mr. schiff: it certainly appears that way. it is very much consistent with the russian practices, their operating procedures, where they will use civilians. they will use oligarchs and others, they look for relationships. here, the emails made quite clear that the russian government had possession of damaging information. they thought the way to get that to the trump campaign to test whether donald trump wanted this information was to go through people he had done business with. this is a modality russians use elsewhere. who had they done business with? they had done business with a gentleman known as the russian donald trump, who had worked on the miss universe pageant, who had business discussions with the president over having a trump tower and russia. so they go to this oligarch, this son of the now president. they find out there is a deep interest in this. then, they dispatch this advocate for the kremlin. why would they choose her? they might choose her because it she gives them some deniability, as opposed to someone in

mr. schiff: good afternoon, i mr. schiff: good afternoon, i wanted to make comments about the emails at a been released today. in the summer of last year, the russians were in possession of information they believed would be damaging to secretary clinton and helpful to the trump campaign. some of this information they stole from the computers at the dnc and elsewhere. in june, we now know that through intermediaries to the russian government sought to approach the trump campaign to see if they were interested in damaging information about hillary clinton. presidently, the quite out in the open, then-candidate trump urged the russians to hack hillary clinton's emails and said they would be richly rewarded. during the course of our investigation, one of the questions we have sought to answer is, was there private activity by the campaign in parallel with the very public request that now president trump, then-candidate trump made for the russians to hack and release hillary clinton information? because we now know the res

mr. schiff: it certainly appeals -- appears that way. it is very much consistent with the russian practices, their operating procedures, where they will use civilians. they will use oligarchs and others, they look for relationships. here, the emails made quite clear that the russian government had possession of damaging information. they thought the way to get that to the trump campaign to test whether donald trump wanted this information was to go through people he had done business with. this is a modality russians use elsewhere. who had they done business with? they had done business with a gentleman known as the russian donald trump, who had worked on the miss universe pageant, who had business discussions with the president over having a trump tower and russia. so they go to this oligarchs, -- son of the now president. they find out there is a deep interest in this. then, they dispatch this advocate for the kremlin. why would they choose her? they might choose her because it she gives them some deniability, as opposed to someone in

mr. schiff: thank you, madam speaker. i will continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, is recognized. mr. schiff: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield to ms. pelosi as much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. and join our colleague in saluting the committee for bringing this bipartisan legislation to the floor. so many issues that the committee has to deal with, i know that full well. as a previous ranking member. aped know we all agree that every -- and i know we all agree that every chance we get, we want to absolute the patriotic men -- salute the patriotic men and women of the intelligence committee for their unblinking vigilance to keep the american people safe. i thank them for all they do for force protection, and conflict representation. the quiet professionals of the u.s. intelligence

mr. schiff, each will control 20 minutes. mr. nunes: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 3180 the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nunes: i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record my full statement and exchange of letters between the permanent select committee of intelligence and the committee on homeland security. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nunes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nunes: passing an annual intelligence authorization bill is the most important tool congress has to conduct effective oversight of the intelligence activities of the u.s. government. the intelligence committee has brought a bill to the floor every year since fiscal year 2010. once again, the bill is a bipartisan product that reflects contributions from all committee members, those reported out by the committee by you nan nouse vot

mr. schiff. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. schiff: i rise in support of the cole amendment. i think -- i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank the gentleman from oklahoma for his work in pish pushing congress to have a debate on an aumf. i had offered an amendment as well to the defense bill along with mr. sanford and mr. moulton that would put in place a new consolidated aumf and i wanted to describe it. i know there's been considerable debate over whether this is the right bill for an amendment of this nature. but what we have tried to do in this language is avoid the red lines that both parties seem to have in this debate and as i perceive those red lines, my friends on the republican side of the aisle are reluctant to -- in what would be considered too restrictive a way, tie the hands of the commander in chief by putting limits on geography or the introduction of ground troops osm then democratic side we are resistant to the idea of giving the command for the chief too much of a blank check. the way we have sought to

