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>> my job is to keep this bipartisan investigation on track and reserve judgment, until i see all the facts. but as i said yesterday, now the public is for the first time seeing some of these facts, and these facts that have shown in the last 24 hours that there clearly was a russian government effort to discredit clinton and to help trump and that trump officials at the most senior level were aware of that. how high that goes? we still have questions to ask. >> reporter: and, wolf, warner stopp...

Order to get some more done from the republican agenda which has essentially been stalled in now, this is a very significant development, wolf. rarely, if ever, does the senate cancel its recess. this is something that is considered pretty sacred on capitol hill. the august recess. members leave town, they travel across the world, they do things with their family. they do things back home. they campaign. but under enormous pressure not just from republican senators but also the president of the ...

Republicans are really struggling right now to get this health care bill passed. theres an effort right now by mitch mcconnell to rewrite the bill that they delayed and did not have the vote on, initially, right before the july fourth holiday. and that new bill is going to be unveiled later this week. we expect a vote as soon as next week, but right now, were getting indications from people on capitol hill that this is a very little chance that that bill will pass the senate next week, given the...

Restraint. you recall over the weekend when his daughter ivanka controversially sat down at that meeting at the g-20 taking the place of her father, the president came out and tweeted about that and defended his daughter. in this case, the presidents own son, donald trump jr. is acknowledging here, making it known to the whole world he was meeting with the russians during the course of the 2016 campaign, and that the context of the meeting was to provide damaging information about hillary clinto...

Speaker of the house, paul ryan, will also delay the recess on the house side? >> reporter: its unclear yet, wolf, that simply that probably would occur. i would assume they would at least delay it for part of the time. but again, there are no -- this, in a lot of ways, is just a show, if you will, thesaterics, if you will, because if obamacare repeal -- this obamacare bill fails, there isnt any major piece of legislation that either chamber will have to try to pass before the august recess. now...

These bombshell e-mails, that they would want these answers on camera today, wolf. >> its only going to be audio. at least so far. unless they change their mind and only audio delayed. we wont be able to play some of the audio until after the entire briefing has concluded. is that right? >> reporter: thats right. of course, reporters in the room can live tweet what is said at that time. we will get -- ill do my best to live tweet what sarah huckabee sanders is saying during the briefing, but a f...

Done. very serious, but i think the senate intel committees and special prosecutor now have a lot more work to do. >> you think this is treason? >> the investigation, its not -- nothing is proven yet, but were now beyond obstruction of justice in terms of whats being investigated. this is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee, richard burr, north carolina republican, would not comment specifically on donald trump jr. sa...

It ought. >> so were all of your memos that you recorded on classified or other documents memos that might be yours as a private citizen? >> im sorry. im not following the question. >> i think you said youd use -- >> unclassified -- >> important to note the fbi does forbid any agent from releasing classified information. the official policy of the bureau. again, while the hill reports that several of comeys memos contained classified information, james comey, you saw it there, continued to stres...

This is his son. its not perfect and saying that this is exactly what people have been looking for is a dumb thing to say. >> kat: >> eboni: when you takea narrative and you want facts to fit, when they dont fit you undermined the narrative itself. >> kat: i see the problems but every single little thing that might look bad or might not be the smartest thing is being brought up as a crime against our country. people are going to stop listening. >> eric: you think they would say everyone of these...

The senate republicans face an even steeper climb tonight trying to pass a health care bill. a holiday break only made matters worse and another recess is looming. cnns ryan nobles is following the story for us. ryan, theres been some chaos, but is there any real progress? >> reporter: wolf, most of this negotiation is happening behind closed doors, and we saw senators ducking in and out of rooms all day long. they say they are making progress, but there is no doubt that the overall prospects fo...