I have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. I have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. Donald trump had a better message, and ran a smarter campaign, and that is why he wo won. Suggesting otherwise ridicules those who voted for him. It is an honor to work with President Trump and his administration as we take on the challenges that he was elected to face. Also tonight, at the National Boy Scout jamboree in West Virginia, President Trump took his drain the swamp message to a new level. I go to washington and i see all these politicians. I see the swamp, and its not a good place. In fact today i said we ought to change it from the word swamp to the word quote cesspool or sewer, but its not good. Getting the reaction he was hoping for. Lets start with kushner. Id imagine with Jared Kushner, he is glad to have that day behind. He has one more coming up with the house Intelligence Committee, but largely people say that if this is the case, and this is what he had to say, why didnt he say it before . Theres been several months of sort of, drip, drip, drip coming out, and today it looks like he acquitted himself well. I know that he has been wanting to tell his side of the story, and most importantly his goal and desire was to clear his name. He is maintained from the beginning that he didnt do anything wrong, there was no malfeasance or anything of that source, sort, no collusion. What i see as an attorney is that this is a carefully drafted statement on its behalf, which is good because it had very specific, declarative statements. We can kind of put this to bed, to rest. I think overall for jared this was a very good day that his lawyers represented him well. I was looking for that, to see what statements they included, how he represented himself, and now we are going to see where this goes from here. The idea is to put a stop to it. Jessie, its true that he is only responsible for himself, he doesnt have to answer for anybody else, and there was some talk that he didnt necessarily do his brotherinlaw any favors because of the way he set it up is basically saying i had no idea, i walked in late and here is this meeting going on and i had to get out of here. Or he just told the truth and there wasnt anything to throw his brotherinlaw under the bus for. Thats the other way to look at it. The democrats never let the facts get in the way of the scandal, they built this thing up like he was going to be this huge deal today and it was a mirage. I think they broke in on nbc news, midday programming promising a lot of juicy stuff. They whiffed again. The guys a boy scout. Look at his face. He couldnt collude if you played tiddlywinks with them. I read the entire statement, all six pages, he basically got drafted into this campaign by his fatherinlaw is a family duty. He didnt want to get to malta politics. He meant to call russians during the campaign, two. He shook hands with the Russian Ambassador wants for about 30 seconds, and then he got roped into this dumb meeting and tried to get his tail out of there as soon as possible because it was so boring. Then during the transition he met with two moore russians. He met with the ambassador because the investor want to talk about syria, thats fine, 20 been its pretty and he met with the banker. Fine. About economics. Wheres the scandal . To be going to give him a bag of dirt. Thats the only dirt he got from the russians, soil from his families homestead. I dont see anything there. Tomato, tomato. Democrats see it differently. They focus and a couple things. Never relied on russian investment for my businesses, so they say that must be a keyword. On the same day you had Chuck Schumer and other democrats get together and reveal a whole bunch of new slogans and their new wave forward, and saying that they had to take responsibility for their loss because of their candidate, and not because of russia. Do you think that was the wrong day to do that . No, i think democrats have to operate on their own timetable. I know you he wrote about this in your column. I did. The democrats need to develop their own its quite clear, a substantial number of voters, not just trump voters, dont plan to vote in 2018 on the basis of opposition to donald trump. They want to Say Something from the democrats, here is what we stand for. I dont think its necessarily bad messaging. It could get lost, but how do you compete with whats going on at the white house . Its impossible for democrats theyre never going to have the kind of bloodsport sense that you have today, and you have the brotherinlaw, looks like hes shoving his brotherinlaw, trump, jr. , under the bus as well as you have a situation where despite what Johnny Cochran said, Jesse Cochran if the glove doesnt fit, you must acquit. Sony questions, he said he got together and that they didnt know what they were talking about, it seems so clear to me, i never read the email chain. Never looked and saw that my brotherinlaw was saying id love to get information from russia, dirt on hillary. And then he said, you know what, i met with that Russian Ambassador, so what if i said lets go to the Russian Embassy and have a secure channel, a back channel communication, i didnt mean it like that. It was just a one time thing. This was not a good day. He is back on his heels. He is on the defensive. It was a carefully tailored message, as kimberly said, written by his lawyer. But the whole thing looks to me like everybody pointing fingers, if not taking out knives. Speaking of techno knives, we have congressman Hakeem Jeffries here in a sound bite. The majority of democrats understand that there is a cloud of illegitimacy over the white house over as a result of the possibility that there was improper or illegal collusion between the Trump Campaign in russia. So this is one of the talking points they will always use, and to some