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For violating federal laws pertaining to colluding with russians and obstructing justice. >> peter, if there was any doubt before today, does in reinforce the belief that russia, all things russia, are so far and will be for at least until further notice the kind of singular theme of the trump presidency? >> well its come to dominate the first six months of course. and the real danger for him is that it continues -- the grand jury investigation is not quick. this is not the kind of investigation...

Its also clearly looking at americans, including people in the trump inner circle and possibly the president himself for violating federal laws pertaining to colluding with russians and obstructing justice. >> peter, if there was any doubt before today, does in reinforce the belief that russia, all things russia, are so far and will be for at least until further notice the kind of singular theme of the trump presidency? >> well its come to dominate the first six months of course. and the real da...

Show that all of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign. >> reporter: kushner revealed his role in a june 2016 meeting at trump tower with russians at the invitation of his brother-in-law donald trump, jr., a meeting now under investigation since trump junior was promised dirt on the clinton campaign. after being told the russian government wanted his father to win the presidency. while kushner said, quote, i did not read trump juniors e-mail...

Four meetings with russians last year, including a june 2016 meeting at trump tower with russians at the invitation of his brother-in-law, donald trump jr., a meeting now under investigation since trump jr. was promised dirt on the clinton campaign after being told the russian government wanted his father to win the presidency. while kushner said, quote, i did not read trump jr.s e-mail exchange ahead of the meeting. he dismissed the brief meeting as irrelevant with no discussion of campaign iss...

Find out, you know, whether that was true. so what we learned is that kizliak reported back to moscow about two conversations in 2016 with sessions, the first one in april, the second one in july, in which he reported that he told moscow they did discuss campaign issues. >> and it is possible -- and this is based on u.s. intelligence intercepts -- >> correct. >> you havent heard the intercepts but you have spoken to people who have? >> correct. i dont know if they listened or read intelligence r...

>> and this morning, the slamming "the washington post" over new reports of leaked intelligence intercepts. they say that russias ambassador told his superiors in moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters with jeff sessions during the 2016 race. the sessions repeatedly has said that he never discussed campaign issues with russian officials. >> its important for people to keep in mind, this is again, kislyaks version of events of sessions, as you showed very clearly has sort of changed hi...

Well, 13 minutes past the hour right now. president trump is reacting to the latest twist in the russia investigation. a few minutes ago, he posted this on twitter. "a new intelligence leak from the amazon "washington post," this time against ag jeff sessions. these illegal leaks, like comeys, must stop." now, the report hes talking about, the russian ambassador to the united states reportedly told his kremlin bosses that he discussed campaign-related matters with jeff sessions during the 2016 c...

Discussed campaign issues with the russian ambassador. the ambassador telling the kremlin about the two conversations on two occasions. sessions has denied about talking about the 2016 campaign. cut a deal with donald trump jr. and paul manafort to avoid a public interview and they agreed to privately be interviewed ahead of public session. lawmakers are seeking more information about the men about the meeting with the russian lawyer last year. sean spicer is out as press secretary. the pres...

Dubai, tokyo and all points in between, youre watching "cnn newsroom" worldwide this hour. im george howell with the headlines were following for you. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions reportedly discussed campaign issues with russias ambassador, this, according to the "washington post." u.s. intelligence intercepted the ambassador, telling the kremlin of those conversations on two occasions. sessions has denied talking to russian officials about the trump campaign. sean spicer is out as the...

Potentially fall under that. >> yeah. i think you make an important point t. argument is because they touched on the campaign, its misleading, and we have to look into that. ultimately what you see here is a discussion of pafkally what i described here as in the washington post article, which im obviously looking at as campaign issues. so take a contrast to the infamous don jr. meeting where a terrible epa ill from a foreign -- someone claiming to represent a foreign power and offer dirt on hill...