donald trump, jr. and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyers. the president wasn't involved in that. >> look, the president did not draft the response. i do want to be clear, the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. >> reporter: jay sekulow issued this statement in response to the washington post story last night. apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate and not pertinent. cnn previously reported that none of the president's attorneys were involved in drafting that first statement. a person familiar with the matter said that mark kasowitz, the attorney at the time designated to handle legal matters surrounding the russia investigation was not on board air force one and did not participate in writing the statement. on july 23rd, donald trump, jr.'s lawyer jumped to his client's defense sailing donald trump, jr. and his legal team why fully prepared and absolutely prepared to make a statement that was a

the fact that this meeting that donald trump, jr. had with paul manafort and other senior leaders was not about russian adoption. the only person who believes that is donald trump. >> well, the special counsel is going to get to the bottom of it. that's what we know. because now that this story is here -- >> by the way, this idea that it was about adoption is something that donald trump -- that president trump repeated later on at a press conference as being -- and it was something that shawn spicer repeated that there's no indication or evidence that it was anything about anything adoption. we have to take a break. we'll be right back. a fire truck. even a marching band. and if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. i wanti did my ancestrydna and where i came from. and i couldn't wait to get my pie chart. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% native american. i had no idea. just to know this is

the fact that this meeting that donald trump jr. manafort and other senior leaders was not about russian adoption. the only manor truly believes that is donald trump. >> the special counsel is going to get to the bottom of it. now that this story's here. >> this idea that it was about adoption is something that donald trump, the president trump repeated later on at an open press conference as being and something else that sean spicer then reaped there's no indication. >> after the e-mail was already out. >> anything but a meeting about adoption. we'll have more on this breaking story from the "washington post" and others when we come back. to? it's an american favorite on top of an american favorite, alice. it's like labor day weekend on top of the fourth of july. hotdogs. get your favorites on top of your favorites. only at applebee's. get your favorites on top of your favorites. that's why at comcast we're continuing to make4/7. our services more reliable than ever. like technology that can update itself. an advanced fiber-network

donald trump jr., between don jr. and his lawyer. that's how you do it. i want to be clear the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and did not issue the statement. >> i mean, obviously jay sekulow was either not telling the truth or, i think more likely, had not been told the truth. >> and i think it's important to note that on some of those occasions, he volunteered that the president wasn't involved in drafting it, which i think reflects how damaging this revelation really is for them. i would suggest that trump was the person who wanted to pull back from full transparency. you know, our reporting basically states that there were other lawyers and advisers involved who knew that more information would come out that would make a less than fullsome statement seem invasive and like an effort to cover something up. so they wanted to put it out there. the president was the one who overruled them. that's the critical decision-making point here. you can call it dictating, you can call it weighing in, you can call i

and his attorneys, donald trump -- or attorneys for donald trump jr. had told our pamela brown that they were ready and wanted to put out a more fullsome same, is their terminolo terminology, but that's not what ended up happen. this is donald trump attorney and sarah huckabee sanders at one of the audio briefings. let's play that. >> so he didn't have anything to do with the statement that don jr. put out that was being worked on with his team? >> no, the statement that don jr. put out, are you talking about yesterday's, chris? >> no that was written by donald trump jr. and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyer. >> the "new york times" is reporting that president donald trump okayed the statement. >> has president trump had any conversation with his son, donald trump jr. the last several days and was he involved in helping donald trump jr. craft his statement over the weekend on air force one as was reported in the "new york times"? >> i'm not sure about the specific communications and the nature of those conversations, i know they have spoken at at

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we'll hear what donald trump jr. d to say last month about being transparent and whether anything else would come out. and also ahead, james clapper said recently that president trump was making russia great again. i'll speak with him coming up. americans - 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. people would ask me that we traveled,ntries what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm from all nations. it puts a hunger in your heart to want to know more. [siri tone] the rock: hey siri, read my schedule. [crash] [tires squeal] ♪ rock. [siri tone] merci, gimme some. ♪ hey siri, take a selfie. [siri tone] ♪ [siri tone] >>> the white house today admitted that the president "weighed in" in their words on the statement that donal

it concerns the meeting that donald trump jr. had with several russian nationals, inside trump tower during the campaign, in june of 2016. that meeting included campaign manager paul manafort and trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, and we now know multiple russians with ties to the kremlin. that story broke in "the new york times" on july 8th, the report included a written statement from donald trump jr., describing the meeting like this. quote, it was a short introductory meeting. i asked jared and paul to stop by. we primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children that was active and popular with american families years ago and was since ended by the russian government. but it was not a campaign issue at the time, and there was no follow up. well, we soon learned that the meeting was much more than a short introduction and that trump's inner circle did not go to that meeting, expecting to hear more about adoption. donald trump jr. released the e-mail chain, showing the back and forth that he had with the pers

