner references shortly after cnn aired this report. in a letter sent june 1st, three democratic lawmakers asked kushner companies to explain the nature of its relationship with the companies. so far, they have not received a response. the visa program is perfectly legal. ethics lawyer says using the president's son-in-law to lure investors to the program is unacceptable. >> not something we told people in the bush white house. don't let other people use your name to raise money for investments. >> michael gibson says he believes they reference delivery. he's an expert on helping foreign nationals a

between jared kushner and goldstone. goldstone spells out that the russians were offering quote official documents and informations that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. it's part of russia and its government's support mr. trump end quote. i can also send this info to your father via rhona, that's trump's personal assistant. and if it's what you say, i love it especially later in the summer. this evening donald trump jr. speaking out about the emails saying in retrospect he would have done things differently. let's listen just a few minutes ago. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i mean i wouldn't have even remembered it except you start scouring through the stuff. >> did you ever meet with any other person from russia that you know? >> i don't know. i've probably met other people in russia. not in the form of a formalized meeting because why would i? how busy we were, this was a courtesy

i asked directly what is happening with jared kushner right now? kushner himself offered to come before the panel in march. we're in july and there's no sign of him coming. and one reason why is because of them going back and forth over records and there's a new request out from earlier this week from the senate intelligence committee for mr. kushner to lay out exactly what happened here, because, as mark warner said, there were at least three meetings with kushner and russian officials that were not included in some of those forms that he provided. >> and another big request from sandra grassley asking for don junior to testify on capitol hill. i spoke to his attorney tonight who said he's considering this request, but this would be a significant deal for the president's son to be testifying under oath as part of this russia probe. >> and significant too because this is a republican chairman of a key committee that wants to bring donald trump jr. before him. you've heard democrat after democrat say they want him to testify. some republicans have sa