A good monday morning to you all. We begin with the white house facing new allegations focused on russia and the president s soninlaw. Yeah, President Trump slammed media reports his soninlaw Jared Kushner tried to establish a secret back channel with russian officials. The president is touting his first overseas trip as a big success. But the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, walked away from the g7 summit, quoting here, suggesting the relationship between the European Union and the u. S. Is not as strong as it used to be. Abcs Kenneth Moton joins us live from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. Foreign policy to domestic issues, apparently President Trump is gearing up for a fight in the russia investigation. We are hearing of a growing group of private attorneys and an experienced pr team to handle the negative headlines. Trump white house overhaul on the heels of his first foreign trip as president i think we hit a home run. Reporter President Trump b
Holiday. The president wakes up to a white house in crisis mode. President trump returned from nineday overseas trip to chaos this weekend as the Russian Investigation looks to imperfectly his young presidency. And hes unleashing a barrage of tweets berating the Fake News Media overnight as new reports hit close to home with revelations centering around jared kushner. After reuters claimed kushner had three undisclosed conversations with russias ambassador to the United States. That after the Washington Post reported kushner tried to establish back Channel Communication with russian operatives during the transition. And their communications, Homeland Security chief john kelly is defending. Any time you can open lines of communication with anyone, whether they are good friends or not so good friends is a smart thing to do. Our own team says west wing staffers are speechless at the kushners news while kushners attorney defended her client with this statement. Mr. Kushner participated in
Us on this memorial day. President trump wakes up to a white house in chaos mood. The Russian Investigation looks typical peril his young presidency. And hes unleashing a barrage of tweets berating the quote safe news media overnight as new reports hit close to home with revelations centering around jared kushner. After reuters claimed kushner had three undisclosed conversations with russias ambassador to the United States. That after the Washington Post reported kushner tried to establish back Channel Communication with russian operatives during the transition. And john kelly is defending. Any time you can open lines of communication with anyone, whether they are good friends or not so good friends is a smart thing to do. Our own team says west wing staffers are speechless at the kushners news while kushners attorney defended her client with this statement. Mr. Kushner participated in thousands of calls in this time period. He has no recould alexandria of the calls ascribed. However J
A good monday morning to you all. We begin with the white house facing new allegations focused on russia and the president s soninlaw. Yeah, President Trump slammed media reports his soninlaw Jared Kushner tried to establish a secret back channel with russian officials. The president is touting his first overseas trip as a big success. But the german chancellor Angela Merkel walked away from the g7 summit quoting here suggesting the relationship between the European Union and the u. S. Is not as strong as it used to be. Abcs Kenneth Moton joins us live from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. Foreign policy to domestic issues. President trump is gearing up for a fight in the russia investigation. We are hearing of a growing group of private attorneys and pr team to handle the negative headlines. Trump white house overhaul, on the heels of his first foreign trip as president i think we hit a home run. Reporter President Trump back home considering a staff
And basebrawl. The moment a giants pitcher throws a 98mileanhour pitch right into a nationals stars hip. Here we go. Harpers charging the mound. The helmet flying, the two exchanging blows and both benches clearing as a massive fight erupts on the pitchers mound. This is a good one, folks. Batter and pitcher ejected. Hes not going away. He is a big, strong dude. What those players are now saying this morning. Cant touch this good morning, america. What a fight there on the baseball field. The giants pitcher, hunter strickland, you saw him, had to be dragged from the mound to the dugout from his teammates after exchanging punches with the nationals slugger bryce harper. This grudge goes back to 2014 when harper hit two home runs off strickland and this is the first time theyve seen each other since. Two strong guys throwing hard punches. You dont want to be in the middle of that. A lot more on that coming up. Breaking news out of washington and learned the communication director has res