mr. schiff, but i don't think it's appropriate. think it's actually fails for proportionality and blows it out of proportion. i think there's co-action and certainly disinformation are routine intelligence tools every country in the intelligence business uses. regardless whether we have a -- feel badly about what russia did, we haven't seen tangible e if he cans other than bugging the dnc or not bugging, hacking the dnc. >> the idea nobody knows for sure whether the russians meddled, do you agree with the president? his intelligence agencies and leaders, including mike pompey, they say the russians did this. >> yeah, i have heard that. i'm not surprised. i think people spy on people all the time. when angela merkel was spied upon by us, you heard the spanish say, i tell you what, if there's spying going on around here, we are in on it. that's the nature of espionage. they tried to do that, disinform and destabilize around the world. maybe we are smarter than them in not wanting to publicize what we do. i have a personal feeling of

mr. schiff: good afternoon, i mr. schiff: good afternoon, i wanted to make comments about the emails at a been released today. in the summer of last year, the russians were in possession of information they believed would be damaging to secretary clinton and helpful to the trump campaign. some of this information they stole from the computers at e

mr. schiff responding that the house intelligence committee's investigation is moving frustratingly slow.iff responding to that and calls for the former trump adviser to testify soon before his committee. >> congressman, what was your reaction to seeing these reports of this russian-american lobbyist being in the meet are at trump tower with donald trump jr. >>? yes. another disturbing set of facts. it's alleged this additional person has backgrounds in russian intelligence. and was involved in litigation in new york where there were allegations that he was involved in illegally hacking a rival company, and publishing the results of that. i think whether this person has an intel background or not, the message was very clear from the trump campaign. they welcomed the help of the russian government. that message was certainly sent privately by donald trump jr. in those e-mails, where he said he would love to get their help. those were also sent very publicly by the president himself speaking quite openly saying, hey, russians if you're listening, hack hillary clinton's e-mails you'll be ric

mr. schiff has. what it comes down to, donald trump jr. said there were no such meetings going on with the russians and then we discover there was one, a big one. it involved a couple of key trump principles and that donald trump jr. himself had arranged it. a lot of things you can forget and go back and forth on this. the fall out for this administration is that at least it's on the agenda to get some economic points on the board might be delayed with all of these distractions. you know, when power is distracted, you know, obviously it's very tough for other things to get done both within your own party and i heard that, steve, from republicans concerned about that agenda. and certainly from democrats that would be more than happy to torpedo it. where do you think this sort of thing goes? >> well, neil, you're right to put the focus on what this means for the agenda. most people watching this, most people in america are just sick and tired of hearing about it. every time they hear one of these pompous talking heads in d.c. going on about

mr. schiff making news on some other front as well, saying that jared kushner's security clearance shouldin light of mr. kushner's failure to include some key information with meetings as part of a security clearance application. kushner also was at that trump tower meeting, of course. also, adam schiff defending the pace of the house intelligence committee's investigation. earlier today, i talked to mike connolly, the republican leading that investigation, he said it's going frustratingly slow. adam schiff said, well, this is an investigation that is global in nature. it's taking some time to get documents back, talk to witnesses, and one witness who they canceled testimony from is roger stone, who was supposed to testify later this month. the committee abruptly delayed that testimony. i asked adam schiff about that, and he said roger stone is still a person of interest to us. he will still come forward and very clear what's also interesting to them is this trump tower meeting. they want to talk to everybody who was involved in that meeting, including this lobbyist now at the center of t

mr. schiff, is recognized for ne minute. mr. schiff: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize my friend, archbishop hovnan derderian, of the western diocese of the armenian church of north america and to thank him for delivering the opening prayer on the house floor today. archbishop derderian has had a tremendous impact on people of all faiths and has played a vital role in the religious and civic life of millions. since his election as primate in 2003, archbishop derderian has been a dedicated relimmingidgeous servant for the thousands who look to him for guidance, managing a diocese which covers the western united states. in the large armenian american diaspora community i represent, afternoon beneficiary op derderian is a steadfast voice for the values of faith, family that are at the core of their perseverance and strength. archbishop derderian and the diocese have rallied support for aid for armenia, for refugees fleeing the horrors of fleeing syria and the wars in iraq. thank you, archbishop, for what you do to make our community and nation

