donald trump junior said this was everything. he said that on the air on sean hannity's broadcast. speaks for itself. >> the trump campaign we learned this week paid $50,000 to donald trump junior's lawyer. they paid this a day after one of the cnn reporters called to say what can you tell us about this meeting. is that an acknowledgement that the meeting with the russian lawyer that he thought was with the russian government was official campaign business. the fact the trump campaign paid 50 grand to trump junior's attorney? >> i'm not involved in the discussions with the lawyers on who paid what entity and i don't represent donald trump junior. in a situation like this, this is not an unusual situation where the individual that's being questioned or subject to questioning, donald trump junior, retains counsel. involved in an incident that involved an e-mail campaign and when he was working, doing work for the campaign. that is not an unusual scenario or set up at all. i don't know the final determination of who is paying what bills to whom. i think that's still in process. >> i th

the new york times revealed the emails yesterday as donald trump junior also did. eir headlining mills disclosed -- headline -- emails disclosed trump's son glee at russian offer." levels obviously a high of sensitive information, but part of russia and government support for mr. trump. also from donald trump junior saying "if what you say -- if it is what you say, i love it." part of the story from the new , the cml assented donald trump junior and could have hardly been more exquisite. one of his father's former russian business partners had been contacted by a senior russian government official who was offering to provide the trump campaign with dirt on hillary clinton. the documents would "incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father," read the email. "this isded in that obviously very high level and since information but is part of russia and its governments support for mr. prop -- mr. trump." president's eldest son was surprised or disturbed by the provenance of the promised material, he gave no indication. he replie

a deputy spokesperson, sarah huckabee sanders, saying donald trump junior is a "high-quality person,but i've spoken with several lawmakers who are pressing for more answers, particularly on the eve of the testimony before the senate judiciary committee tomorrow, and president trump's announcement to be fbi director. senator john cornyn, a republican from texas, said donald trump junior should in fact testified before the committee. i also just interviewed house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows who says he hopes the special prosecutor robert mueller will be able to get to the bottom of this. i apologize, special counsel robert mueller, will get to the bottom of this. senator marco rubio says the investigators do need to look into these new emails. emily: so what are the next steps, and how does this affect the special investigation? reporter: i can tell you that there will be poignant questions at the hearing tomorrow on this two christopher wray, particularly how he plans to take up the ongoing investigation into whether there was any kind of relationship with the russians and th

i want to bring up this quote from the email from robin goldstone to donald trump junior. s obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it is part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump. is trying to set up a meeting with a gremlin associated lawyer. kremlin associated lawyer. is that more than just good wishes from the russians? sure, we have clear evidence that the trump campaign knew as early as june that the russian government was trying to interfere in the election. the question is did the president know, when did the president know this information? june 9.knew on his son-in-law probably knew on june 9. jerodot clear how much kushner knew before he went into this meeting. we are trying to sort that out right now. he became part of the administration. vonnie: is there a defense for donald trump junior here? he brought jerod kushner and the campaign manager into that meeting. now, has he he knew committed a crime? metaphor --and metaphor have a lot to worry about? alex: i think it's very unclear whether there is anything here that was illegal.

both donald trump junior and paul manafort, the president's former campaign manager have been invitedstify in a public hearing next week before the senate judiciary committee. they have not yet confirmed if they will appear. trump facing criticism from some republicans for not doing more to help the gop solve its number one problem right now. how to repeal obamacare. >> well, i'm always glad to meet with the president. i think he needs to get more engaged. >> get more engaged. >> today the president did meet with republican senators on health care, but just a day ago he suggested that the out come of the fight wasn't his problem. >> we're not going to own it. i'm not going to done own it. we'll let obamacare fail and the democrats will come to us and say how do we fix it? how do we fix it? >> not me. the president refusing to own the issue he promised he would fix easily. then this morning appearing to distance himself from his own party tweeting, quote, they must keep their promise to america. the republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is. note the use of pronouns.