donald trump jr.'s only e-mails, we know this. his own e-mails show trump jr. was promised, just in case you have forgotten, documents that would incriminate hillary and be useful to your father. it was part of russia's government support for trump. the meeting was set up with the promise of dirt coming from the russian government, the russian government which supported trump's support for presidency. they say it is accurate that the meeting was just about russian adoption. it is simply not the whole truth and it is not even close. another thing the white house is saying today that doesn't add up is this. >> the president weighed in as any father would, based on the limited information that he had. >> he weighed in the way any father would on a statement. >> all right. so they clearly picked those words, practiced them and have given them out as talking points, as any father would. the truth is it is not as any father would because this father is the president of the united states and the question abou

but trump jr.d e-mails which showed he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton to which he replied, i love it. >> it was such a nothing. literally wouldn't have remembered the meeting. >> the president's son-in-law, jared kushner and then campaign chairman, paul manafort also attended the meeting. >> it doesn't look good. >> bill matea, former federal prosecutor says the president's involvement in crafting the statement may raise a red flag for special counsel robert mueller. >> wel, as the a prosecutor, if somebody comes to you and tells you x. in fact that's not true, and then you learn that somebody -- counseled them to do that, then you are going to look at not only the person that made the false statement, but the person that coached them or instructed them to basically obstruct justice. >> no response to night from donald trump jr.'s attorney. in the past the president has repeatedly denied that his campaign had improper contacts with russian operatives during the election. >>>

blockbuster report in the washington post concerning the meeting in june of 2016 between donald trump jr., jared kushner, donald trump's then campaign manager, paul manafort and a number of russian nationals with tie to the kremlin. that meeting was made public earlier this month in a "the new york times" report published on july 8th when the "the new york times" first reported on this meeting. they included a statement from donald trump jr. who explained, quote, it was a short introductory meeting. i asked jared and paul to stop by. we talked about the adoption of russian children that were active and popular with american families years ago and since ended with the russian government. it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow-up. i was asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance but was not told the name of the person i would be meeting with before hand. it's been revealed that statement was not accurate. it was much longer than a short introductory and we know that the original stated purpose of the meeting was to pass along dirt on hillary clinton from the ru

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donald jr. is now the first thing trump regrets putting his name on. g to have the name removed. sorry, jr., your new name is 60 riverside drive. ♪ [man coughs] [spooky music] - master. you'll be pleased to know i've done your bidding. so much bidding. the best bidding. - spasibo, donald. comedy central from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah! (cheers and applause). >> trevor: welcome to the daily show, thank you so much, everybody, thank you for tuning in, i'm trevor noah. my guest tonight coming out with her new movie atomic blonde, charlize theron is here, everyone. (applause) kicking ass in her new film. and speaking of white women who kick ass, beyonce. >> outrage growing over mad oom teu sad's shall tussaud statue.

donald trump jr. we discuss a program about the adoption of russian children that was ended by the russian government but it was not a campaign issue at the time and there was no follow up. we learned the meeting was more than an introduction and that trump's inner circle did not go to the meeting expecting to hear more about adoption. donald trump jr. showed the back and forth he had with the person who appears to have set the meetling up. rob goldstone wrote that the russian prosecutor offered to provide official documents and information that would incriminate hillary in her dealings with russia and would be useful to your father. this is high level and sensitive information but it's part of russia and its government support for mr. trump and don junior responded in part if it's what you say, i love it. obviously that is very different from what donald trump jr.'s first pass explaining the meeting. when he issued that statement saying it was a short are introductory meeting. we have breaking news a

it bawas droonald trump jr.'s i to invite manafort to an important meeting. russia clinton private and confidential. the no, times knew about that meeting three weeks ago. last night it was reported that president trump personally dictated the words of donald trump jr.'s first public statement about the meeting he gave to the "new york times" when the times asked him about it. when the news of that meeting was first reported the president's lawyer said that president had nothing to do with donald trump jr.'s statement even though the "new york times" reported that the president was consulted in the drafting of donald trump's statement. today the white house press secretary said the president weighed in. >> he certainly didn't dictate but he, like i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> okay. let's for the moment, put aside whether the president weighed in or dictated every word of the statement and considered this demonstration of the president's failure of neurological executive function when he was speaking in an interview with

