jared kushner's father did that. jared kushner's father went to prison for it. jared kushner's father pled guilty in federal court to making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasions, and witness tampering. the witness he tampered with was his brother in law. here is what jared kushner's father did to his brother-in-law because his brother was cooperating with federal investigators. jared kushner's father hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law. he arranged to record the encounter between the two. then he had that video sent to his brother-in-law's wife, sent to his sister. jared kushner's father sent that video to his sister. who would do that? jared kushner's father would do it and did do it. jared kushner knows what federal prison is like because he was a constant visitor to his father in federal prison after his father did that and was convicted of doing that in federal court. what do the kushner men do when they're in legal trouble? who won't they betray when desperately trying to save themselves from legal trouble? that is the question tonight i

wave from jared kushner. pointed out, which we hadn't known before, which is fascinating, is that the kushner team has no problem with the transcript being made public to this entire process. >> and it's up to senate committee's preferences whether or not he will go under oath for the interview but is willing to go under oath and give sworn testimony. >> again, we wanted to see, just in case, in the rare instance we would hear some of the first words ever from the senior adviser to the president, jared kushner, who almost never speaks in public or in a way that the press can hear him. now he is going to speak behind closed doors to the senate investigators, staffers from the senate intelligence committee. >> right. we should be learning more about that in a while. much more ahead. stay with us. (vo) dogs have evolved, but their nutritional needs remain instinctual. that's why there's purina one true instinct. nutrient-dense, protein-rich, real meat number one. this is a different breed of nutrition. purina on

kushner. now, we told you here already that we know about these e-mails because jared kushner's lawyers found them. that's how we know about them. the first people to read these e-mails after they were sent last year -- the first people to read them this year were jared kushner's lawyers. consider this package in "the new york times." mr. kushner supplemented the list of foreign contacts three times, adding more than 100 names, people close to him said. so people close to jared kushner are telling "the new york times" about jared kushner updating his security clearance application. team kushner is obviously an invaluable set of sources for "the new york times." but people in the white house presumably on team trump continue in the giant battle of the secret sources with "the new york times" to try to make the president look better than jared kushner. here's how "the new york times" describes what jared kushner told his father-in-law about his meeting with natalia veselnitskaya. mr. kushner pla

jared kushner wanted to pushback. what do you make of the timing of anthony scaramucci previous to the weekend and him behind closed doors? now you have the president who has a team that is going to fight. scaramucci is not going to be a wallflower in the back of the room. >> steve: it will be interesting to watch her play out, because on the one hand to hurt him in the press conference and over the weekend that he wants to de-escalate and doing things like opening -- >> harris: you mean with the media? i mean the investigation and everything else. >> steve: yes, i mean, if they want to fight, you will have to -- if you are advising the white house coming you hope that they have grounds to fight on. one of the problems with her posture over the past six months, every inclination is there to fight, and to be new revelation. >> kennedy: here's what i will say about anthony scaramucci, he is very analytical. he has a good grasp on how things really work and how things need to work differently. he is probably if not the b

jared kushner walked by.o the legal team and looking into allegations to collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> before walking into this private, behind closed doors meeting, he released a statement, a long, 11-page statement. part of it read, i am not a person who likes the spotlight. it is true. let's talk to people who covered him extensively. david, works as a political reporter when jared kushner rand the reporter. and writer for vanity fair that covers all things ivanka and jared. in a piece you wrote about them, they have perfect timing when it comes to avoiding the heat when the spotlight gets too bright. he can't escape it. he came out all smiles and can't answer reporter questions. what do you make of what to expect from him and the statement? >> what i found most striking in a statement was his continued assertion that he was so busy throughout the campaign, so overwhelmed, such a political novice, he didn't know any of these things were wrong, he didn't have the time to read through e