mr. kushner. >> adam schiff wonders why the president told "the new york times" it would be a violation if the special counsel looked into his finances. >> the president is clearly worried bob mueller will look into allegations, for example, the russians may have laundered money through the trump or and that is something, in my opinion, he needs to look at. >> reporter: president trump on twitter today, slammed the investigation into russia's interference in a 2016 presidential campaign. "as the phony russian witch hunt continues, two groups are laughing, democrats and russian." shortly after, he fired off this tweet. "it's very sad that republicans, even some carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their president." >> that was betty yu reporting. in a statement, kushner claims he had four contacts with russians during the campaign and presidential transition and none were improper. >>> as soon as tomorrow, lawmakers are set to vote on a package of new sanctions against russia. we asked about the possibility of a veto by the president. >> if it passes 98-2 in the senat

mr. kushner. >> ranking democrat, adam schiff wonders why the president told "the new york times" it would be a violation if the special counsel looked into his finances. >> the president is worried that bob mueller will be looking into allegations that the russian maze have laundered money through the trump organization. that is really something in my opinion he needs to look at. >> reporter: republican senator susan collins. >> i understand how difficult and frustrating this investigation is for the president, but he should not say anything further about the special counsel, his staff, or the investigation. >> reporter: on the legislative front, congress agreed to pass a sweeping sanctions bill against russia, for its role in election interference and the annexation of crimea. the bill would also require congressional approval for president trump to lift or ease sanctions. today the white house sent conflicting messages on whether the president intends to sign that bill. elaine. >> thanks, errol. >>> let's bring in chief washington correspondent and face the nation host john dickerson. john,

adam schiff retweets. with respect, mr.mp, is how often you watch tv and that your comments and actions are beneath the dignity of the office. this conversation has been doing on sort of for the last few days about how the intelligence community seems united on the idea russia involved itself some way in the elections. whether any votes were changed or not. the president and closest to him continued to push back on that reality undermining the intelligence community. what's the solution to this in the end? >> look, aside from the bit about impugning adam schiff's character, it's remarkable that the president would not take this more seriously. russia just mounted the most successful, the boldest, most brazen covert influence operation in our history in order to skew the election successfully. and for him to take it so lightly, this is something that should be both a matter of concern for democrats and republicans for the former president and for the sitting president. for him to make light of this suggests to and for the si

on comey's claim that the president asked for a pledge of loyalty, schiff said he met with mr. trump of the white house along with justice department officials and set a different experience. >> no one asked me for any kind of loyalty oath at any point during the process. i sure as i didn't offer one. >> you would not give one if asked. >> correct. wray was asked if like comey hea one-on-one parade >> would you meet in the oval office with the president with no one else present? >> it would depend the circumstances. it would be highly unlikely but i think i could imagine a situation where there would be some national security matter that might call for it. >> the president supports the use of controversial interrogation tactics, wray laid out his opinion. >> torture is wrong, and acceptable, illegal, ineffective. >> the fired fbi director did not escape criticism. >> i can't imagine a situation where an fbi director, i would be giving a press conference. >> while comey documented his conversations with the president, wray said memorializing any government discussions will be do

if schiff is saying, come on, mr.resident, please focus on that which is most important to us, that's a political plea. >> because people even in the circle of president trump and the white house have said that he hasn't initiated conversations, hasn't necessarily expressed concern about, you know, what many in the intelligence community say is meddling of russia into the u.s. election. >> that's right. and as i say this is a political point saying please, mr. president, focus on that which matters to the country more than what you're focusing on, joe scarborough and the likes. and if you don't, we can say that you're derelict in your responsibilities. the response to that of course is you have an election in 2020, and if he's viewed to be derelict in his duties, then you vote him out of office. but it's not necessarily a legal problem. he's not -- there's no crime of dereliction of duties in an indictable sense. there's potentially an abuse of office, article of impeachment, but it seems a long way from that. so we'r