it puts new light on donald trump jr hillary clinton.t puts new light on donald trumer is mad behaviour that week, perhaps. this enquiry about alleged russian meddling seems likely to run through donald trump jr is my presidency. i think the biggest takeaway from this, we do not know what robert muller was looking for. we don't know what documents he found. paul manafort‘s people said that they were the same documents that would have been willingly provided. this is evidence of mueller‘s muscle in this investigation. this is something clearly that is going to be going on for quite some time. donald trump jr says this is a witchhunt. is there a lot of sympathy for that view? trump supporters certainly believe that this is which front. they say that this is which front. they say that this is which front. they say that this is an excuse for democratic opponents to find some reason why hillary clinton lost. outside, even conservatives are taking this investigation very seriously and are special counsel with these wide—ranging powers taking t

white house now acknowledges that the president helped write a misleading statement about donald trump, jr.'s june, 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. >> the statement that don, jr. issued is true. there's no inaccuracy in the statement. >> reporter: press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. >> the president weighed in, as any father would based on the limited information that he had. >> reporter: the president's attorney initially denied that mr. trump had anything to do with it last month. >> this was donald trump, jr. and his lawyers. the president was not involved in that. >> reporter: the statement from trump , jr. was drafted last month aboard air force one as the president returned from the g20 summit in germany. it was sent to the new york times which was reporting on the 2016 meeting. it said the meeting was about the adoption of russian children, but trump, jr. later released e-mails which showed he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton to which he replied, "i love it." >> it was such a nothing i literally wouldn't have remembered the meeting. >> re

the president was not involved. >> reporter: the statement from trump, jr. was drafted last month aboard air force one as the president returned from the g20 summit in germany. it was sent to the "new york times" which was reporting on the 2016 meeting. it said the meeting was about the adoption of russian children but trump, jr. later released emails which shows he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton to which he replied, i love it! >> it was such a nothing. i literally wouldn't have remembered the meeting. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law jared kushner and then campaign chairman paul manafort also attended the meeting. >> it doesn't look good. >> reporter: this former federal prosecutor says the president's intervention in writing the statement may get him into potential legal trouble with special counsel robert mueller. >> well, as a prosecutor, if somebody comes to you and tells you x and, in fact, that's not true and then you learn that somebody counseled them to do that, then you're going to look at not only the person that mad

but trump jr.ater released emails which showed he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton, to which he replied, "i love it." >> it was such a nothing. i literally wouldn't have remembered the meeting. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, and then-campaign chairman, paul manafort, also attended the meeting. >> it doesn't look good. >> reporter: bill mateja, who is a former federal prosecutor, says the president's involvement in crafting the statement may raise a red flag for special counsel robert mueller. >> well as a prosecutor, if somebody comes to you and tells you "x," and in fact, that's not true, and then you learn that somebody counseled them to do that, then you're going to look at not only the person that made the false statement, but the person that coached them or instructed them to basically obstruct justice. >> reporter: no response tonight from donald trump jr.'s attorney. in the past, the president has repeatedly denied that his campaign had improper

that grand jury subpoenas have been issued in connection with that june 2016 meeting between donald trump jrpaign chairman paul manafort, jared kushner, the russian lawyers and others. we do not know what or who was subpoenaed. this was according to reuters. according to e-mails released by donald trump jr., he agreed to meet with someone that he believed to be a russian government attorney last summer after receiving an e-mail offering him very high level and sensitive information that would incriminate democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton. and bill, i guess it's good news that intent to collude is not a crime because that seems to be what donald trump jr. would have been guilty of. >> other crimes could have been committed in covering up the meeting or in terms of what was given up over the meeting. i always thought they'd subpoena the e-mails, text messages, contemporaneous subpoena the people to say what happened, and not just the people in the meeting. subpoena donald trump's secretary to say did donald jr. show up to talk to his father? and then they'll put donald jr. under

and don trump jr.'t that donald trump was involved in, having to retell it, how many were there, what did it involve. that should not give anyone involved in this a whole lot of confidence in terms of their ability to just honesty tell what the situation is and be company rated. >> let me ask you, though. there could be other subpoenas issued that we're not aware of at this time. but we know there have been subpoenas issued related to that meeting. so if that's all they have, is that enough? because everyone involved said that meeting actually didn't pan out to be anything like it was advertised to be. >> well, it depends. we're going to have to find out the facts and what happened at that meeting and other meetings as well. there is significant exposure here for collusion or coordination in violation of campaign finance laws. there is exposure if the trump campaign people knew about the hacked e-mail and we're talking about the russians about what to do with it. and most important they're making their

