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I would never do anything to endanger this country. we fought so hard during this campaign. the rest of our family, the efforts we put into it. we would do anything for this country. we are never going to put that in jeopardy. ever. >> sean: all the emails that exist on this case, you dont think theres any other one? >> donald jr.,: we have scoured it thoroughly, just to be sure. there isnt anything else there. >> sean: there was no follow-up, with any of them? >> donald jr.,: there was no reaso...

New york times," this russian attorney has connections to the kremlin. it certainly would seem to indicate if its a russian government effort to help your fathers campaign and we want you to meet with this russian attorney, it would seem like in anybodys mind, they would be linked. accurately or not. >> but without knowing the contents of the conversation, i think that to my point about the known unknowns, there is a lot that we dont know. you know, we know what both of these sides have said abo...

To argue then -- >> its not subtle. >> to argue then that you had no idea that this russian attorney -- according to "the new york times," this russian attorney has connections to the kremlin. it certainly would seem to indicate if its a russian government effort to help your fathers campaign and we want you to meet with this russian attorney, it would seem like in anybodys mind, they would be linked. accurately or not. >> but without knowing the contents of the conversation, i think that to my ...

When i fist heard about this terrific story our friends at "the new york times" did and it was clear the meeting was not about russian adoption, but i could hardly have imagined that it could have evidence so bad and so voluntarily exposed and provided by donald trump jr. this is serious. >> and the adoption issue, we should point out, is also a major issue for vladimir putin. >> yes. >> this was the issue of trying to get congress to cancel the sanctions, the magnitsky sanctions for human right...

>> it bawas bee primarily discussed adoption services. nowhere in the e-mails do you see the words sanctions, adoption, magnitsky. donald trump jr.s statement saturday was carefully worded because the majority of the time was spent talking about this adoption issue. that actually has not been totally disputed by the lawyer, that she has advocated for this, that part is not in dispute. the statement left the impression the meeting was about this. sunday it turns out its about dirt on hillary and ...

So that disabuses everyone of this idea that he did not know a what might be coming -- may not have known the specific content but he did no it was information gleaned by the russian government in support of donald trumps presidency that he wanted to hand over to donald trump jr., number one. and number two, that there was no surprise about who this -- where this was coming from, that it was official government information. this is stuff that donald trump jr. thats contradicted in the last few d...

This ted cruz amendment may be looked at, but this is not going to be something that can add the yes votes to the tally we have now. >> always keeping your eye on the tally, the numbers and the votes. a stunning revelation from donald trumps son. he had a meeting with a russian attorney who said she had information that could help the campaign and dirt on hillary clinton. lets talk with our cnn political commentators about it. former white house communications director and ben ferguson. ben, w...

Was said. when they say, when donald trump junior says this meeting was originally supposed tonight about adoption or ended up being about adoption. thats not really what the adoption issue is about. as you know. the adoption issue is about the fact that -- >> sanctions. >> yes. that the u.s. passed a law in 2012 saying they could sanction individual russians basically for human rights abuses. and putin in retaliation stopped the adoptions of americans of russian orphans. thats an american legis...

Than i have. we wouldnt take those meetings. secondly, why would they meet about adoption issue in russia? that doesnt pass the smell test. you are going to say you had a meeting with a kremlin official about digging up dirt on hillary clinton. these three people? nothing here makes any sense. you know, a graduate at a junior college in crisis management would say you need to get the facts out immediately. theres one reason they havent done that. the facts are not there. >> perry, what is the im...

You say that thats basically what hes saying. but he hasnt said that yet. but most people understand that the reason why this adoption issue was a problem in the first place was because of these sanctions. so i think its going to be just to be an ever-deepening investigation. and it makes it really hard for the white house to say that this russian investigation, all this talk of russia, is something thats just going on and there is no real teeth to it. >> there is also the suggestion, mark, that...