for jared kushner. five years bigger. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things differently. >> this is the digital equivalent of the smoking gun left at a crime scene. >> there's an e-mail from a russian suggesting that the russian government wants to help, that would be very problematic. >> if isn't evidence of collusion, i don't know what is. we are beyond obstruction of justice in terms of what is being investigated. >> right now at this moment there is probable cause to charge donald trump jr. with the federal offense. >> i'm going to let bob mueller sort out all the criminality. that's not the job of members of congress. >> this meeting will become a mini investigation in and of itself. mueller's people will want to talk to everyone there. >> it is high time for president trump to come out with the full story. enough with the drip drip. come out with the full story. clearly they are lying and explaining their lies. >> sometimes people do or don't do what should be obvious. ♪ ♪ >> in retr

for now kushner has been operating with an interim clearance. the final decision could come down to trump. he can override any reservations from others in the white house to ensure kushner receives full clearance. but such a move would likely come with a political price at a time when trump has little political capital to spare. for lawmakers, kushner's repeated revisions to his security questionnaire are raising red flags. >> it is very bother some to me that jared kushner has not forgotten once, not twice, but three times to put down this information. >> that is an issue that we need to look at. but right now we don't have enough evidence. >> reporter: the first version of kushner's security document left the question about foreign contacts blank. kushner has since updated it multiple times to include more than 100 foreign contacts. and his meeting with donald trump, jr. and a russian lawyer pedaling dirt on hillary clinton from the kremlin, according to e-mails about the meeting. kushner's team says his original paperwork was submitted in err

you keep hearing kushner won't be under oath. that doesn't matter if you're testifying before congress. if you don't tell the truth, there's a penalty for it. don't worry about whether or not he's under oath. he insists in this statement he didn't collude with any foreign government during the campaign, nor does he know anyone else in the campaign doing so. joining us, republican congressman leonard lance of new jersey. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> i know you looked at this statement in general. but what it says is i didn't meet with anybody under any type of circumstances to suggest any type of undue influence or control. he paints himself as overwhelmed and perhaps naive. do you think that should be good enough for questioners, to explain why he didn't disclose what he was supposed to when he was supposed to? >> i think at first blush it appears to be an open statement. i'm sure there will be questions raised by members of the senate intelligence committee. upon first reading, it appears to me to be an open statement

i don't think that jared kushner -- there's a conspiracy with jared kushner to collude with the russiansi don't actually believe it occurred. i don't think it's comforting what did occur. because look at the meeting itself. you had -- the meeting was interesting because no presidential campaign would take a policy meeting. >> right. >> let's agree with that. there was something else there and don junior seemed to think it was about getting dirt on the clinton, which i have to raise a red flag because we know that secretary clipton, there's nothing left to know about her. ran for president twice, secretary of state, u.s. senator, come on. to have the russians sit there and take a presidential campaign's time on a policy issue is ridiculous. this lawyer i would think would know better. why would you meet on a serious issue? the whole thing was set up by the russians for sure. >> say that's true. >> not comforting. >> if that's true, then either the trump campaign fell for it, which is bad enough, or they were happy to be a part of it, which a lot of the communication from don junior indica

kushner needs to make. but it's not a sufficient defense in order to forestall any criminal liability or the accusations that he's faced. >> but what he also said, particularly about this meeting with don trump junior, is that it was kind of unusual for them to sort of go in and out of each other's meetings. he didn't look often either at the subject line, although as kristen pointed out, the subject line was "russia-clinton private confidential", he didn't psychologicscroll down and tried to get out when he realized it was something else. is this a big problem do you think, or does it raise more questions? >> it certainly raises more questions. and i think there are additional questions about that meeting, the answers to which we don't yet have. but jared kushner said something very interesting in his 11-page statement. he said i received up to 200 e-mails a day during my time on the campaign. and i think as reporters, as well as people who have served in the white house will testify to, 200 e-mails a day

kushner said it went well.nating to watch the reaction from senators after he speaks publicly. certainly senators on capitol hill would like an opportunity to question jared kushner in public under oath. so far no indication yet that that is going to happen. we'll see if they continue to call for that after he speaks here at the white house. >> part of the dynamics in washington. in private session today. you're right. back for the house intelligence committee tomorrow. calls for a public session as well. a little white house 101. just outside the west wing. sara noted, white house emblem on the podium. marine standing outside tells you the president is in the west wing. we continue to watch for jared kushner to come out. thanks for joining us on "inside politics." see you here tomorrow. wolf blitzer picks up coverage after a quick break. no. with claim rateguard your rates won't go up just because of a claim. i totally could've - no! switching to allstate is worth it. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. 1:00 p.m. in