mr. kushner. >> reporter: and ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff wonders why the president told "the new york times" it would be a violation if the special counsel looked into his finances. >> the president is clearly worried that bob mueller is going to be looking into allegations, for example, that the russians may have laundered money through the trump organization. that is really something, in my opinion, he needs to look at. >> reporter: republican senator susan kol ins. >>-- collins. >> i understand how difficult and frustrating this investigation is for the president. but he should not say anything further about the special counsel, his staff or the investigation. >> reporter: on the legislative front congress has agreed to pass a sweeping sanctions bill against russia for its role in election interference and the annexation of crimea. the bill would also require congressional approval for president trump to lift or ease sanctions. today the white house sent conflicting messages on whether the president intends to sign that bill. >> elaine? >> thanks, errol. let's br

>> yeah, in my opinion, i would great with what you just heard from mike conway and adam schiff. mras long as i need to stay here, and by and large he spoke in very clear and categorical statements saying, hey, i was not involved in any form of collusion. he did describe briefly that meeting which rose to fame a couple weeks ago with the president's son don junior. he doesn't have a lot to say about it, because apparently he wasn't there very long. it was a very refreshing change of tone certainly from the tone we're getting out of the oval office where, of course, the president is calling this whole thickets a hoax. kushner took it very, very seriously and i think he had the appreciation of the committee when he walked out of there. >> congressman jared kushner said from the beginning there was no collusion, certainly none he knew of, and has been emphatic about that. i'm wondering whether yesterday's question and answer session and your examining of mr. kushner has made you reach the same conclusion, as it pertains to jared kushner? not manafort, not the rest of them, but at least

mr. putin. >> another tweet. a colleague of yours adam schiff, ranking democrat of the house intelligence committee, a man i assume you know well. the tweeted this about adam schiff. sleazy adam schiff, the totally biased congressman looking into, quote, russia, close quote, spends all of his time on television pushing the dem loss excuse. what was your reaction to that tweet from the president of the united states, slamming add amd schiff? >> i'm astonished because again, what the president is doing, to me, is demeaning the office of the presidency. this is not something that a president, any president, should be doing. he is demeaning the office, as well as i said, trying to be one of absolute authority. and, so, it concerns me that we have a president who is not putting the country first. he only looks at himself. that is a disturbing position for us to be in in the united states of america. and our allies are looking at that and they are questioning what's going on here. >> and he puts russia in quotes because he still isn't convinced that russia was indeed meddling in the u.s. presidential election despite al

. >> here with me now are still adam schiff and mike mccaul. congressman mccaul, mr. chairman, the house caucus has got to be getting impatient. i know that republicans don't want to take a stand against their president. but a lot of them not happy that he demeaned the health care bill after the fact, after they took some very tough votes. what would it take for them to go up against him if he fired bob mueller? what would happen? >> well, i think if he fired bob mueller, i think he would see a tremendous backlash response from both democrats, but also house republicans. we want -- again, more disciplined white house, on message, so we can stay on message and get the things done we need to get done. we're frustrated with the senate on health care, as you know. we want to pass our tax bill. i just reauthorized the department of homeland security for the first time on the floor yesterday. that's not what we're talking about. we're talking about this disarray in the white house. so it is frustrating. i hope with a new team, with new people around him, perhaps he can get