as the trump jr. lding last week, trump spoke to reporters on air force one, and insisted the wall would get done. although it doesn't exactly sound like the wall trump originally promised his supporters. because now, he's saying the wall might literally be see-through. telling reporters last week, "one of the things with the wall is you need transparency. you have to be able to see through it. you have to have openings, because you have to see what's on the other side of the wall. [ light laughter ] as horrible as it sounds when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don't see them, they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff. it's over. [ laughter ] as crazy as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall." so, wait a minute. trump thinks drug dealers are going to walk up to the border wall, with a 60 pound bag of drugs, and then chuck it over to another drug dealer? it's official, donald trump thinks in cartoons. [ laughter ]

a stunning revelation about donald trump jr.'s infamous meeting in 2016 with a russian lawyer. today's reveal, what happened after the meeting was discovered. "the washington post" is reporting president trump dictated the misleading statement about the purpose for the meeting, even though the president's attorney made very clear before that that the president played no role in crafting the response. don't forget, folks, first the line from don trump, donald trump jr., the meeting was about russian adoptions and sanctions. then he released e-mails revealing the motive was to get dirt from the russian government on hillary clinton. the post now reports the president's advisers wants don jr. to admit the true motive from the start for the sake of transparency, but the president overruled them all. we are at the white house with more on this. what is -- is there a white house response to this right now? >> we do not have a statement from the white house on this right now. since the post report came out, they have only referred us to outside council on this matter. look at what the

this starts with the trump tower meeting last summer, that included donald trump jr., trump son-in-law jared kushner, and russian attorney natalia veselnitskaya. flash forward a year. kushner and his wife ivanka trump, at the g20 summit, learned the "new york times" is about to report the story. they huddled to craft a response, and agreed to lean toward transparency. according to the "post," "they wanted to be truthful, so their account couldn't be repudiated later." but the "post" reports that on air force one flying back to the u.s., the president overruled his advisors. the "post" writes that the president "directed that trump jr.'s statement to the 'times' describe the meeting as unimportant and unrelated to the campaign." he wanted the statement to say that quickly was contradicted by trump jr.'s own emails, showing he'd promised damaging campaign material on hillary clinton. the "post" story of the president's role in his son's statement conflicts with what his lawyer said last month. >> i do want to be clear. the president was not involved in the drafting of the statement and d

i want tataking a look back at donald trump jr.after he released the email chain under pressure. >> i just want the truth to get out there and that's part of why i released all the stuff today. they're trying to drag out the story. they want to drip a little bit today. so i was like here it is. i'm more than happy to be transparent and cooperate. >> so this is all of it? >> this is everything. this is everything. >> it wasn't everything. we're still here. weeks later we're talking bouts this and it's not because we want to drip this out. it's because y'all are dripping it out. the idea that this is all just a media conspiracy and we're just doleing it out like starburst fruit chews every now and then. every day we're learning something new and it's only because reporters are digging and getting people to talk. >> a, it's ridiculous. b, i wonder how much the lawyers knew. you have to ask the questioning whether jay -- what he knew when he was saying everything to everybody. >> first of all why go on tv to discuss it when you're unde

it became clear when donald trump jr. showed e-mails that said it was about russian government support for mr. trump. he replied, if it's what you say, i love it. tonight it's a waiting case of conflicting schedules as the white house tries to move beyond the cloud of the russian investigation. but president trump is put back on defense. >> the statement was true and there were no inaccuracies in the statement. i think what the biggest question is, everybody wants to try to make this story about misleading. the only thing i see misleading is a year's worth of stories that fuels off this russian collusion and based on phony scandal and anonymous sources. if we're going to talk about misleading, that's the only thing misleading i see about this entire process. >> reporter: two investigations are under way on capitol hill into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> i don't know what role the president played, if any. here's what i would suggest. that when you put out a misleading statement, it's going t

and a separate report says grand jury subpoenas have already been issued in connection with donald trump jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer. >>> follow the money. cnn learned that the special council's investigation into president trump's potential financial ties to russia may extend to possible crimes unrelated to the 2016 campaign. trump has warned, that's a red line, investigators shouldn't cross. how will he respond? >>> russian intercepts. cnn has also learned that investigators are now looking at intercepted communications from suspected russian operatives, trying to coordinate with trump campaign chairman paul manafort. did they pass on information designed to hurt hillary clinton's campaign? >>> and leaked transcripts. word for word details of president trump's phone calls with the leaders of mexico and australia are obtained by the washington post. what do they say about u.s. officials trusting the president? and is it also a threat to national security? >>> i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> the breaking news this hour, significant

