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Mexico is saying that they havent talked to trump on the phone since that happened. we have reached out to the white house for clarity to see when this call happened, if the comment was made months ago. they havent gotten back to us yet. this all ties in to a broader problem with white house credibility. as you both know, yesterday we found out the president did, in fact, weigh in on the crafting of donald trump juniors statement, the first statement he issued after the new york type times repor...

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Disclose them for the confirmation hearing. we were trying to figure out the nature of the contacts and what with a discussed. we learned what kislyak sent back to moscow. this is his account of the conversations one in april and a second one in july of his contact with sessions. >> while sessions did not seem to remember any specifics about the meetings, kislyak sent back specifics? >> i assume he gets in his car and goes back to the embassy or residence and writes a report. thats the way most ...

Just explain what you and the others at "the washington post" have learned. >> well, we knew about the meetings. we knew about them in march, that sessions did not disclose them when he appeared for his confirmation hearing. we were trying to figure out what was the nature of those contacts? what was being discussed? so what weve learned is basically what kislyak sent back to moscow. this is his account of his conversations, these two conversations, one in april, a second one in july, of his con...

That sessions did not disclose them when he appeared for his confirmation hearing. we were trying to figure out what was the nature of those contacts? what was being discussed? what we learned is basically what kislyak sent back to moscow. this is his account of these two conversations, one in april, a second in july, of his contact with sessions. >> while sessions didnt seem to remember any specifics about these meetings, kislyak sent back specifics? >> yeah, at the end of his conversations i a...

Has repeatedly said he did not speak to russians about campaign issues. shimon, how does this new revelation about sessions play into the special counsel investigation being led by mueller? >> these are new revelations being reported, publicized, but keep in mind the fabiani has likely been aware of this for quite some time and has been reviewed them. all of this is part of bob muellers investigation boo into what kind of meddling was going on here, what were the russians trying to do. these int...

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Russia that they did discuss policy issues, campaign issues that were relevant to russia when he met with jeff sessions. now, all of this comes in light of the president publicly bashing jeff sessions in an interview with "new york times" this week where he said he wouldnt have picked him to be his attorney general if he knew he was going to recuse himself from overseeing the russia investigation. >> and, kaitlan, the white house we know is also pushing back on the reports that aides are now res...

4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. welcome. it is cnns punishment for moscow for meddling in the 20126 election. congress promising new rounds of sanctions. senate and house negotiators settled on a deal even though president trump hasnt admitted it. the kremlin said it would view a move like this as, quote, quite negatively. its been a busy, hectic week in washington regarding russia. jeff sessions discussed campaign issues with sergey kislyak on two occasions in 2016. that contradictions what m...

Legally? >> this is an astounding thing. we have, for sure, more evidence for mr. mueller to look at and get the details of. but it is collusion with a foreign adversary if they were working together to get the information from the russian government, and thats what this looks like. it looks like clear proof of collusion. >> bill browder, you know natalia veselnitskaya, the lawyer who was in this meeting, the russian lawyer. apparently donald trump changed his story over the weekend. first he sa...