adam schiff shot back with his own tweet. "with respect, mr. president, the problem is how often you watch tv, and that your comments and actions are beneath the dignity of the office." >>> let's check back in with sal. >>> the east bay commute and the south bay and the north bay dash of the east bay tends to get busy first we will start with a look at the east shore freeway in case you were leaving vallejo and driving to the macarthur maze. right now, 19 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. when you get to the bay bridge, there is some waiting to do. it's backed up for about a 15 minute delay before you make it onto the span. san francisco, northbound 101 looks good and soda southbound 101 if you are driving down the peninsula. no problems on 101 or 280. in the east bay, highway 4 is slow as you get out of antioch. you will see brake lights waiting for you on that trip through pittsburg and into bay point and concord. >>> another gorgeous day. temperatures ranging from the low 60s, 70s around the bay, mid- to upper- and

mr. trump during the republican primary process. >> bret: do you know or do you stand behind congressman schiff who read a lot of the dossier. >> what i would say is i don't know the veracity of the dossier. i know it was done by a long-term agent of the british government, one of our allies, and i know that this agent was viewed as at least credible by the american government. >> bret: understanding -- >> truth or nontruth of the claims made in the dossier and there have been some claims that were quite salacious. other claims indicated they felt the russian government had some ability to influence mr. trump. >> bret: understanding that the special counsel has a job to do, you have a job to do with the investigation heard what you say to people at home who say man, this is a lot. and i don't care about this, i care about my job and my health care and what's going to be on my table. even people in virginia who wonder that place to go but i would say is what we know, and we know this not because i say it but because the unanimous opinion of the intelligence community was the russian government in an effort to try to sow discord in ou

mr. trump defended himself on fox news, saying in retrospect i probably would have done things differently. top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiffthis morning. >> the next step in terms of this issue is going to be we will want to have all participants in the meeting, any one who helped in organizing it. putting it together testify before the committee. obviously want to see any documents. any e-mails. it looks like, listening to, the president's son last night on fox and hearing his ler today that the defense is going to be, yes, we had an intent to collude with russia. we wanted to get the dirt, the russian government had in an effort to help elect donald trump. but we were deeply disappointed in getting it at that meeting. that's not much of a defense. i think, we need to look into whether there was any subsequent efforts, whether indeed we can rely on the representations about what happened at the meeting. because one thing we have seen over just the last several days we can't rely on anything that donald trump jr. has to say about this. because his story kept changing, he had to confront facts coming out. >> let me ask you,

schiff. >> there's no reason for this russian government advocate to be meeting with paul manafort or with mr. kushner or with the president's son, if it wasn't about the campaign and russia policy. obviously they were trying to influence one of the candidates, the leading candidate at that time, on the republican ticket. so what we've heard thus far doesn't make much sense. >> the white house chief of staff reince priebus is pushing back on the suggestion the meeting was for nefarious purposes. >> my communication with our team on this subject, there is nothing to it. it was a 20-minute meeting. it ended after everyone was decidedly saying nothing's happening there. they moved on. >> why would donald trump jr., jared kushner and campaign chairman paul manafort all want to meet with a russian lawyer about russian adoption? >> listen, i have no idea, chris, you're going to have to talk to them. however, talking about issues of foreign policy, issues related to our place in the world, issues important to the american people like adoption, is something that's not unusual. >> let's bring in nbc's

election interference, adam schiff, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee saying the american people can be forgiven for a healthy skepticism about just how hard mr. trump could've pressed the russian autocrat, given the president publicly cast doubt on russian responsibility and the probity of our intelligence committees only the day before. that said, we have a cease-fire that is developing in this area and other things moving forward, importing to be the administration. let's bring in the panel from washington. jonah goldberg, senior editor at national review. julie pace, and michael needham. let's start with you. your sense of this meeting, the readout from taylor tillerson e secretary of treasury, what you are gaining from the white house about this? >> i think the white house feels good about this meeting. i think the president absolutely had to "push putin," or press putin on the involvement in the 2016 election. if he hadn't done that, i think that would've been the headline. that's all we would've been talking about. the russians, of course, say the president accepted putin's denial that russia was involved, the white house has pushed ba