meanwhile who is the woman at the center of the meeting with donald trump junior? t a lot of people are asking. this meeting took place during the campaign at trump tower, and so far we know natalia veselnitskaya is a russian lawyer who apparently had enough clout to land a meeting with some of the top players on the trump campaign. but who is she? we're joined by ivan watson. the kremlin is denying knowing her and saying the kremlin was not aware of this meeting. what do we know about her? >> reporter: that's right. the kremlin has distanced itself from natalia veselnitskaya saying they do not know who she is and they should not be expected to keep track of every russian lawyer who travels abroad or to the u.s. as for veselnitskaya, we reached out and have been in communication with her. she has not agreed to an interview. she did give a statement to the new york times. he does not represent the russian government and she also insisted she did not discuss the presidential campaign during her meeting with donald trump junior in june of 2016. what we do know is there

"the new york times" breaking this hour that donald trump junior met with a russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on hillary clinton. this is the first public indication that at least some in the trump campaign were willing to accept russian help. donald trump junior has provided cnn with the following statement. quote, i was asked to have a meeting by an acquaintance i knew from the 2013 miss universe pageant with an individual who i was told might have information helpful to the campaign. i was not told her name prior to the meeting. i asked jared and paul to attend. jared kushner and paul manafort and told them nothing of the substance. we had a meeting in june 2016 and after pleasantries were exchanged the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to russia were funding the democratic national committee and supporting miss clinton. her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. no details or supporting information was provided or even offered. it quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information, she then changed subjects

what do you make of all the developments from donald trump junior's emails? the first time the public has seen clear evidence that there was an attempt to offer information to the trump campaign by clearly an organized effort by the russian government. the fact that this is one more example of senior officials from the trump campaign or trump organization who continued to deny these contacts with russians until evidence comes out, then they have to recant. reporter: senator, what is next? is this collusion -- what are the next steps in the process? >> other members can jump to conclusions. my job is to keep the investigation going in a bipartisan fashion. this is a very significant development. we are just starting on our committee on the senate intelligence committee, to start to talk to the people affiliated with the trump campaign, the individuals who were in the meeting with donald trump junior. we will want to talk to all of them. reporter: are you going to speak with him? >> absolutely. reporter: what will you ask him? >> why was he so excited, and why

mr trump junior says if it's what you say i love it. the meeting was set up by the british publicist rope goldston. much was promised but the russian lawyer today denied any links with the kremlin. he was last one of those at the meeting thought she was going to deliver information on hillary clinton. boyd yeah it's quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information they wanted so badly. don't. but the reaction from politicians today shows that these drip drip revelations are proving damaging to the trumpet ministration. it's serious and this is a serious situation and one. that is a long way from ove. it doesn't appear that when they had information that this person might be. connect with the russian government or russian national that they didn't immediately call the fbi. this is very problematic. and we cannot allow foreign governments to reach out to anybody's campaign say we'd like to help you that is a non starter. so what is president trump make of it all. well today he said that his son was a high quality person an

trump junior is not a government employee. and so he has no forms to fill out and therefore he has no underlying obligation to be truthful. however, of course, in the end there will be an evaluation made as to whether or not this conduct this meeting in particular, amounted to a conspiracy to violate the federal election laws. it is illegal to solicit a foreign national to make a contribution. and it doesn't even have to be accepted, this solicitation doesn't have to be accepted to be a violation of this statute. and so trump junior and kushner in respect of this, could well be on the brink of being chargeable for conspiring to violate these laws. we have facts that we still need to gather, but that's the cusp on which they sit. >> and perhaps largely, that's why we're hearing from one citizen and not the other government employee thus far, about what really happened here. julian, you called this revelation about the meeting and the emails the most damaging yet. that was before we learned about the other people in the room. so

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i'll a new was that donald trump junior was willing to meet with was that donald trump junior was willing to meet with me. leftood up, and he soon the room after the meeting. jared kushner never came back, by the way. the other man at the meeting was always looking at his phone. he was reading something, and he active role in the conversation. that was mr. paul manafort. >> they were under the impression that you would be sharing information with them about the dnc. how did they get that information? >> it is possible that they were looking for that information. they were looking for it so badly. >> this morning, she denied being part of a russian government effort to influence president trump's election. you have any connection to the russian government? >> no. nbc news providing that link. you can find it on their twitter page. line inon the democrats west virginia. go ahead. caller: good morning. i just want to tell you that i think gop stands for good old people. fact checkers say that 91% of the things that donald trump says is not true. i do not understand why everyone is so intent