effectiveness with their base, but its not penetrating beyond that. It doesnt. Thats reflecting in the pulse right now i think we have some democrats and leadership saying that the russian narrative, its ringing hollow for a lot of voters, not only did they not see enough they are in order to different their attention from things Like National security, immigration, and economic principles, but theres something about it im one of those people, i much more of a skeptic than you, jessie. I know you believe in this president , and i admire how much you love this country. However, i do feel like theres no collusion, but there is Something Weird going on and i want to get to the bottom of it. I thought what Jared Kushner did today was, i thought he did a good job of laying out point by point, as you said, some of the accusations and charges that have been made, and some of them unfounded, and took them down one at a time. I think that thats is a good lesson for the administration, because it said admit its thing about the democrats for eight years when they shirked their duty to do oversight of the executive branch. The republicans are actually doing oversight, and they are having these interviews, these hearings, they are moving forward in a way i dont think the democrats would have given the republicans enough credit. Maybe they never will. It is true that the republicans havent tried to shut down any of these investigations. Because you are absolute right. Another point i was going to make, theyve been transparent. Theyve been cooperative purity see people testifying, but thats not enough to satiate the democrats in this lust that they have for any kind of thing russian centered. What i think we see here today is somebody who came forth, someone who doesnt have anything to hide and wants to clear his name, thats what i would do if someday made that kind of allegation. What we have this point, absolutely zero evidence of any kind of collusion with the russians. We do still have our democrats and Mainstream Media very anxious to try to find something. What we do have, it appears, a special prosecutor who actually is searching, hes in search for some kind of crime, so far nothing for russian collusion. And i was trying to fish, and thats not how its supposed to work for some kind of financial misdeeds, something he thinks perhaps that is wrong because thats the background of his expertise in the team that he has brought in with him. You dont think the email in which, jr. , says i love it, please, russias information, please send it. And then you have kushner seeing that, he says not seeing it and ignoring it, but then showing up at the meeting along with the campaign manager. I sent you so many emails, you just read the subject line. To that point, it is a little bit amateurish, and i also think thats why don, jr. , doesnt have a job in the white house. That is an interesting point we are going to keep going, because we do something exciting coming up. New questions are being raised about attorney general Jeff Sessions after President Trump criticizes him in a new tweet. Our changes on the horizon . Ed henry is going to join us live next. These days families want to be connected 24 7. Thats why at comcast were continuing to make our services more reliable than ever. Like technology that can update itself. An advanced fibernetwork infrustructure. New, more Reliable Equipment for your home. And a new culture built around customer service. It all adds up to our most Reliable Network ever. One that keeps you connected to what matters most. President trump took yet another swipe at attorney general Jeff Sessions, calling him belabored in a tweet this money. In a photo op, he was asked about the attorney general. Mr. President , did you face emoji. Today, and obamacare showdown is bring. The senate has had to hold a procedural vote to take up the Health Care Bill tomorrow. The question for every senator, democrat or republican, is whether they will side with obamacares architects, which have been so disruptive to our country, wherewith its forgotten victims. Any senator who votes against starting debate is telling america that you are fine with the obamacare nightmare, which is what it is. Joining us here on the set, chief National Correspondent ed henry, and there he is. Welcome to the five. Or the. Unlike the sixth beetle now they were saying that, on friday night, there is something i reported for your weekend show and you said my people in washington. I just called you out. Henry, i stole that from you. Youve been given cocky, we dont want to give you a huge head. It was anonymous sources. We will give you all the credit as long as you do a good job. A lot of breaking news today, a couple things. Theres one that is breaking now about senator john mccain, can you fill us in . We are hearing that senator john mccain is confirmed, hes coming back tomorrow to vote in the senate. It is the key procedural vote. All that is, really, is to get to the actual debate. They dont know which bill its going to become as good to be repealed only, repeal and replace, and Mitch Mcconnell is between a rock and a hard place to get something moving. This is very dramatic for senator john mccain who just had surgery to deal with brain cancer. They were expecting him to take at least a few weeks off to recuperate. Obviously you think family comes first, his health comes first. I would assume, we dont know everything because this is breaking, but this was done in consultation with his doctor sent his family to make sure that even just traveling to washington is going to be okay. I would be surprised if he flies in a plane. Hes really tough, he knows how important this is paired maverick all the way. Howd crazy would be if he flew all the way to washington to vote . Ticket to the press. I think the other thing here, the president , the ark meant that