i'm melissa rayberger. it is 7:00 a.m. on the east coast and 3:00 a.m. out west. new and explosive details about reports about senior white house adviser jared kushner and his contacts with russia. this comes on president trump's last day of his foreign trip. we'll get the latest on what he may have accomplished overseas. meanwhile, a team setting up a war room of sorts to set up to fight back against accusations. plus, some severe weather is expected across parts of the country. the holiday forecast is ahead. >>> we begin with new revelations of jared kushner's alleged contacts with rushing ya. "the washington post" reporting kushner and russia's ambassador to washington discussing the possibility of setting up a back channel between trump's transition team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities here in the u.s. this is according to u.s. officials briefed on reports. this late breaking report that kushner had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the russian ambassador during and

i'm melissa rayberger. it is 7:00 a.m. on the east coast and 3:00 a.m. out west. explosive details about reports about senior white house adviser jared kushner and his contacts with russia. this comes on president trump's last day of his foreign trip. we'll get the latest on what he may have accomplished overseas. meanwhile, a team setting up a war room of sorts to set up to fight back against accusations. plus, some severe weather is expected across parts of the country. the holiday forecast is ahead.