there is no suggestion that at the time donald trump junior knew -- >> really? you would advise -- >> finish, matt. go ahead. then i'll go to jennifer. >> i've run for public office twice, and you certainly want to have any advantage, any legal advantage you can. and one of the main advantages is to know what your opponent is either -- i mean, all sorts of things that could be happening. hillary clinton, there was so much smoke around here. >> but what if it's the russian national providing it. does that create a red flag? >> i guarantee you after that meeting after donald trump junior realized who that person was, that probably had a dramatic impact into how he felt about that meeting. >> you buy he didn't know at all this person was connected to a russian national given that his contact was from the 2013 miss universe pageant who set it up? >> we have no information right now that would suggest that he knew who this individual was or who the three were going to meet with. they must have been sold the fact that there was good information they needed to hear, an

donald trump junior, they don't know anything about this game.if it is real information that is verifiable who is not going to get that information? real information, who cares about it. heather: democrats did with ukraine saying they had information. rob: if the information is real, the source matters that much. heather: it should matter and everyone should be aware of it. rob: it is still real information. heather: what do you think? rob: we will ask you guys out there, are they creating a double standards, democrats, some in the media, attacks on donald trump junior, there is a story here, what do you think? heather: the lobbying. it runs rampant through washington dc and if people look into that, countries that lobby political leaders to get them on the side is amazing. rob: a dirty dirty game. a challenge, donald trump's reinstated travel ban, being left up to the supreme court, the federal judge to change the scope, the supreme court expected to hear arguments this fall, it respects people from the list of this country's from coming to the

finally, i would like to say a few words about donald trump junior. that e-mails are at the end of the idea pushed by the administration and the president that there is no evidence of intent to coordinate or collude. it's now incumbent on the special prosecutor, the senate intelligence and the judiciary committees to continue their investigations. we need to donald trump junior and other associates to turn over any and all documents and the electronic communications that investigators ask for and we need public testimony under oath of donald trump junior who has changed his story repeatedly. third, the house right now needs to pass the tough, strong sanctions bill that the senate to send them on a bipartisan vote. between these revelations and be president horrendous handling of mr. putin it is clear that congress needs to step in and sanction russia and be a roadblock to lifting the sanctions because the president will not be tough with mr. putin as he should be. they come up with excuses to move forward on the bill and at the same time we know that

donald trump junior was told in he would receive damaging information about hillary clinton at a meeting with a kremlin connected lawyer from russia. the email says the russian government was trying to help the trump election bid. latest us now with the is the chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli. marty, let me come to you first read is it obvious it any crime has been committed? .arty: not yet everybody is trying to figure out what the legal definition of collusion is. you're not allowed to take anything of value from a foreign government. we are trying to parse this email and figure out what the legal liability is. mr. trump'sod for son. i wanted to read one portion of the email. they said there was going to be help from russia. this is high level information. marty, that's more than we were expecting. that's pretty blatant. support may not be interference, it's more than just good wishes. email,later in that there is an even more damning quote where he says if you have what you say, love it. only he wass not anticipating some useful information, he was already strategizing how

trump junior responded, "if it's what your say, i love it, especially later in the summer."hat has democrats like senator tim kaine using words like perjury and perhaps even treason. even some republican senators like lindsey graham are calling that email exchange very disturbing. donald trump junior says that he simply viewed that meeting as a routine opposition research and that his father knew nothing about it. listen. >> do you tell your father anything about this? >> it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through this stuff. it was literally just a way to 20 minutes, which was a shame. >> now, there are bipartisan calls for donald trump junior to appear on capitol hill and testify under oath and tonight, he has agreed to cooperate. eric, kat, eboni. any questions? >> eboni: my question is around the tim kaine statements around perjury or at the question of it. to your understanding, is that a result of the denial that initially donald trump, jr., gave around his meetings with the russians officials?

if donald trump junior were to be trump junior testify?ed he would have to appear in front of the judiciary review and that would be very significant because he would need the highest member of resident from's in a circle to testify with regards to the russia investigation. it is unclear whether will —— when that will happen and whether it will be in public and also whether or not he chooses to invoke the fifth amendment, which allows him to not a nswer amendment, which allows him to not answer questions. remember there are multiple congressional investigations into the trump campaign's ties to russia and so the intelligence committee also wants to speak to everybody involved in that 110w speak to everybody involved in that now very controversial meeting between donald trump junior and now very controversial meeting between donald trumpjunior and the campaign manager and the russian lawyer, the top democrat mark warner has said this is all very disturbing and wants to know why it has taken so and wants to know why it has taken so long for

