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>> firefighters in h con california -- welcome back to "early start." >> those winds are a tremendous concern. well go live shortly. 30 minutes past the hour. start with donald trump jr. facing eight grueling hours of testimony. but its what the presidents son did not say thats raising concern this morning. the main focus of wednesdays closed door session, a june 2016 meeting at trump tower between don jr., jar red kushner and paul manafort and a russian lawyer designed to get dirt on hillary cl...

Voice in privately encouraging his father-in-law to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. >> the most fundamental and emotional division if tn the region. it is the most -- the largest scale violence we seen in this part of the west bank in several years. >> donald trump jr. facing growing questions from house investigators. behind closed doors for more than eight hours. >> neither of them are lawyers, but donald trump jr. is citing attorney/client privilege. >> in my view, there is no att...

He acknowledged discussing that matter with his father but refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. in my view there is no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> who is attorney and who is client in that construction? >> claim of privilege is that at a time when father and son were discussing the june 9th meeting and e-mails that led up to it, they had discussion in the presence of counsel. pr...

Good morning everyone welcome to "early start." . >> good morning. its thursday december 7. 1:00 in california. up first, eight grueling hours of testimony from donald trump jr., but its what the presidents son refusing to tell house members that is whats getting all the attention. the main focus of wednesdays close the door session, a june 2016 meeting at trump tower between don jr. and a russian lawyer designed to get dirt on hillary clinton. >> house spregters pressed him about his fathers kn...

Tell house investigators what he and his father discussed after those reports surfaced about that june 2016 trump tower meeting he had, citing attorney/client privilege. weve learned president trump and don jr. had a conversation after trump junior tweeted out the e-mails about his involvement in that meeting. thats according to democratic congressman adam schiff, a california democrat who attended the session. schiff said he invoked attorney/client privilege because of the presence of attorneys...

Meeting after those e-mails became public. he acknowledged discussing that matter with his father but refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. in my view there is no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> who is attorney and who is client in that construction? >> claim of privilege is that at a time when father and son were discussing the june 9th meeting and e-mails that led up to it, they ha...

Some of the other -- trey gowdy and other news information in the case. you combine this with jeff sessions and other members of this administration invoking executive privilege and previous testimony before congress. and i go tess take asway that bob mueller will have to get to the bottom of this its not going to happen in congress. theyre having too hard of a time in getting information out of the main defendants in this case. >> you know, we are talking attorney/client privilege. when donald ...

He had with his father, president trump, about that meeting with russians in trump tower, citing attorney/client privilege. well have the latest next. ♪ this holiday, the real gift isnt whats inside the box. its whats inside the person who opens it. ♪ give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. ♪ save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com at t-mobile, when you holiday together, great things come in twos...

That went into establishing that meeting. after those e-mails became public, he acknowledged discussing that matter with his father but refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. in my view theres no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. as i understand it this particular conversation for which they are claiming privilege took place after the e-mails became public. >> also two new polls from cbs n...

Questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. >> all right, pierre thomas with us live tonight. hes on the hill. and pierre, as we just heard from congressman schiff there, reportedly don jr. saying he did talk to the president about this after the e-mails became public, but would not reveal more to the committee. the presidents son, we know, facing questions for eight hours today. hes going to be facing more? >> reporter: thats right, david. it was a grue...