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When he closed the compounds, dispelled the diplomats and issued his final round of sanction. are there any ties from jared kushners pre-political life to his companies and this bank? >> reporter: well, look, the second question is a really good question and i cant answer that question. i dont know the answer. to the answer to the first question, 2014 is when they brought the sanctions. look, this is a bank that has financed multiple projects on behalf of the russian government. the sochi winter...

What happened in the meeting which seemed like a straightforward question that you hope to get an answer to. look, the bank that he heads has been described, you know, as the kremlins laser-guided missile, its been described as president putins slush fund. the truth is probably somewhere in the middle of that. what we dont know is just why it was that jared kushner met with him in december. there are explanations that we could jump to, if you like. you know, possibly they were talking about lift...

The rose garden yesterday. and bannon and pruitt prevailed. >> i wonder if you have picked up any talk about how this is off brand for the president as deal maker? he didnt try to get a better deal, he didnt try to get a deal to put america first. what i thought might have been trumps way would have is been to say, im going to make the paris climate accord great again. im going to lower the targets so that americas on an even playing field for china. he would have been celebrated by his peers, o...

Its just a question of understanding what happened in the meeting. >> no comments, please. >> can i just ask you, was it a political meeting? was it an economic meeting? could we get -- could we interview you at a later date? would that be possible? >> please. no comments. >> why dont you -- if its an innocent meeting, why dont you want to talk about it? >> sorry. >> mr. gorkov, mr. gorkov, if it was an innocent meeting with jared kushner, why dont you want to talk about it, sir? im sorry. pleas...

United states. they understand the importance of the u.s. economy. they can see that lifting those sanctions would be really useful for their economy, or they always played down how damaging they might be. they would alreadidy the wy di-y also, they know the relationship with china which is supposed to be the ally is weakeneded eif dont have a strong relationship with the west. president putin wants to get out of this. i suspect, though, the trouble is he doesnt quite know how to. at the same ti...

Second, comey doesnt work for the president anymore. if sean spicer says its under review, theyd have to run into federal court, get an injunction, temporary restraining order to basically get a judge to issue an order and say, jim comey, you may not speak. muzzling comey could backfire. first of all, it probably wouldnt work and politically it would be horrendous for the white house. >> ken dilanian, i think ken is with us. >> im here. >> nbcs national security reporter. i just turn to you, cal...

With developing proposals for the lifting of economic sanctions, return of diplomatic compounds and other steps to relieve tensions with moscow, very much in line with what weve heard from the president, himself, when he talked about wanting jim comey out of the fbi, to relieve pressure on this russia relationship. kelly o., whatd the white house have to say about that question today? >> reporter: well, in addition to referring it to the department of state, they are saying some of the reporting...

Parenthood. the number of clinics, the number of patients go down. when we are looking at from purely business model lets ask ourselves a fundamental question why should american taxpayers give money or allow their tax dollars to go just simply to planned parenthood when we do have federally licensed clinics that provide more and better comprehensive services for women. >> shannon: we do want to put up some of the numbers. >> you referred to them mercedes for 95% of those who come in who are pre...

Position of the white house and doing those things at the same time are very, very, very difficult. and i think what we see here from sean spicer is he seems to be more concerned the president pushing him to sort of maintain the white house position while diminishing trust with the reporter that covered this president each and every day. >> shannon: he would say they diminished trust with him. unnamed sources, constant leaks. spicer said things that never actually happened that you are writing a...

Saying that it was a large tanker like truck that was packed with explosives, such a big blast that it left about a 313-foot dee 13-foot hos conference of the green zone. it is a big blast and very unlikely that this vehicle got to that spot without getting through several checkpoints with somebody turning a blind eye, bill. >> bill: you have to think this is probably the most secure place in the country next to the air base of kabul north of town. president trump is reviewing the strategy in af...