and donald trump junior said he disclosed several aboabout the .om our perspective, my answer stands. the president was not engaged in this or aware of it. >> let's bring in bruce levell, hello to you. i want to talk about how bill flores is suggesting what are distractions from his agenda. >> i think it would be in the president's best interest to remove all of the children from the white house. not only donald trump but ivanka and jared kushner. i wish that he would do that so the white house can use professionals. >> i think it is healthy to have a family support structure around him. morally, and i don't see any conflict of interest whatsoever. i think it is an unfair statement. what happened to the time that we, as americans and parts of some media did not attack the president's children. there has to be a level of restoring that et quit iquette coming after children. >> it's different, bruce, they're actors in the campaign. they have clearances, they're working for the government. i talk with them all of the time about things and you don't se

kind of raised a lot of >> as we talk about president trump, a lot of attention paid to donald trump junior're getting more information about that meeting that was held and now we're hearing maybe there's another person in the mix? >> right. so it was just announced today, that an ex-soviet counter intelligence officer was also in the room and he was there on in insistans of the russian attorney >> which is the adoption, they stopped the adoption because of the magnetski act was passed in the u.s. >> exactly so the ex-soviet, they're wandering if he has tying to the russian government he said he wasn't, but fact that donald trump junior never said he was in the room, especially since on hand dethe other night, he said that's all the in out from this meeting. and we learn about this today, that's not the best situation for him >> we'll be continuing to follow that. that's not going away, healthcare is not going away. >> what a week on twitter. bail, that's every week. trump family has been under fierce criticism after it was revealed that president trump's eldest son done junior eagerly met

legally it's impossible for trump junior to be guilty of collusion. that's a political term it isn't in the criminal code but conspiracy kids and that's what robert muller is looking for. written proof that the trump campaign was or was not working with the russians. that director miller. for more on the story we can bring in arak listen in washington he's an attorney and a former u. s. state and federal prosecutor thank you very much for joining us on the program this evening. now yesterday donald trump and junior posted a four page email chain to twitter how much of a big deal is this email chain really. this is a huge deal it's impossible to overstate it it that the a lot has been made of it. and it's still not overstating it because this gives the lie to. everything the trump administration and the president himself have said as their primary. lines of defense in the in the whole rush investigation which is that he simply and specifically had no contacts with any russian intermediaries or anybody that he thought. was a russian intermediary in here

24." ♪ sonrance -- trump's eldest insists his father knew nothing .bout a meeting he had donald trump juniorismissed allegations of collusion and described the meeting as nothing. trump's interview came hours after he released an email chain in which he wrote he would love to receive compromising information about clinton. a day after a prime minister announced a victory in the battle for most of, smoke continues to build. iraqinth division of the army pounced on the group. sustained airstrikes and machine gun fire shakes the city for hours. the commander of the battalion, aware the fight is supposed to be over by now, down laid the significance -- downplayed the significance. >> of militants try to come out and attack the iraqi army. we are here to counter these attacks with live weapons. that is our job. set to control only a few hundred square meters. iraqi forces advance slowly, house white house, often engaged in close quarter combat. >> how many fighters there are is unclear. there are varying estimates between a few dozen to a few hundred. there is a figure of 1000, but that is likely

......donald trump junior/president trump's son"in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently."the president's son says he agreed to the sit-down with...natalia veselnitskaya because he thought she had dirt on hillary clinton.donald trump junior/president trump's son "for me, this was opposition research. they had something that may be concrete evidence to all the stories i'd been hearing about, but were probably under-reported for, you know, years; not just during the campaign. so i think i wanted to hear it out." trump junior appearing on fox, said veselnitskaya didn't have anything significant on clinton and that the meeting ended in less than 30 minutes. rep. adam schiff/d-california "what i find really revealing even about the trump organization's own self-serving explanations is they admit being disappointed in what they got at the meeting. they were hoping for more goods."trump maintains he did nothing wrong and his lawyer said this is "much ado about nothing."special counsel robert mueller plans to look into the email exchange, according to a u.s. official