he will have more to say tomorrow under oath. >> my name is jared kushner. >> kushner spent two hours answering questions posed by staffers on the senate intelligence committee. >> i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. >> he's still giving himself an out there, saying he wasn't aware of it. >> there's a lot of behavior going on in that white house that makes me think this is how people would behave if they were guilty of colluding. >> trump clearly feels aggrieved that sessions recused himself. >> if he's very conservative about this russia investigation, maybe he has reason to be. >> donald trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign. >> they bring in drugs. they bring in crime. they're rapists. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> little marco. >> lyin' ted. >> low energy, jeb bush. >> you're going to have such great health care, and it's going to be so easy. >> you're going to get tired of winning. >> and

kushner, will you testify publicly? >> reporter: kushner insists all his actions with russian officials were proper. will lawmakers agree? >>> insulting sessions. president trump derides his attorney general, referring to jeff sessions as beleagured, referring to russia investigations. why is president trump attacking one of his most loyal supporters? >>> doing the right thing. the president ups the pressure on republican senators on health care. but some don't know exactly what they'll be voting on. we're standing here with the president live tonight. >>> and president putin. congress reaches a deal on sanctions against russia for its meddling in the u.s. presidential election, but president trump still refuses to admit russia's role. will he sign the sanctions bill? >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. new pressure from president trump as senate republicans who will hold a health care vote tomorrow speaking at the white house

kushner will be back on capitol hill tomorrow for a private session with members of the kushner willback on capitol hill tomorrow for a private session with members of the house intelligence committee. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: we'll go deeper on this after the news summary. in the day's other news, president trump directed new criticism at his own attorney in the day's other news, president trump aimed new fire at attorney general jeff sessions over the russia probes. in a tweet, he called sessions "our beleaguered a.g." and asked why he and others are not investigating hillary clinton. last week, the president sharply criticized sessions for recusing himself in the russia matter. a diplomatic standoff between israel and jordan ended this evening. it had begun sunday, when an israeli embassy guard in amman, killed two jordanians after one stabbed him. the jordanians said they wanted to question the guard, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted he has diplomatic immunity and must be returned home. >> ( translated ): i assured him that we will s

and now the entire news cycle has been consumed with jared kushner and kushner is testifying on capitolaking at the mikes. and now trump is going to speak about health care in a few minutes like you mentioned at the top. so i'm not sure they're getting the bounce they wanted to from that agenda. this is a real dynamic in talking to people hyped the scenes. the lack of a message is stag gerg from democrats and mab for a long time. so it's an effort to get it back -- tighten it up a little bit. >> who do you think it in worse shape going into the midterms democrats who are struggling to find a message or republicans who seem splintered down the middle. >> i will say this. i think republicans have institutional advantages that democrats don't have especially in the house. and also, frankly in the senate. a lot of democrats are up in trump states. so without saying it, i think i hope i just gave you an answer. >>ib i believe you did. thanks for taking the time with us. up next, we have one more thing for you. how people on twitter lost their minds over last night's race between michael phel

kushner really mislead the american people. he met with over 100 foreign agents and failed to report them on his application. his security clearance needs to be revoked. if it wasn't the son-in-law of the president we wouldn't have this conversation right now. >> and i will go over it in the forms he filled out. let me just ask you something. it's not clear all of our viewers were going to get this deep. there were two big chunks of sanctions. they didn't have anything to do with the elections. this was some years ago. >> yeah. >> and sanctions were improsed because of russians did and ukrai ukraine. those are much more economic. those are the kinds of sanctions that they may say this is frustrating. you're effecting russian people and their ability to buy vegetables and all these kinds of things. do you make that distinction? >> not exactly, no. the sanctions that we passed, they were targeted at individuals who we believe had committed human rights violations! just to be clear, these are people who had -- they were very wealt