schiff was critical of you in this report. he said trey gowdy took the role as a second attorney for mr. kushner. but what is your response?not much of any -- i was in there for three hours. mr. kushner has a very good lawyer. i was a very mediocre lawyer. although, i did it for 16 years. he can do much better than me. what i was tired of, erin, was the democrats asking nonrelevant questions. jared kushner answered all of their questions. he stayed an hour longer than he was supposed to. in fact, he stayed an hour longer than dan coats. the democrats ran out of good questions, but they didn't run out of questions. so i think that's adam's frustration that jared kushner did not tell him what he wanted to hear from a political ambition standpoint. this investigation has been very good for the adam schiff for senate campaign. but yesterday was not good for him. >> so today the president also of course tweeted a comment he made at his rally last night. i wanted to play for you, chairman, what he said. >> you have heard me say it before on the campaign trail, and i'll say it again tonight. in america, we don't worship governmen

schiff hf his shoulder. wrapping up several hours of questions before members of the house intelligence committee. let's listen in to the leaders of that committee as they speak. >> mr. kushner, a e found him to be straightforward, forthcoming. i wanted to answer every question we had. and willing to follow-up on any questions we think of later didn't get asked this morning and i thank him for his, the way he conducted himself this morning in a very professional matter with that i'll turn to my colleague from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we had a good opportunity to ask mr. kushner questions this morning. he expressed and his counsel receptivity to come back for further questions, but it was a very productive session. we had an opportunity to ask about a range of issues that the committee had been concerned about and appreciate his voluntary willingness to come and testify today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> there you see the leaders of the intelligence committee investigating the russia probe. mike conaway, who's the acting chairman and adam schiff, who's the top democrat on the committee both suggesting it was a very productive session. there you see

mr. trump. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things differently. >> what does this mean for the investigation? we're one on one with the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, and a president's legal team, jay sekulow. >>> plus, new bill, same questions, another delay. the senate leadership is pushing off the health care vote. >> i'm sitting, waiting for that bill to come to my desk. >> what happens next? we ask two key players. a republican set against the bill and the white houses' point on health care. >>> anltd as he nears the six-month mark, how does america see president trump's performance? >>> everything you need to know. what's fact. what's fiction. and what matters to you. >>> good morning. almost six months into the trump presidency. the headline this is week were once again dominated by russia. the newly disclosed meeting at trump tower puts president trump's son, his son-in-law, and his the same room with a russian-american lobbyist and a kremlin-connected lawyer believed to have dirt on hillary clinton. is this a turning point in the russia investigation? what does it mean for the president's ability to push his agenda forward? >>> all this c

mrs. clinton. her statements were vague, ambiguous, may no sense. no details or information was provided or offered. a became clear that she had no meaningful information." but the ranking house intel schiffs not buying the information. >> no reason for this russian government advocate to be meeting with paul manafort or with the president's son if it was not about the campaign and russia policy. obviously they were trying to influence one of the candidates, the leading candidates at that time on the republican ticket. spoon the kremlin is also weighing in saying that it is unaware of a meeting between donald trump, jr., and the russian lawyer, peter doocy with the news outside of the white house. >> donald trump, jr., says that he was offered a meeting with somebody who claimed to have info about russians bankrolling the dnc and supporting hillary clinton. he did not see a problem in hearing this person out. he tweeted a little while ago, obviously i meant the first person on the campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent, went nowhere, had to listen. the reason that donald trump, jr., says it goes nowhere, as it turns out to the russian lawyer that he met with just o

mr. trump. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things differently. >> what does this mean for the investigation? we're one on one with the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff

congressman adam schiff sent out this tweet -- "to destroy a health care system that works at the height of health care irresponsibility, we will not bail you out of a crisis of your own making, mr. president." >> a straight repeal of obamacare could leave millions uninsured. 18 million more in the first year, 32 million more by 2026, according to cbo analysis of an earlier repeal bill. premiums could jump 25% at first and would double by the year 2026. the cbo predicts healthier people will quit the market. insurers will then hike rates to offset the cost of sicker enrollees, if a straight repeal succeeds. otherwise, congress will have to decide if it will stabilize obamacare. there are two ways to do so -- sharing the costs for lower income americans and enforcing the individual mandate. that's key to getting younger, healthier people to enroll. but so far, lawmakers have not committed to either, and that indecisiveness, that indecisiveness is causing insurers to pull out of the exchanges, big names like aetna, huma and anthem. the number of insurers next year dropped 28% and that could grow. they are not locked into participating until late december. >> white house's sean spi

mr. henry? ed: thanks, steve. >>ing member of the house intel committee adam schiff has a lot it say about, yes, russia. >> the presidents going to be looking into allegations, for example, that the russians may have laundered money through the trump administration. that is really something, in my opinion, he needs to look at because what concerns me the most is anything that could be held over the president's head that could influence u.s. policy that would be among the most powerful form of compromise. so i think it is something that he needs to look at. ed: congressman schiff we checked the numbers he has done at least 99 national tv interviews since the president took office. many of them focused on russia. are democrats trying to influence the quote, unquote independent investigation they command demanded? here to debate michael hopkins and bold dot global founder kerry sheestled. sheffield. michael, you hear that sound bite, focus on the substance of what he actually said. he throws out there in one of the interviews the trump organization may have -- may have laundered money from the russians. isn't that a bit ex

schiff, president trump said on twitter, sleazesy adam shove. a biassed congressman looking into russia. he spends all of his time on television pushing the dem's loss execution. and adam schiffer said with respect, mr. president, the problem is how often you watch tv. so pretty sharp barbs being traded ahead of day two for jared kushner on capitol hill tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: there's a bill working its way through congress. it's about punishing the russians, putting more sanctions on the russians. the white house had been lobbying against this bill. but now it has a veto-proof majority. once that comes forward, looks like the president will sign it. >> right. a little bit of confusion here. the back story is that yesterday the new white house press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, said that president trump would be willing to support this bill that would require him to get congressional approval before he could lift any sanctions on russia. so she said he would support it. almost the exact same time on another sunday show, the new communications director, anthony scaramucci said he wasn't sure what the president was going to do about that. a decision should be expected soon. that was really t

schiff telling us it was a, quote, very productive session. that testimony wrapping up a few moments ago. garrett haake standing by on the hill. garrett, what do we know about what mr. kushner said behind closed doors? >> well, craig, we should hope it was a productive session because it lasted more than thre three hours with jared kushner and members from both the republican and democratic side asking him questions. the sense we got from members who talked to us on the way out was they wanted to take him beyond what they knew from his statement he had released yesterday. so to the question where he says no one in the campaign colluded with russia, well, did anyone outside the campaign collude with russia? you talked about his involvement in that meeting with donald trump jr. and paul manafort and how he left after a few minutes. so the questions would be things like what happened afterwards? was there follow-up, more discussions? did anything get left behind? all of those were things we know that the democratic members in particular wanted to try to probe with jared kushner and more than three hours it seems like they got their chance. now, the other two folks in

schiff questioned why top trump advisers were in the meeting. >> there's no reason for this russian government advocate to be meeting with paul manafort or with mr. kushner or with the president's son if it wasn't about the campaign and russia policy. >> reporter: white house chief of staff reince priebus claimed democratic operatives were behind it. >> it seems to be on the end of the trump individuals, a big nothing burger, but may spin out of control for the dnc and the democrats. >> and the democrats say they had nothing do with that meeting. the new information comes in the midst of the ongoing investigation which is trying to determine whether other trump campaign representatives knew they were being used or whether they were unwittingly being manipulated b. norah. >> all right, jeff. thanks. >>> president trump says he wants to move forward and work constructively with russia after meeting with president vladimir putin. he questioned putin on meddling and negotiated a cease-fire in syria. some members of congress objected when the president tweeted, "putin and i discussed forming an impenetrable cyber security unit so that election hackin