donald trump junior, his washington related to donald trump. donald trumpjunior, his son, has admitted to meeting a russian lawyer after she promised him damaging material about hillary clinton. it happened during the 2016 election campaign. this is the original story in the new york times. at the time, donald trump junior confirmed he in the new york times. at the time, donald trumpjunior confirmed he had met with this woman but claimed the campaign was not discussed. a day later he changed his story and admitted that they had met under their belief that information about hillary clinton would be shared. donald trump junior says that no information was offered and it quickly became clear she had no meaningful information. the president's son—in—law was also at that meeting. we just got this update. donald trump junior that meeting. we just got this update. donald trumpjunior has hired in new york lawyer to represent him in connection with those russian related investigations. we can get more on this from washington. we just had an offer from d

under fire and firing back, that was donald trump junior defending himself from accusations of collusionrussia. president trump said he didn't know about his son's meeting with that russian lawyer until recently. critics aren't convinced >> as you can see it's 6:30 and on the rundown it's one of the biggest stories we're talking about at 6:30. tweet us what's on your mind with the #5at630 >>> watching two big story, christopher wray grilled by the senate judiciary committee. he was nominated by the president to lead the fbi. he was a hi ranking official in george w bush justice department and later represented new jersey governor constitutes yes, it is in bridgegate >> we're following the latest developments in the russia investigation. donald trump junior spoke to fox and wanted to clear the air over the controversy surrounding that meeting last summer with the russian lawyer. >> in retrospect i would have done things differently. again this is before the russia mania, this was opposition research they had something, you know, maybe a concrete evidence to all the stories i had been hear

a donald trump a junior releasing correspondences with a -- whether the trump campaign colluded with a russian officials. enough tod but still remind that the market hasn't gone completely deaf to politics. we will discuss this with dan arbess. why the decline in revenue at the five biggest firms is showing up at the dating apps and golf courses. julia? thea: we began with investigations into possible collusion with the trump junior releasing a string of him else with a russian lawyer that she has potentially damaging information on hillary clinton. lindsey graham and mark warner have to say on the subject here a. >> any time you get an offer for information from a foreign -- the answer is no. i don't know what mr. trump --ior viewpoints are whites is clear black and evidence of that there was a -- at least based on the mail -- a russian government effort that the trump campaign welcomed to try to discredit hillary clinton. >> joining us now is our white house correspondent. shannon, thank you for joining us. if feels like a bombshell here, obviously the reactions are pretty stringen

earlier today, donald trump junior released an email exchange he had last summer with an english publicistwith a russian lawyer named natalia veselnitskaya. she claimed she had incriminating informationfo abot hillary clinton and her dealings with russia. he took the day and met with veselnitskaya and complained later that she had nothing interesting to say during the

trump junior said he is willing to fully cooperate.oes that mean talking to robert mueller, for testifying before the senate intelligence committee? >> it could mean both of those things. that is why he had to hire a lawyer. if it becomes an essential part of the special counsel investigation, you would think he would meet with mueller and his team. though we know the senate intelligence committee investigation is looking into russia's attempts to meddle with the investigation, this seems to fall into the middle of that. you some members of the ,ommittee today suggest, "aha you have all been exposed to something we may or may not have been aware of, and we want to look into this more." it is important to point out that as quickly as these stories surface, donald trump junior said, i am happy to talk to investigators to clear the air. that undoubtedly will happen. whether it happens in public or behind closed doors, of an washington or in new york, all of that is left to the high-priced attorneys hae has ti hired. host: shannon, jared k

trump junior responds if it's what you say i love it. seems to indicate that donald trump's son knew that russia was trying to help the candidate win and may have taken part, the leading democrat on the house intelligence committee is adam shift. >> it's the first time publically you see potential evidence that inner circle of the trump family of the trump campaign having direct contacts with the russians. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham acknowledged this could be a problem. >> you are offered assistance from a foreign government in your campaign the only answer is no so i'm not going to condemn the guy on the e-mail but this is something that is the most problematic thing i have seen thus far. >> reporter: tonight speaking to shawn hannity trump junior said in retrospect he would have done things differently and many democrats are calling in the first smoking gun in the trump russia probe. >>> on healthcare mitch mcconnell will unveil a revised version of his healthcare bill on thursday and apparently retain the obama tax

