he testified before congress about what allegedly happened during a 2013 trip ipto moskow. important to note this was before mr. trump became president. cnn's manu raju has this report for us. > reporter: president trump's lodge time confidant, former bodyguard keith schiller testified. some of the sources tell both me and my colleague about details of the trip that schiller took with private citizen donald trump back in 2013 to moskow when they went there because of trump's involvement with the miss universe pageant in moskow. what schiller told the committee was an offer made by a russian to send five women up to donald trump's hotel room that night. now, schiller said he took it as a joke. he later told trump about it on their way up to his hotel room that night. trump laughed it off. schiller waited outside the hotel room and then after several minutes sort of left and did not say what happened for the rest of the night. the reason this is significant is this all part of the investigation into that so-called dossier, of allegations compiled by that former british agent,

and he was asked about july 2016 trip he made to moskow and whether he told anyone in the trump campaign about it. so he told lawmakers about a dinner. he said when he approached then senator jeff sessions he mentioned in passing he was heading to russia for a few weeks. democrats say this raises yet more questions about sessions had been forthcoming about his testimony about russian contacts during the campaign. they say he may have to come back to capitol hill and explain himself. mike conway spoke to manu raju today and he said, look, he down-played the significance of he testified. we saw pictures of that that we've been using had last few days and that's where the former national security advisor, george papadopoulos who pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi raised the prospect of a meeting between trump and russian president vladimir putin. sessions we were told, ended up erejecting the idea. we also learned tonight there was another campaign advisor pictured in that photograph we're using. he tells jim acosta that donald trump listen today george papadopoulos on the putin idea, and h

how is it possible to remembefo meeting and yet question someone don't be our adversary here in moskow. >> the problem he creates for himself when he does this is little bit of a credibility gap. on the one hand there's really almost this boyishly appealing i didn't lie to you, i wouldn't lie to you piece that he puts forth to his former colleagues. and there has to be a part of you that he at least thinks this is true. on the other hand, he engages in this sort of shifting story. there's really very little possibility of reconciling it. i liked the fish idea. i thought it sounded a little bit like the kid who forgets he threw a party at his house when his parents were away, but he remembers he didn't drink any beer and didn't let his friends drink at the party. >> and let's just hope the egg doesn't have a crack in it. >> a little risky business solution there. >> thank you very much. making sure everybody's awake on a tuesday night. joyce, i know you know southern politics. what's the chance we see jeff sessions in the u.s. senate again. >> so everyone's talking about that down in al

. >> bh it comes to american adversaries in pyongyang or moskow, following donald trump on twitter, whatorries you the most? >> if i'm the head of a hostile or even friendly intelligence service, i've got a new office over here. follow that account. tell me what this man is saying. it's tremendously revealing. we know the president's hot buttons, we know his vulnerabilities. we know what upsets him, we know what he demands from his subordinates, loyalty. we even know his sleep patterns based upon his twitter usage. >> right. >> that's a tremendous gift to a foreign power. >> all of those things someone like vladimir putin say takes great mains to hide. >> of course. because you don't want to advantage the other guy. >> while lashing at "the washington post," this tweet declassified tweets syrian rebels. >> i can guarantee you there are foreign intelligence services that have probably decided to do a little self-editing and said, look, we just don't know what he's going to do. >> they're withholding valuable information from the u.s. out of fear he might tweet. >> i believe that's probabl

flynn is in trouble for not reporting payments from the russian government including for the trip to moskown 2015 he sat next to putin at a banquet in russia. from what you know of russian intelligence, what was putin up to? >> well, don, there's any number of different ways to try to get at somebody like flynn. i've always thought flynn was one of the most important if not the linchpin in all of this. because he would be the perfect guy if you're a russian intelligence person to target. as you mentioned, he's taken money from the russian government, he's shown interest in that money. he's also been a pretty pro-russia guy with some of the positions that he took. so you've got the person that got some makings interest a source within the white house, and perhaps even a bit of influence, someone who can carry out your taskings in the white house from the russian side. my former boss, john brennen, said a lot of people commit treason and don't even realize it until way down the road. if that's what's happened with flynn, it'll be interesting to see at what point down that slippery slope he wa

but i think what's interesting is in this most recent account she gave to my colleagues in moskow shed he actually asked for documents to back up -- >> money that had gone to hillary clinton's campaign, right? >> correct. >> and then described the meeting as a failure. >> correct. because she didn't have them. i think this act had been a thorn in the side to putin and russia. he claimed there had been a big corruption scandal and then he died under mysterious circumstances in prison. so the u.s. had sanctions that were directed not just at russia but certain oligarchs who were close to putin and very painful to his inner circle. so this is a huge -- a huge point of contention, and putin wanted to do whatever he could do to turn it back. the other interesting thing with the talking points you brought to the meeting, "the new york times" revealed last week she had mentioned to a high ranking government russian official. so while there's been some question as to was he a private lawyer, she had given the same exact talking points to the quivalent of the russian attorney general. >> thank

meeting where he met with russians, although page said he told sessions through passing he was going to moskow. and he repeatedly said he did not recall contacts with russians explaining it was easy to forget those things in the midst of a chaotic campaign. but sessions today testified he has never lied or misled congress under oath regarding what he could recall at the time,andy. >> session was also asked about how he forgot his meeting with russian diplomat sergey kislyak. >> in this meeting he was focused on responding to the congress he was engaging and continuous with russian intermediaries. he says that part wasn't true, but he said that didn't meet he'd never met a russian in the history of his life. but a reminder here that "the washington post" previously reported that sergey kislyak told that sessions met and claimed that the two had substantive conversations about campaign related matters. sessions as you know initially failed to disclose his contacts with kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the trump campaign. anderson. >> pamela brown, thanks very much. what spr

radio,r day started on get your morning briefing from inen moskow and bob melvin new york, boston, sanchannel 119. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: you cannot escape by going to florida. the president having thanksgiving at mar-a-lago. washington moves forwards with amazing headlines in the last 48 hours. we welcome all of you. bloomberg surveillance in london and new york. stephanie baker has never missed a beat. over the thanksgiving dinner, you wonder what the thanksgiving dinner was like for the president. do you think general plan came up just general michael flynn came up? >> sharing information with the white house, does not necessarily mean michael flynn is cooperating with robert mueller but indicates he is expecting to be indicted and maybe trying to negotiate a deal. there have been reports he is concerned about the legal exposure of his so who was his chief of staffn. tom: there is a distinction between general plan and mr. manafort, what is that -- general michael flynn and mr. manafort, what is the distinction? >> similarities, robert mueller is looking at whether michael flyn

if you're going to moskow, that is a tough sell. without the united states, that is a tough sell. going out with a% of the country is italian, my unofficial survey, between americans and italians nobody we can relate to playing in the world cup. liz: well-said. stuart: i have good news. three ucla basketball players detained in china accused of shoplifting, they're on their way home, brian. i call that good news, period. >> it is. president extent in. didn't want a pat on the back. brought it up to president xi, do me a favor, be easy on these guys, they're college kids. china wants to have college players over here. you never get duke or ucla back again. there is something at stake. the president with all the things on his plate, take this california school, i'm worried about the three players, these three college students, give them a break, they get back home. my goodness, what a disaster for america. how embarrassing, how embarrassing. stuart: you surprised us when you used the word words, johan. ashley and i know soccer. i surp