you played in that sound bite, what took so long for the white house from a comedic asian standpoint to figure out, i think this is his best judgment, with republicans that if you wont even let us move forward on a procedural vote that nobody else in washington understands, we dont even know which bill its going to be, but have a debate. They couldve had him on talk radio all last week with that exact same message and forcing the issue. But it looks like theyre going to get it. We spoke on the radio today, you raised a point which was basically, why was the president on the phone, talk radio, and states like West Virginia where he has senator on the fence . Message that. Frankly, how can republican senators justify not voting to have a debate . , you can debate, susan collins, unlike the medicaid touch honestly, add, if you phrase it that way, how can the democrats not vote for it, to . It should be 1000 in the senate. Chuck schumer says this bill is rotten to its core. He said it is so bad and so toxic, wouldnt you want to cast a little sunlight on this legislation so people can see what you see, and if not then you are an empty, hypocritical coward. Im going to go for the latter. Mitch mcconnell said last week, i was at the white house when he came out last week, Chuck Schumer and every bit as can a man this thing to death. You can have dozens and dozens of amendments. I think you are right. They should call the democrats out as well as the republicans. They need to say, democrats like Chuck Schumer said they want to fix obamacare, they dont want this built but they want to make it better. Call him out. Every time when i was covering president obama they tried to make the smallest change to obamacare, no, no, no. It was like pulling a piece of string in the suit was going to come undone. No changes, even reasonable changes. Are they going to get this thing repealed . Dana made another bold production just now that it was going to happen. I think this vote tomorrow is going to happen. Of the vote happens, but then it doesnt get repealed. I dont know. She was the source. I know. This is washington. Are you guys still talk mother . We are. You seem to be bitter about it. I think that the republicans have not demonstrated that they have any better ideas than obamacare so far. In other the house bill or the senate bill, and now all about now, can he claim a victory. They are trying to cover up. Let me move on to the news of the night which is that, this business and that the president seen that the attorney general is beleaguered, and to anybody watching it looks like the president is try to force out his attorney general without pulling the plug. What was the context . He said that the beleaguered attorney general should be investigating cricket hillary. He is dragging that back. Its very clear what that shows to me, this is a president who is frankly angry at his attorney general for acute recusing himself. Letting them twist in the wind i understand you are mad at him, but he was the first one to go out for you. He really stuck his neck out. He was really good in his confirmation hearing. Hes been lamenting the policies better than any department across the government. If you really cant stand him that much, then cut him loose. In the rocky mount news, my gosh, that doesnt even exist anymore in the Washington Post today, theres a story that robert costa reports that some to close to trump says he was asking today how will it play conservative media if i fire sessions . Well, if you actually look at the server to media, it wont be good. They like him. The twist in the story today was, Rudy Giuliani, former prosecutor, former mayor of new york, said you know what, sessions was right to recuse himself. That was a surprise because people were talking about the possibility that trump would name Rudy Giuliani to replace sessions because he believes he was also an early adopter, very early on in the campaign. I see people were surprised to not seem heart of this administration in a much higher post than as a civil libertarian. I would be delighted to see Jeff Sessions there is a lot of people asked for civil forfeiture. How may times have we heard that people are out . Take this with a grain of salt. You want them to hold his breath . Dont hold your breath because he wanted to hold it for that long . What do people in washington to . I will say this about ag, if you think way back you should remember this, Rudy Giuliani was one of the first people that the president wanted for ag, another person that he favors. But then Jeff Sessions, one of the first people to campaign form, beloved in the south, he has really tried to do a good job for the president. Its a complex situation, but i agree with dana. If you are upset and you dont like someone in the position like that, you have to have somebody to step up and stop you merely industry. Do incorporated he doesnt want to fire because he already asked him to get rid of mueller, and if he fires him then i think he is waiting for the resignation. You have to have a replacement ready to go, and i dont think he has one. Who is widely respected. He doesnt like rosenstein, so thats out the window. I say waters, he knows a lot of people in washington. Thank you so much. The new white house to medications director has a bold plan for plugging leaks to the press. We will tell you what it is coming up next. Stay with us. You wont see these folks at the post office. They have businesses to run. They have passions to pursue. How do they avoid trips to the post office . Stamps. Com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. Get a 4 week trial, plus 100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. Go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. Just a few days after being named the new White House Communications director, Anthony Scaramucci is now in the cleanup shot.