he is the one who is having this email exchange with donald trump junior.h, the question has been out there since james comey was fired, since robert mueller was appointed special counsel, about whether or not the trim campaign and fact did collude with russi russia. do you believe that this raises any suspicion, whatsoever, i'm not this is evidence, the collusion to take place? so far, the fbi has been unable to provide any actual evidence. do you believe this does raise some suspicion of possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia? >> there's an awful lot of critics are going to jump to conclusions that this is a smoking gun. the reality is, as far as amending its own, absolutely nothing came out of this. if you're looking for collusion, there's nothing there. the problem at this poses for the trump administration and donald trump, jr., is that there was intense. he was willing to entertain the conversation and thus the piece of this puzzle that robert mueller has to get to the bottom of and figure out when they not anybody did actually collu

his new e-mails are the clearest proof yet that trump junior understood the meeting was intended to get dirt on hillary clinton from the russian government. at least that's what was promised. the president again trying to call investigations into russian meddling a witch hunt. let's begin with cnn's jason carroll live at the white house. never a dull moment there, jason. >> reporter: never at all. other than tweeting the president has been keeping a low profile. this is the third consecutive day he's not had a public event on his schedule ahead of leaving for the trip for paris later on this evening. this controversy is really not only overshadowed the white house, but overshadowed the president's agenda as he prepares for this next overseas visit. >> in retrospect i would have done things differently. for me this was opposition research. >> reporter: donald trump jr. confronting the controversy that has his father's administration in full crisis mode. multiple outlets describing the president's growing exacerbation with the russian revelations and suspicions and finger-pointing with hi

brent: donald trump junior said that he posted the emails. he did it to be transparent. is this a move that is working in president trump's favor? >> president trump issued a statement saying that his son was a high-quality person and i applaud his transparency, that is what the president said, the problem is that according to the new york times, they were going to publish the content of the emails anyway. they asked donald trump junior to comment on that, instead, he just published those emails himself. while some or many trump supporters still defend the president and his family, there are a lot of congressmen who are very upset and critical and even outraged by those emails. but have a listen. >> the investigation -- it could potentially be treason. >> i don't know all of the details, i said a long time ago, it is serious. this is a serious situation. >> it is really significant that it doesn't appear that when they had information that this person might be connected with the russian government -- they didn't immediately call the fbi. >> on its face, this is problemati

donald trump junior said he didn't meet with russians, but he did. ome point that's relevant because donald trump is the president of the united states and everybody around him appears to be lying about why they're meeting with russians. what's to hide? >> i think you're jumping to assumptions there that may not be accurate. mr. sessions was in a hotel with the ambassador, and it's reasonable, frankly, for members of the senate to have discussions with him. but nonetheless, does this really relate, is it a material fact regarding any collusion with russia regarding the campaign? i think it's all speculative. i think it's maybe good for 24 hour news media, but what material effect has it really had? that's really what makes the difference. >> all right. let's talk about health care, because we're hearing there may be another healthcare bill tomorrow from the senate. at some point what are you and your colleagues talking about with this healthcare bill? are we going to keep on trying until we get something? are republicans really going to try and stick

sesame place go before they grow. >>> good morning ahead latest on donald trump junior e-mails we will the member of the president trump's legal team and ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee adam shift and one of the new york times journalist who first broke the story we will see you at 7:00 on the dot. >>> here's three to go. >> search continues for four young men in bucks county crew s focusing on the specific property in solebury township that property owned by a man identified as person of interest. >> man prosecutors called master mind of the bridge gate is being sentenced to day former port authority official david wildstein faces 27 months in prison. >>> donald trump junior says he will testify under oath and if asked to do so after confirming a controversial 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer she promised damaging information on hillary clinton >> that is three to go. >> jim, i love my high school prendie. >> many times. >> well, it is a happy day for panda lovers all around the world. >> because tv stations all over world spotlighting a birthday party for twi

we should note it was not just donald trump junior at this meeting. it was also jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and

eyewitness news". >>> now latest on the bomb shell admission from president trump's oldest son donald trump junior. tonight there are new questions about whether or not the trump campaign includedded with russia to win the election. >> hi, don how are you. >> reporter: in an attempt to clear his name donald trump junior released an e-mail chain that initiated his meeting with an attorney, a russian lawyer with possible ties to the kremlin and e-mail exchanged between donald trump junior and music publicist rob goldstone says that the lawyer had information from the russian government, that would be damaging to hillary clinton donald trump junior said fit is what you say i love it especially later in the summer one of the e-mails revealed meeting was part of the russian government support to aid his father's candidacy. >> it was part of the russian effort to help trump discredit clinton. >> reporter: russian lawyer met with donald trump junior, president's son in law jared kushner and campaign charity man paul manafort but in an interview with nbc she denied ever having any information on clinton.