was donald trump jr.'s initial misleading response to his meeting with the russians actually trump sr.'s response? >>> plus -- a lead exclusive. white house officials pumped by an e-mail prankster. do the silly e-mails expose a much bigger security risk that could potentially impact you? good evening, everyone. welcome to this special edition of "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin tonight with breaking news in the politics lead. and just like that, poof, he was gone. anthony scaramucci doing his best kaiser sose impression before he could begin. a weekend change after walking into the west wing. scaramucci was asked today moments after general john kelly was sworn in as white house chief of staff. officially scaramucci offered to resign. but sources tell cnn that general kelly wanted him out and scaramucci was escorted out of the white house. the retired marine general thought scaramucci undisciplined and without credibility after his profanity-laced tirade about since fired chief of staff reince priebus

trump jr. acknowledged he took the meeting because he was promised damaging information on hillary clinton from the russian government. president trump's lawyer already on record denying the president had anything to do with crafting this statement. >> he didn't have anything to do with the statement that don jr. put out that was being worked on with the team? >> no, you talking about yesterday's, chris? >> the one over the weekend that the president's team was helping with -- >> no, that was written by donald trump jr., and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyer. "the new york times" was reporting that the -- >> the "new york times" was reporting that the president ok'd the statement. >> it's incorrect. >> the "new york times" is wrong? >> i know, is that shocking that sometimes they make a mistake? >> the extent of the president's intervention leading to a series of actions trump has take than advisers fear could place him and some members of his inner circle in legal jeopardy. there's conc

on air force one with the help of taxpayer paid white house aides personally worked with donald trump jr. on a misleading statement about a 2016 trump tower meeting with russians. >> if that's true, then that was a bad decision by the president, which will make us ask for questions. when you get caught in a lie about one thing, it makes it hard to just say, let the other stuff go. >> with us to share reporting and insights, jackie kucinich of the daly beast. and bloomberg politics representative and a cnn correspondent. took hours for the foul-mouthed scaramucci to get the boot and general kelly to impose his rules how to get access to the president. those rules we're told apply to everyone including presidential daughter ivanka trump and presidential son-in-law. >>>. if they hold -- if they hold -- people like the social media director can't just walk into the oval office and suggest a tweet storm? that would be a big change. but can kelly change at least tame the president? that's a big question. for the answer, keep an eye on the twitter feed. actually tame since kelly began work yest

for my meeting with donald trump jr has been orchestrated and now this story has proven to be gold for so many. to come and you're watching a day in moscow now eleven in the morning in paris of course and that's where the top story centers this hour in a suburb of the european capital where a car has been driven into a group of soldiers a small about a fifteen local time six of the two seriously. is there at the scene charlotte bring us up to speed i don't know how many twenty twenty one months into the country go and stay. of emergency the terror of. continues yeah now underway for the person who was growing up in that vehicle which was driven into the soldiers here just outside the or just in the mark up of paris school. ok now we understand six soldiers were injured in that incident. seriously injured able to take him to hospital for treatment now this is quite a surprising development in an area like this and it's taken many find surprise the police are describing it as apparently they looking at it as being it deliberate act but the local mayor of this vicinity has gone even furth

whole scandal over my meeting with donald trump jr has been carefully orchestrated and. this story has proven to be gold for so many. in the afternoon here in moscow you with the international start with that nice from france where french counterterrorism prosecutors are now investigating an attack on soldiers near their barracks in the north paris suburbs this morning six troops were injured three of them seriously let's get more details now from depends who's in the force charlotte good afternoon look it's been a few hours hasn't it since this is happened is there been any more information released about who the attack might be here. but what we understand is that the manhunt. it is still under way we did hear a press conference with the mayor of the local area live. and he said that they will c.c.t.v. image there is all they said tack and that there was only one person in the vehicle that hasn't been confirmed by the police but we understand that the person's face or couldn't be seen in that c.c.t.v. imagery but now this attack happened at around eight am local time h

trump jr. and a russian lawyer link to the kremlin. the "washington post" is reporting president trump personally dictated a misleading statement claiming the meeting was only about adoptions. trump jr. later released e-mails showing the meeting was set up to provide dirt on hillary clinton, which was provided from the russian government. >> well, the post says, quote, the strategy that advisers agreed should be for donald trump jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story. they wanted to be truthful so their account couldn't be repudiated later in the full details emerged. but within hours at the president's direction, the plan changed. >> joining us now here in los angeles, cnn's senior reporter for media and former l.a. councilwoman wendy crewel and trump supporter john phillips. welcome to you all. back to the original statement that came out in response to "the new york times." this son july 9th. they're having exactly what that meeting was about. this is a statement that came from