perfect, jared kushner who once served as ceo of kushner companies.s to the president himself saying even some members of trump's family have participated in the growth of the eb-5 program, and attributed so that "forbes" magazine reference refers to this edition, with jared on the cover. this guy got trump elected. the posts come from two companies who work with the kushners who work to attract investors to their project. qwos, which organized the event in may where kushner's sister spoke. and the u.s. immigration fund, a private company seeking eb-5 investors for the kushner's new jersey development. cnn contacted both businesses as well as kushner companies. we have not heard, but within hours the u.s. immigration fund sites had removed any references to jared kushner. in a statement the company blamed the post on a third party, saying the post was several months old and hasn't had any interaction by followers. kushner company sent this response saying kushner company was not aware of these sites and has nothing to do with them. the company will be

to hear from jared kushner is so unusual. for the president's son-in-law and top and closest advisor to the president, all the things under his wing, the middle east negotiations, not to say getting into the persian gulf issues. for him to be interviewed by the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors and now when he comes out we expect to hear him speak. >> reporter: especially when you look at what happens tomorrow, when jared kushner goes back to the hill to talk to members of the house intelligence committee. there is a gaggle, a group of reporters and photographers that have gathered. this is traditionally where you might see mitch mcconnell and senate leadership make statements, they can come out, make a few remarks and head back inside the west wing. that is where we expect to hear from jared kushner when he returns to the hill and wraps up the meeting with the intelligence committee staffers. we are told that he will not take questions, but he will make a statement. remember that from a messaging perspective,

jared kushner and a notetaker. also present about a half dozen senate staffers and a transcript that was taken of that interview. a transcript the legal team says they certainly do not object to being made public. something that we don't know when it will be made public but certainly it will be available. also we're told before this meeting that according to a source, that jared kushner would take all questions. our ted barrett, producer, asked him on his way out whether or not he, in fact, did do that. he said, yes, he had. all the questions they had, he said it went very well. he is on his way to the white house and we know this was not sworn testimony but tomorrow will go before the house intelligence committee that will be sworn testimony and expected to be interviewed before members of that committee. not just staffers and then a transcript made available. as you know, wolf, part of a very concertsed effort and orchestrated effort, if you will, to show some transparency from jared kushner and his team going to

trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. they found his white house connection is still being yuuse to lure chinese investors to his family's projects. this, after the family apologized for mentioning kushner during a sales pitch in may. we have the report. >> reporter: the ethical question surrounding the promotion of this kushner family project in jersey city, new jersey are about to grow. that's because, despite a prior apology from kushner companies, cnn discovered groups working with a kushner project continue to use white house adviser, jared kushner, as a promotional tool for investors, labeling him, mr. perfect and trump's son-in-law. the promotions are for a kushner development covered under a government program. it gives foreigners and their families the chance for a green card, as long as they invest at least $500,000 in an american project. this project is the same one jared kushner's sister was pitching to wealthy chinese investors in beijing in may. she used her brother as a selling point, sparking outrage, a s

perfect, jared kushner who once served as ceo of kushner companies.efers to the president himself saying even some members of trump's family have participated in the growth of the eb-5 program, and attributed that so trump's son-in-law. forbes referred to this addition, with jared on the cover, this guy got trump elected. they worked with the kushners to attract investors to their project, this chinese company which organized the event in may where kushner's sister spoke. and a private company seeking eb-5 investors for the kushner's new jersey development. cnn contacted both businesses as well as kushner companies. we have not heard from the chinese company, but within hours the u.s. immigration fund sites had removed any connection to kushner, in a statement it was blamed on a third party saying the post was several months old and has not had any interaction by followers. kushner company sent this response saying kushner company was not aware of these sites and was not connected with them. they will send a cease and desist, in a letter, three democr

jared kushner, on the record. president trump's son-in-law and one of his most trusted advisers in the hot seat on capitol hill for the first time, facing questions from staff about his russia contacts. kushner's interview under way as we speak, behind closed doors, not under oath. beforehand, he released an 11-page statement detailing a lot of things, including four contacts with russians during the campaign and transition, denying he read the e-mail chain from donald trump jr. leading up to the meeting with the russian lawyer and denying collusion on his part and denying the russian's finance any part of his business activities. kushner declaring in his statement, he has nothing to hide. cnn correspondent pamela brown has more on the statements. first, let's go to manu raju on capitol hill. you have been following kushner's movements all morning. what is happening behind closed doors are you hearing? >> reporter: he is meeting with staff members. the members of the committee are not here. this is not considered