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news of the meeting between donald trump, junior and a russian national first reported by "the new york times" raising new questions about the connectiontion between the trump campaign and russian officials going to the heart of the question over the federal investigation, whether or not there was collusion. there's also a focus as well. donald trump junior's changing explanation about why this meeting happened in the first place. "the new york times" reporting that donald trump, junior, was plom missed damaging information about hillary clinton before agreeing to meet with a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin at trump tower on june 9th, two weeks before his father became the republican nominee. trump, junior, admitting in a statement that potentially helpful information was a pretext for the meeting but insisting that nothing meaningful was provided, noting the woman stated she had information that individuals connected to russia were funding the democratic national committee and supporting ms. clinton. her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. the president's son in

. >> reporter: they are intrigued about the details of this meeting between donald trump junior and a russian attorney and lobbyist at trump power last june. they want to dig deeper. she talked about wanting to hear them testify before the senate intelligence committee. here's more. >> i would like to hear from all these individuals whether we'll be able to get the russian nationals to come over and testify is an open question. those people that are committee has jurisdiction over, the americans. i sure as heck want to talk to all of them. >> we need to get to the bottom of this but the only way we're going to do it is just not talk to donald trump junior who has offered to cooperate for which i give him credit but to everyone who is at that meeting and who was involved in setting up that meeting. that maybe difficult in the case of the russian nationals but we certainly ought to try. >> reporter: heard from senator mark warner there as well. the white house is trying to do everything it can to keep the focus away from the russia investigation. they have announced a series of three th

today, both democrat and republican senators called for donald trump junior to testify before them asestify before them as part of their ongoing enquiry into the donald trump campaign and alleged links to russia. if it is true, david, donald trumpjuniortwo of that meeting with that knowledge, that could be significant legally, couldn't it? —— took. that could be significant legally, couldn't it? -- took. yes. donald trump junior said the meeting couldn't it? -- took. yes. donald trumpjunior said the meeting itself came to nothing, and also made the point on twitter that it was not unusualfor point on twitter that it was not unusual for members of an election campaign to seek information about their opponents. that, of course, is true. what makes all of this slightly unusual, to put it mildly, is that in this particular case, that information appeared to have been given by a representative of a foreign government, and in this case, a foreign government not friendly towards the united states. there is clearly more to be said on this. david, or the there is clearly more to be said on thi

people who did not win in this meeting are donald trump junior, paul manafort, jared kushner. one of them, senator ben sass says he is a republican, never been a super big trump supporter, but he said it should be americans deciding american elections. so they will still be a cloud, still an issue, and now it sounds like there will be a public or some form of hearing from these people close to president trump in the not too distance future. if chuck grassley gets his way. someone asked will you have to subpoena them, and he said i'm going to get them, it won't come to that. >> kelly o'donnell in that white house press briefing room. the president tweeted this morning, let me read it to you my son donald did a good job last night. he was open, transparent, are and innocent. this is the greatest witch hunt in political history, sad. kelly, christopher ray said he does not believe this is a witch hunt. >> that really undercuts one of the president's frequent criticisms. so the selection of the president to be the next fbi director, certainly has taken away that as one of the tools

donald trump junior has lost a lot of credibility, just on this point. >> thank you so much brian.he drama over the russian meddling issue will continue. >>> thank you, guys, the ooze city council voted unanimously to cut ties between the police department and the federal immigration and customs immigration enforcement agency, or ice, under the current presidential administration, ice is going after undocumented individuals, oakland said it's in conflict of oakland as a sang ri city. >>> up next, fed chair janet yellen may have had her last press conference, the four on two continues >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break . >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. >>> the chair of the federal reserve chair, janet yellen said the fed will likely keep increasing interest rates at a gradual pace. she said rising wealth should fuel economic growth over the next few years. >> the labor market has continued to strengthen. job gains have gone up this year, down absolutely from the average in 2016 an

was trump junior duped?taking the meeting he exposed himself, he exposed manafort and kushner to russian leverage. the meeting should never have taken place. the americans involved might not have known that, but the russians surely did. was the real purpose to document evidence of wrongful conduct and then put it in a file on each of these three americans? the russians are known for this aggressive use of compromising information, which they call kompromat. i've got the perfect guess to ask about my theory. keith darden is an american university political scientist, who is writing a book on co kompromat. if i outlined that this in and of it is is the kompromat. >> that's the standard mode of operation for the kgb. if they had material on someone that incriminated them or was morally compromising, something that would embarrass them publicly. they held that information until the time when it was perhaps useful to employ the person who was the object of that information in a what i that would suit the kgb. and