. >> another talk about donald trump jr. linked to a russian attorney last year has changed. >> the attorney said donald trump had nothing to do with the meeting but now something different. >> reporter: new reports tonight from the white house over president trump's hands on role, crafting an explanations of his son's meeting with runner over the 2016 election. >> the president weighed in on my information he could. >> reporter: the white house acknowledging for the first time the president helped write a statement his son donald trump jr., son-in-law jared kushner and paul manafort has with the russians and others in the trump tower. the president dictated that busy leading statement. >> he certainly didn't dictate but he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> reporter: his own lawyer assisted mr. trump didn't write the statement saying the meeting about russian adoption. >> i wasn't involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the president, i'm assuming that was between mr. donald trump jr., b

second meeting in which they're deciding how to cover it up and the president writes a letter for trump jr. those are really important things to focus on. going back to when i was a puppy prosecutor and thought i wanted to work for herbert stern who won these cases against a mayor and others because he followed the money trail. this is a man, trump, money and rep, that's it. getting elected, and those two seem key to this fellow. i think that way they can have information they can prove and demonstrate for the whole public as well as the jury. >> the big pushback we keep hering, mathieu, while premature none of this is a crime. nothing you guys are talking about is a crime. there's no proof there's criminal transactions of a financial nature, even if the president had a heavy hand is drafted an arguably misleading statement about the don trump jr. meeting, not a crime. >> i think one of the developments today is the fact it's now been leaked grand jury subpoenas from been issued from this grand jury, but we still haven't had any evidence leak or any proof of any crimes. i guess i would lik

why her story is being exploited by the mainstream media whole scandal over my meeting with donald trump jr has been carefully orchestrated and blown out this story has proven to be gold for so many. fellow beckons you live from moscow you watching our internationals could have a company this sound our top story french counterterrorism prosecutors are now investigating an attack on soldiers near their barracks in a north paris suburb this morning six troops were injured three of them seriously charlotte dubinsky reports while a manhunt is now underway in paris as security forces and police try to locate the perpetrator behind this attack now what we know is that it happened at eight o'clock this morning six soldiers as they were leaving the barracks which are just behind me were injured in that incident three. we have been seriously injured although we have been told none of them face life threatening injuries they are now being treated in hospital for those injuries now the mayor the local mayor all over this area with this is passe has said that he thinks this attack was deliberate and ac

donald trump, jr. n idiot, yes. yes. ( applause ) yes, keep in mind, keep this in mind, and i mean this, they are defending him. because the alternative to idiot is inmate, and it's hard to argue that point. donald trump, jr. is quickly rising to the ranks of america's most embarrassing donald trumps. ( laughter ) things are so bad, things are so bad, check out this tweet of staffers and white house visitors placing their hands on president trump and praying for him today. ( laughter ) okay, either that, either that or they are playing hands on a soft body. ( laughter ) whoever keeps their hand the longest gets to fire robert mueller. ( laughter ) so with his agenda in tatters, with his white house paralyzed, in turmoil, with his family in disgrace, the president did the right thing, and headed to france tonight. france, and it's understandable, that's his safe space. trump is like jerry lewis over there, in that he seems like an idiot, because this proof of the trump campaign's collusion may have cost

news of it comes on the day that the president's son, donald dru trump, jr., submitted documents on the trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer. it's a lot to uncover, tracy, tell us about both manafort and trump, jr. >> let's start with manafort, what is as significant as what they were looking for and what they may have found is why the raid happened in the first place. but according to our sources they were seeking banking and tax document records on paul manafort's business dealings in ukraine and in cypress and in order to get that, mueller would have had to convince a judge that there was probable cause of a crime having been committed, now, he has been cooperating, manafort has with the investigation. a spokesman said that he is consistently cooperated with law enforcement and other series inquiries and did so on this occasion as well, and it confirmed that mueller is looking at more than just russia's medaling in the election. we now know, that the trump campaign and trump, jr. and manafort have turned over documents to the senate judiciary committee, the committee is expect