why would kushner need to set that up? if i was in the intel committees that, is the top thing i drive on. the other one is the financial connections. whether he has personal connections or not, how much debt, how much money transactions, what kind of real estate deals do we have with this country? >> there's an account as you get deeper into this statement by jared kushner, there's an account of that matter. his version again, i'll summarize. his version is meaning with kislyak in december, a meeting he claims kislyak wanted, asked for repeatedly. he did not. he said he didn't have time to schedule it for about a week. finally got on the calendar. he went. they talked. kislyak told him that he wanted, he, kislyak, had information from russian generals about the situation in syria that he wanted to convey to the incoming administration. and he, kislyak, asked if there was a secure line into the transition that they could use in order to convey that information. kushner and michael flynn who was also in the meeting replied

tomorrow kushner will face the house intelligence committee, and then wednesday jared kushner, donald trump jr. and paul manafort will meet the senate judiciary committee also in private and also not under oath. lawmakers, it's unclear whether they're satisfied with kushner's answers. >> reporter: jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, tried today to put to rest mounting questions about meetings with russian officials which are now a key part into the investigation of russian meddling in the election. in rare public comments to the white house, kushner insisted his meetings occurred in the normal course of campaign and transition. >> all my communications were proper. let me be clear. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. >> reporter: kushner today spent more than two hours behind closed doors with staff of the senate intelligence committee and released an 11-page statement with new insight into four meetings with russians last year, including a june 2016 meeting at trump tower with russians at the invitation of

you have jared kushner speaking in about 15 minutes. two hours later, president trump himself will come out and speak. he is expected to talk about health care and then on air force one as he travels to west virginia, where he was set to speak before the annual boy scout jamboree tonight. the new press secretary, answer huckabee sanders is expected to take questions off-camera on board air force one. one more thing i would note, melissa, anthony scaramucci said today on twitter that the cameras, the tv cameras, will be back on. we believe that means that the on camera briefing should be back. although when, we do not know. >> melissa: we will keep watching. thank you. >> jon: for more, laspina david, senior politics writer for world report. where it goes from here depends a lot on how well the senate until committee members receive jared kushner's testimony. he put out a vigorous defense of his actions and that 11 page statement. >> he had three main excuses or explanations for his contacts with russia. he said, either forgot about them

another issue that nancy pelosi brought up once again is a call for kushner's -- jared kushner's security clearance to be pulled. would that be enough to satisfy democrats or is this just the beginning? >> i think, like you said, this is just the beginning. inside the white house, my sources tell me that there is basically a clock ticking for how long jared kushner will remain inside the white house. his presence is considered quite toxic at this point because he is the administration official who is closest tied to the russia investigation. they don't see it as sustainable. also with the pressure that he's putting on the comm shop and press people to defend him, his own spokesperson is inside basically spending all of his day defending him in the russia investigations. once he starts testifying i think it is going to be really difficult for him. if anything new comes out, i don't know how they can justify continuing to give him a security clearance. but if it is just nancy pelosi calling for it, we'll see. but once the republicans come along, then they're in some real trouble. >> i want

kushner: my name is to kushner. -- jared kushner. i'm senior adviser to doesn't donald j. trump.n my father-in-law decided to campaign, i served the best i could because i believed in him and his ability to improve the lives of all americans. and now serving the president and the people of the united states has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. i'm so grateful for the opportunity to work on important matters such as middle east reinvigorating america's in a bit of spirit could -- innovative spirit. every day i come to work with enthusiasm and excitement for what can be. i've not sought the spotlight. first in business and out in public service, i have always focused on setting and achieving goals and i've left it to others to work on media and public perception. since the first questions were raised in march, i have been consistent and say that i was eager to share any information i have with the investigating bodies and i've done so today. the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show that all my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of