new york times, which broke the story of this meeting on sunday, is now reporting that donald trump junior was to receive about hillary clinton from this russian lawyer was all part of a russian government attempt to basically assist the donald trump candidacy. it has been seen by three people and information was passed on to the new york times. that report is unconfirmed at this time. the e—mail is said to have come from a man called rob goldsten. it was he who brokered the meeting between donald trump junior and the russian lawyer, according to the new york times, a former publicist and tabloid journalist. it is clear this e—mail would be of interest to congressional investigators. today, both democrat and republican senators called for donald trumpjunior to testify before them as part of their ongoing enquiry into the donald trump campaign and alleged links to russia. is london is a global family—planning summit, experts are warning that the choice must be now to address the issue of hiv and aids. you and i slept together without condom is. this is one of the great success condom is. th

donald trump, junior, himself.ey cohan with our partners at c-n-n on what those emails contain. donald trump, junior -- taking to twitter -- releasing the email chain that led up to a meeting last june with a russian lawyer, who he was told had compromising information about his father's campaign rival - hillary clinton. the chain shows that prior to the meeting, he was told the information was -- quote -- "part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump."the emails -- adding to mounting controversy about possible ties between the trump campaign, and russia sen. lindsey graham/ -r- south carolina: any time you're in a campaign and you get offer from foreign government the answer is 'no.' trump junior's release of the emails -- came moments before they were published by the new york times.the times first reported the existence of trump, junior's communications with rob goldstone -- a music publicist who entered the trump orbit via the miss universe pageant in russia in 20-13.goldstone brokered the meeting

base singer family tries to trump's businesses and the new york times reports goldsstone told trump junior in a e-mail ahead of the meeting the russian government was behind the information on clinton. there are the three men from the campaign jared kushner, man forwards, says it point to possible clues between the trump campaign and rush a trump, jr. has hired a lawyer, and this morning he sent out series every tweets which included the actual e-mail threads with the communication, with goldstone, setting up this meeting, and a lot of people are saying did he do himself any favors by putting out there? >> right t seemed to, we've heard from some democrat, this is that smoking gun in there. line tat talks about, hey, you know, seeking information, on hillary clinton. >> well, spelled out to your meeting with the russian government lawyer flying in from moscow. >> right. >> so that said, there is a lot of information out there. than is one of those things, where you still got to sit back, wait and seep, let the facts fall where they may. again now that trump junior is layered up, see where

he nothing wrong. >> i wanted to hear it out but really it went in where. >> reporter: donald trump junior appearing on "fox news" insisting his meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower last year during the election was quote a wasted 20 minutes. a meeting set up because she promised dirt on hillary rodham clinton. >> in retrospect i probably would have done things differently. this is before russia mania. before they were building it up in the press. for me this was opposition research. >> reporter: on twitter trump junior released entire e-mail chain leading up to the meeting, in the initial message music publicist rob goldstone informed him that a russian official had very high level and sensitive information about clinton, but part of the russia and its government support for mr. trump. so to which don junior replied if it is what you say i love it. dialogue that is raising concern on both side of the aisle. >> this is most problematic matter thing i have seen thus far. >> this is moving in perjury, false statements and potentially treason. >> reporter: president released a state

not the for the donald trump junior first mentioned in one of them was a russian-american lobbyist. kevin is live from new jersey near the trump national golf course where the president is attending the u.s. women's open. >> you are right about that. more about the president's annual day of golf in a bit. officials say he knows exactly what he's doing and using twitter as much as he does on a sunday morning. he's trying to drive the conversation. in particular is trying to argue the hypocrisy in the media coverage of this russia story as it relates to don junior and the meeting with the russian lawyer and other coverage of other campaigns that may have had dealings with foreign agents. let me share part of what he was tweeting this morning. he was in rare form and sometimes we talk about this every sunday morning he's out there on twitter. hillary clinton he wrote can illegally get the questions to the debate and delete 33000 e-mails, but my son don is being scorned by the fake news media? the questions remain however about what don junior hope to achieve by taking the meeting with t