the fsb followed him and his family throughout moskow.t stories about him, inciting revolution against the government. and then mcfall recounts during a meeting at putin's residence he felt physically intimidated. >> and just out of the blue he kind of turned to me and, you know, this guy is causing trouble for us. and he stared at me it seemed like for 15 minutes. it was probably 15 seconds, but it was a scary moment. he was angry hat me. >> mcfall wasn't the only object of putin's ire. since sergei magnitsky's death bill broward. >> i took this idea to senator john mccain and said can we ban the people who killed sergei magnitsky from coming to the country and can we freeze their assets and they said we can. and that was the genesis of the magnitsky act. >> broader's theory is that the magnitsky act affects putin directly. >> vladimir putin doesn't keep any money in his own name. he keeps money in the name of many russian oligarchs, and this piece of legislation can and will freeze the assets of those oligarchs. i believe putin is the r

the trump tower in moskow never happened. he got to know don junior and three times visited the eldest trump at trump tower. on one visit not long before trump declared his candidacy he was there listening to a rap song. >> he said it has recorded a song, 90 million youtube views and it's about me. and i said to him do you think you maybe should listen to the words and what they're saying about you perhaps, just an idea? and he went it doesn't matter, 90 million views. and the third time we went he said to the emen, maybe next time i see you i'll be hosting you at the white house. >> but before there was trump at the white house there was trump the candidate. and the next time goldstone would set foots in trump tower would be when he arrived at the meeting. >>> coming up -- >> i get a phone call and he said to me initially i'd like you to setup a meeting with the trumps. ally i'd like you to setup a meeting with the trumps [phone ringing] need a change of scenery? the kayak price forecast tool tells you whether to wait or boo

under discussion was a plan to setup a back door communication channel between the trump team and moskowhat would go through the russian embassy. >> if you look at this pattern with meeting of a kremlin aligned lawyer, meeting with a kremlin aligned banker and then an offer to use russian communications equipment to talk to moskow, that raises a lot of questions about really why jared seemed to be so solicitous of russians. >> kushner would later testify about these meetings in closed door sessions in the house, the senate and for robert mueller. he also gave a rare public statement. >> i did nautica lewd with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts, and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. >> jared, how did you not know about the donald trump meeting when the subject line said russian confidential. >> jared probably had 40, 50 contacts during the transition period with countries all over the world. and his approach was always the sail. this is new administration, we're going to start over. >> despite th

today president trump's national security advisor, john bolton, was in moskow down-playing the effects of a russian interference in the 2016 election. bolton said in an interview, quote, the point i made to russian colleagues today was i didn't think whatever they had done in terms of meddling in the 2016 election, that they had any effect on it. but what they have had an effect in the united states is to sow an enormous distrust of russia. "the washington post" report on roger stone says in recent weeks a grand jury in washington has listened to more than a dozen hours of testimony and fbi technicians have poured over gig bites of electronic messages. prosecutors are both examining public comments and alleged private assertions roger stone made in 2016 suggesting he had a way to reach assange, the people familiar with the investigation said. on august 21st, 2016, in the presidential campaign several weeks before hillary clinton's campaign chairman john podesta's hack e-mails by wikileaks, roger stone tweeted it would soon be, quote, podesta's time in the barrel. on october 5, 2016, ro

the ray donovan guy, the guy who wept to moskow and many other countries around the world. is trump telling the truth michael cohen was not much of a lawyer for him? yes. is donald trump telling the truth about anything else related to michael cohen's in his life, no that is grotesque lie. >> cohen has willingly assisted and provided information critical to several ongoing investigations, according to two sources familiar with the situation in a string of meetings that have exceeded more than 50 hours. mimi roca, what does that tell you? >> that's a lot of time. everyone should understand, though, no one's going to take michael cohen's word at this value. they're not going to write down what he says and then, you know, go into the grand jury and base charges against anyone or any entity on that alone. they are going to try and corroborate and cross-reference and, you know, double-check as much as they humanly can. and that is often a lot. particularly when we're talking about information about the trump organization. you know, it sounds like cohen is giving information in s

though the israeli company's pitches were nayoar than moskow's interference campaign and appear unconnected the they saw an effort to swing voters in mr. trump's favor. investigators have obtained copies of the proposals and questioned the israeli company employees. according to "the times," the trump aide who requested the proposal was rick gates who pleaded guilty in the mueller investigation in february and has been cooperating with prosecutors. and "the wall street journal" is reporting that a republican operative secretly raised $100,000 from donors to in an effort to obtain what he believed were hillary clinton's e-mails before the 2016 election. what "the wall street journal" called, quote, activities that remain of intense interest to federal investigators working for special counsel robert mueller's office and on capitol hill. axios is reporting chief of staff john kelly recently formed a small working group to start preparing the possibility that democrats will soon put congress' top investigators on trump world. senior white house staff have an off-site weekend reteat scheduled f

now three days before john bolton went to moskow today we saw the unsealing of another indictment againstian charging that that same criminal effort was -- is still under way now and has been under way for years and is directed by oligarchs close to russian government. i think common wisdom again was john bolton would have to bring it up, would have to confront the russians about this. again the common wisdom is wrong. i find myself watching a dram dramatic situation here teed up by the justice department. >> on the latest indictment of a russian working for an oligarch as you say close to putin, we have this spectacle of the national security advisor of the united states basically telling his counter parts, you know, that interference you did in the last election, i don't really think it did very much. basically communicating to putin putin has to walk away from this thinking this weak, u.s. president will never confront me. he doesn't have the guts to confront me. this national security advisor doesn't. i have essentially carte blanche. he may not only not call me out, he may be gratefu

karen moskow, nathan hager, they do it. stay with us.veillance. ♪ tom: breaking news on the story on saudi arabia. francine lacqua and tom keene in london and new york paired the saudi -- new york. orders anking internal probe of the khashoggi case. for those of you just waking up to the news, james dimon of jpmorgan will not attend their meeting. steve schwarzman a blackstone, not sure where he stands. we begin to go to the royal family response to this murder believed to be in the consulate istanbul. francine: we are treating it as a disappearance. a lot of partners have pulled out, including bloomberg. the story is, according to a saudi official, saudi arabia has begun this investigation into the disappearance of this journalist. this could have wide-ranging implications. whether this is enough to appease the trump administration who has been talking tough on this disappearance, asking questions to be answered. let us go straight to yousef gamal el-din. what was happening previous to this? is weighing in, saying you guys need to look

karen moskow and nathan hager. look for that on bloomberg radio. stay with us worldwide.this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm kailey leinz. let us get the business flash. more upheaval at cbs. parsons has resigned less than one month after being named interim chairman. he was appointed after the department -- departure of les moonves. he is leaving because of complications from cancer. it is another setback for this week's saudi investment conference. softbank's chief operating officer will not attend in the wake of the death of jamal khashoggi. one possible reason may be concern over u.s. regulatory approval over the pending sale backed sprint to t-mobile. ryanair is putting lands for future share buybacks on hold because of uncertainty over brexit. the largest airline just completed an $863 billion buyback this month. the ceo said starting a similar program makes no sense. the airline also was predicting more european airlines will go bust. >> oil has spiraled upwards and it will be a flight to who has got the lowest cost this winter. that is ryanair. we are seeing bankru