marc kuralow. senator grassley threatening to speen ya trump jr. and paul manafort. is there a deadline associated with that? we re having a hearing next wednesday. obviously, we want to hear right away. trump jr. and manafort are scheduled to testify wednesday. neither man has confirmed he ll appear. dianne feinstein also repeating the subpoena threat. the meeting for jared kushner with the senate sbel committee member will be with staff. it s an interview, not testimony. meantime, cnn has exclusively learned jared kushner s status as a top aide to president trump
possible there s a condo or something so you know, i sell a lot of condos. i don t make money from russia. reporter: christopher ray is another step closer to becoming fbi director. he received unanimous approval from the judiciary committee today. the fbi director must maintain strict independence, be committed to doing the job by the book without regard to partisan influence. reporter: now it heads to the full senate for a vote and the white house clarifying the president s comments on special counsel mueller saying that the president wanted to make clear that the special counsel should not move outside the scope of the investigation. of course, brianna, that scope is open to interpretation. that s right. maybe not in his control either. jessica schneider, thank you so much. now to capitol hill where the president s son is facing a new deadline and also a subpoena threat in the russia investigation. let s go to cnn s senior congressional reporter.
manu, the senate judiciary chairman wants confirmation that donald trump jr. and others are willing to testify next week. chuck grassley telling me earlier today that he s prepared to subpoena donald trump jr., paul manafort, the former campaign chairman, as well as glen simpson, who is the head of that firm, fusion gps which of course is tied to that british dossier that included unsubstantiated allegations about the president. if those men do not agree to appear before his committee and he does not get an answer by tomorrow, there will be subpoenas, in the words of chuck grassley, even going this far, saying perhaps it would send federal marshals there to compel their appearance if they do not reply to the subpoena threat. here s what he said. have don jr. and paul manafort, have they accepted the committee s request? we sent the letter. i don t know whether they ve accepted but we sent the letter and asked for voluntary appearance and we also i think we ve indicated to him t
the white house briefing just last hour sean spicer wouldn t go much further. the intelligence committee when responding to department of justice wanting more time issued a subpoena threat. does the white house have a reaction to that? you think it will come that far? as i noted, the department asked for an additional time. that will be up to the intelligence committee to grant that time. they re working on that. the five current and former administration officials invited to testify next week, some have responded by the committee is not going public with that information yet, shep. shepard: some senators are requesting reports. that s right. last week a bipartisan letter was sent by two members of the senate judiciary committee. lindsey graham of south carolina and senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode island asked the acting attorney general for documentation that proves or discounts. trump s wiretapping claim before
provide health care coverage to every american. right now they re not getting that. by giving them more choices at a lower cost, more americans can either buy health care for their family, for themselves or in a lot of cases for their business without paying the penalty, which is what a lot of them are doing or forcing them into exchanges with fewer and fewer choices. the system now is not working. the costs are going up, the choices are going down and deductibles are going up. that is not an option. for every american, and i mentioned this earlier, to make this look like a choice, there isn t really a choice. the system we have right now is failing. the choice is whether we give them an opportunity to have real care and in a way that is tailored to them in their budget. jeff? sean, on a different subject, the intelligence committee yesterday when responding to the department of justice question basically issued a subpoena threat. does the white house have a reaction to that? do you