kushner claims he forgot kislyak's name. in december he agreed to meet with the investor along with mike flynn. the group wanted to do a call with russian military commanders on the ground in syria. kushner said the call was abandoned because of logistics and denied media reports he suggested a communications back channel. june 2016 trump tower meeting with donald trump, jr. and paul manafort, a russian lawyer and others, kushner said he came late. the conversation was about adoption. "the meeting was a waste of our time and looking for a polite way to leave and get back to work, i emailed an assistant from the meeting after i had been there for 10 minutes and wrote, can you please call me on my cell, need excuse to get out of meeting." days before the election, kushner said he received an email from an account threatening to reveal candidate trump's tax returns and demanding money. "i brought the email to the attention of a u.s. secret service agent on the plane. asked what he thought. he advised me to ignore it or not repl

this is day two for kushner.are having deja vu right around the time yesterday, we were watching him walk into the senate side. he is headed again to go talk with house intelligence committee investigators, voluntarily and again a little bit different here, under oath this time as we expect to see him walk down this hallway any moment. kushner didn't say much over the last 24 hours, at least on capitol hill about this. although he did make those comments on the driveway of the white house as we see kushner here, i'm looking to see if it's his lawyer with him again, kushner saying he did not collude, definitive, standing in the west wing after that first discussion with senate intelligence committee staffers. we are watching him head in, casey hunt, pull up your audible, what will you be looking from kushner, potentially comments at the white house, we we heard from him yesterday, we will see if he answers shouted questions from reporters rovt. >> reporter: forgive me, i'm

jared kushner was at the meeting. jared kushner is in the white house right now.his isn't -- this isn't an opportunity for detractors of the media to come out and say fake fuse. it can't be fake news when it is their own language. it is in e-mails and very clear what they were trying to do. >> play this out for me. if that meeting did happen and he did lay it out to the president, which would mean the president's tweets are wrong and the president's attorneys are wrong and the presidents comments on this are wrong, what would that mean for the president? >> well, the real issue is the collusion with the russians and the quid pro quo that is strongly suggested by these meetings. these are meetings where former kgb people apparently were there. so we need to get to the bottom of the substance, what happened. and to what extent the president during the campaign was aware of the collusion and any potential agreement that they would offer to lift the sanctions in return for damaging information on hillary clinton. we don't do that. we don't offer official action in ret

what is next for kushner? >> he has another session with the house intelligence committee, and that is scheduled for tomorrow. this will also be close, so be it nonpublic. people will not be able to watch it. over the weekend, the senior democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff aligned, he would like to ask kushner i went out sunday talk shows. >> i want to know about several of the meetings with donald, jr., and several russians that we now know were in that meeting. also, his meeting that was alleged to have taken place with the deb tank. as well as that conversation he had with the ambassador about setting up a secret back channel to russia. >> these contacts with russian either business people or officials connected to the government in this 11 page statement for the record, kushner says, that when he went to his security parent application, and fs-86, his application was wrongly filled and not complete, and despite media reports, he left off all of his foreign contacts not just russians.

let's talk about jared kushner. he's denying any collusion with russia and maintains he did anything improper. this was him today after his closed door meeting with the senate. watch this. >> let me be very clear, i did not collude with russia nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. donald trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign and that is why he won. suggesting otherwise ridicules those who voted for him. >> this is the second time we've heard jared kushner speak publicly and this time it's about russia. what do you think about what he said there? >> listen, what i think you heard him there do, is articulate what is the trump world view not only of the length but the russian investigation. those two things in trump mind it appears but in closest advisers are intwined. the russian investigation, it seems as an accuse by democrats d

and russian lawyer and with jared kushner. kushner's defense has been i didn't read the e-mail, i went in there and it was clearly a waste of my time. i had my assistant call me to have me exit the meeting. whether or not manafort's account squares with kushner's account is going to be a critical piece of information for the committees going forward. and so kushner is answering questions today from house members, remember it was intelligence committee staff on senate side that talked to him yesterday. today he's under oath with those committee members. and i think they are focus will be on teasing out whether or not there are any inconsistencies between what kushner has said in his statement and the documents he's provided and what these other witnesses may be saying behind closed doors. >> kasie, the president really appred of jared kushner's performance yesterday and tweeted out, jared kushner did very well yesterday in proving he did not collude with the rugszs, next up 11-year-old barron trump. stan stand by, kasie, let's

