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Stand by for the latest forecast on hurricane irma, live updates as states order more mandatory evacuations amid warnings that the storm may leave some areas uninhabitable for months. also following multiple breaking stories connected to the ongoing russian meddling gaxings including new details about robert muellers probe. for us. special councils team is looking right now to talk with key members of the white house staff. whats that all about? >> there are ongoing negotiations and discussion...

Misleading statement was written about the meeting. that statement which claimed the meeting was primarily about russian adoption, turned out to be untrue. because e-mails revealed trump jr. expected to get dirt on hillary clinton. that statement, of course, was led by the president of the united states. pamela brown is "outfront" now from washington. what are you learning from your sources? >> we learned there are ongoing discussions between the white house and special counsel robert mueller, e...

Cnn is learning exclusively that robert muellers team has approached the white house about interviewing white house staffers who were aboard air force one when that initial misleading statement about donald trump jr.s meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower was crafted. thats according to three sources familiar with these conversations. two of the sources say that mueller wants to know how the statement was put together and whether information was intentionally left out. and, of course, w...

Happened with the russians. he then went on to say, something happened but hit to do with adoptions. good stuff like that. help with adoptions from russia. then it wont to, i was chaotic, i was confused, i was over my head. that sort of defense. i cant keep one this guy. and he said it had to do with fitness. i was being johnny citizen out there. i wanted to make sure no one who was unfit to be president would become president. he has changed his position so many times. even when he said i love ...

All day, why it could take eight hours. what could take that long? >> yeah. so the staff extensively prepares for these kind of interviews, and you have a large number of lawyers, lawyers from both sides, republicans and democrats who will question the witness. the witness, whether or not hes sworn in, has an obligation to tell the truth here. false statements to congress can be a crime. so they have a lot to go over. its not just don juniors insights into the trump organizations financial deali...

Robert mueller special counsel has reached out to the white house seeking interviews with white house staffers aboard air force one with the president when that initial misleading statement was crafted earlier in the summer about the purpose of that meeting at trump tower. as you will recall, that initial statement said that the meeting was about adoptions and then it later came out that it really, the purpose of it initially, was to receive incriminating information about hillary clinton. and, ...

Statement were learning about from the "new york times" has a little more reality any it than certainly the first initial responses that the public was getting. you remember when this meeting was first reported on. so you remember, kate, at first we heard this was simply about russian adoptions. thats t.it. >> i actually have the statement. he says, it was a short interruptry meeting i asked jared and paul to stop by. primarily discussed a program about adoption of russian children and no follow...

Much you more straightforwardly admit to colluding with the individuals, again were not sure how connected they were to the russian government. >> but we know they were russians. but the -- >> and they were representing themselves to be part of an organized effort on behalf of the russian government. so i find the thing that hes admitting to in his written testimony to be extraordinarily damning on its own. >> so thats the collusion half of it. jonathan, weigh in on the cover-up half which is wh...

The witness, whether or not hes sworn in, has an obligation to tell the truth here. false statements to congress can be a crime. so they have a lot to go over. its not just don juniors insights into the trump organizations financial dealings with russia, which the russians have been trying to cultivate for many years. its also the particular meeting with paul manafort and this russian lobbyist at trump tower that they claimed was part of this conversation about adoptions but may not be that, may...

>> joining us now, raadam schif of california. hes helping lead the house investigation into russia. i take it youll be watching what comes out of these interviews today, and what seems most striking to you or what question would you love to hear donald junior answer? >> well be looking for whatever information the senate is willing to share. we expect to have don junior come before the committee as well. look, i think the most important questions are going to be what happened before the meeting...