this was the first time i think i heard jared kushner's voice. we always see him in video walking behind the scenes. this is the first time we see him out front like that. >> there was an event he was at and not speaking to anything that's has to do with campaign. it was strike at first to hear him. let's talk about the substance of what he said. tomsome is talking about this. this was not under oath but the whitehouse is trying to discredit the russia probe and this was the chance to follow that strategy. >> well you know new wanted to get attention and you wanted to get eye balls put a new face on this that is jared kushner. as shawn said he's a bit of a fix in the city. people know who he s people see him a lot. but nobody really quite as ever heard from him and they certainly have never heard from him like this today. and this was a remarkable reason. one of tophi officials today one of the highest who actually now has gone to house intelligence committee and answered questions about the russia investigation. it's kind ever a preamble to all

they are talking to jared kushner. neil: do you think this drags on, before the judiciary committee, also a closed door meeting, we will have a lot of the hearings, whether they are private or not, does that supercede the attention that would normally be given to these issues? >> of course, look at the madness. we are not talking about health care, we are not talking about tax cuts, we are not talking about regulatory reform. let's get to work and do the work of the american people rather than fixate on the russia nonsense. if there's there, let the special counsel find it. neil: do you think the administration is not trying to provoke that but sort of stumbles into it by revealing that it hadn't revealed additional meetings? >> yeah. neil: cocktail party receptions or not, i understand there are differences, it fuels this argument that they are hiding something. >> you know what, we got the really weird emails and i think we should flag them now, put them on the table, they could have handled this so differently and i

he's not where jared kushner is. >> correct. consequences for jared kushner in many ways are starker. he's the one that has filed the forms, which he has had to update now several times. because some of these meetings with russians were inadvertently omitted the first time around. we know for instance the democrats have been consistently saying his security clearance should be strict. others saying he should have to forfeit his white house job altogether. >> shepard: the tick tok on the day, so far, early morning, before 6:00 a.m. eastern time, this 11-page statement came out from jared kushner. it was embargoed until 6:00 a.m. so nobody could mention it in your local 5:00 a.m. show or whatever it was to start the 6:00 a.m. hour. and then for today's show and the good morning america and all of those shows at 7:00. we go through up until the time of the meeting. he hasn't done it. his story is the story out there. this gives them the top of the fold, the top of the website, alerts as people are waking up. he hasn't spoken, so th

jared kushner has been completely transparent.has provided information, which he was not required to provide. he has filled out his sf-86 form and all his contacts over 100 different contacts with foreign leaders were informed on that document. and, moreover, right, he has volunteered to cooperate in any investigation to prove beyond any doubt whatsoever no coordination, collaboration or cooperation between the trump campaign and anyone involved with russia. >> he's talking about that in this statement that we know he is going to be giving to members of congress and basically using this as an excuse. he was essentially overwhelmed and didn't know better in some of these instances. does that excuse hold water? is that good enough? >> when he was asked to attend a meeting and particularly a meeting that was call under to question here from his brother-in-law. meeting between jared kushner and donald trump jr. no indication of what that meeting was about. he didn't read the full e-mail chain. he was added to it later in the chain. he

the mounting troubles for jared kushner. new scrutiny of the president's all gark friend and why the defense of e-mails points to bigger problems. >> i love e-mails. you can't erase e-mails. >> then the new health care bill is out and it is already in deep trouble. and a reminder from france. this is man we elected president. "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. now that there's evidence that there was at the least attempted collusion between the trump campaign and russia, they are shifting to another argument. collusion is fine. everybody does it. the white house fuming over the news that his son and son-in-law met last summer to try to collaborate on defeating hillary clinton. today during a trip to paris, the president made his first public comments on the controversy. >> i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it is called opposition research or even research into your point. i've had many people, i've only been in politics two years. i've had man

west virginia where the president is tonight discount kushner have a point that. well you know the people were upset with the previous administration and places like west virginia voted overwhelmingly for. for a change for donald trump. and i accept the people's votes i trust the people's votes i trust the system we have. that puts the president in this position because he is elected in this certified. and you know what whoever the president is i'm going to work with that person. i'm sent there to do the best i can for the state of west virginia. and my country united states of america. and i'm going to work with our present to make sure he or she whoever that may be. has the best chance of succeeding. and be an honest broker and i think there. is a better way going it or they. might be wrong i'm honest. but the most respectful way and try to have input. that's what i've always done i'll continue to do that. and i hope he would accept that. in the spirit. of of what's good for our country and we're speaking and and what's what we should be doing as a as citizens o

jared kushner, the president's son—in—law. ..of interest has a name, and that name is jared kushner. jared kushner is not used to being centre stage. as one of donald trump's closest advisers, he's been at his side, seen but rarely heard. but he has done some talking with russians. first, with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak. and then with this man, sergei gorkov. he's the head of a russian bank tied to the kremlin. when asked by the bbc about the subject of that meeting, he said, "ask the white house". the revelations made mr kushner front—page news. his father—in—law didn't seem too pleased. i appreciate everything that jared. .. jared has actually become much more famous than me! laughter i'm a little bit upset about that! now, in a statement before his committee appearance, mr kushner has said he had four contacts with russian officials, but denied any wrongdoing. he said: mr kushner was also part of a meeting with a russian lawyer arranged by donald trumer in a series of e—mails, which promised dirt on hillary clinton

so kushner is a government employee. and he has an obligation to be truthful and all the submissions he makes to the government with respect to his security clearances or otherwise. and the absence of this meeting and other meetings on his security application form, the sf-86 form potentially puts him in danger of being charged with being untruthful to a government agent. and that's a five-year felony. 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 conspiri

jared kushner is talking. he is the quietest member of the president's inner circle, at least publicly, but today he just became the most -- member to step before congress and explain his interactions with russia and during the transition time. really the bottom like is the president's son-in-law, top adviser is denying any collusion involving him or anyone else from within the campaign as far as he knows. he also stepped in front of the cameras, which we never see, in front of the white house shortly after meeting with senate investigators. >> my name is jared kushner. i am senior adviser to president donald trump. when my father-in-law decided to run for president, i served his campaign the best i could, because i believe in him and his ability to improve the lives of all americans. and now serving the president and the people of the united states has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. i am so grateful for the opportunity to work on important matters such an middle east peace and reinvigorating amer

and you might say kushner's is a work in progress.irst time kushner filled it out, he left the section for foreign contacts blank. the next day he amended that to say he had multiple contacts and would be disclosing them. the same form was modified a third time in recent weeks to include the meeting with donald jr. and a russian lawyer, a source tells cnn. in a statement over the weekend, his attorney explains that his fs form was prematurely submitted referring to his original form. and reiterated that his client is eager to cooperate and share what he knows with congress. while that sounds good, keep in mind that kushner's application for security clearance is submitted under penalty of perjury. that's because unlike his brother-in-law, donald jr., who is not a government employee, jared kushner is. and was required by law to disclose his meetings with foreign governments. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> i want to bring in our legal panel now, jeffrey toobin, richard painter and jonathan turley. jeff toobin, kushner amended his securi

we watched jared kushner walk into the house side. this is him getting out of his suv just in the last 45 seconds ago. you watched it here live. this is a rerack of that tape as we say it. casey, it's not just jared kushner who is on the hill today. nbc news has learned from a source close to paul manafort in the next 24 hours, palm manafort the former trump campaign chair is expected to be on capitol hill to talk with senate investigators specifically about that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. and all of this is happening as senate judiciary issues a subpoena for manafort in the last couple of minutes here. you spoke with senator grassley about this, right? >> i did. and the senate judiciary committee has subpoenaed paul manafort now to testify before the committee. remember they have an open hearing tomorrow morning, where they have requested that he and don jr. both testify here. actually i'm going to walk a bit. senator dianne feinstein is approaching our cameras here. he has agreed to be a part of this, essentially it takes her