clearance, the president's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner meets with the special counsel and is questioned for seven hours. conspiracy and chief. president trump exceeds all bounds in attacking law enforcement institutions insisting he's the victim of a conspiracy to spy on his campaign. new warnings about the president's extreme rhetoric. >>> power of lava. hawaii's big island faces clouds of poison gas and rivers of red hot lava. as the volcano poses a great threat to a power plant. we'll take you there live. >>> and fall -- fall -- falling for kim. president trump is lavishing praise on the dictator and asking for a deal. are they falling for kim's charm offensive. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. as president trump unleashes a fresh tor tent of conspiracy theories in which a criminal deep state plants a spy in his campaign. the special counsel investigation moves forward. the lawyer for jared kushner reveals kushner had a second interview with robert mueller team lasting seven hours. even a

news. wide ranging interview. jared kushner's lawyer tells me about his client's second interview with the special counsel revealing important lines of questioning. what does it tell us about the state of the russia probe and kushner's faith? >>> intel community attack. president trump takes his assault on law enforcement institutions to a new level fueling unproven claims about a spy inside his campaign. tonight fired fbi director james comey says mr. trump is pedaling lies that will do lasting damage tuesday the country. >>> new indications tonight that they're looking to george papadopoulos for information. >>> and live at the volcano where it shows no sign of ending. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking tonight, jared kushner's lawyer confirming today just a little while ago that his client was interviewed a second time by the special counsel's team. about the firing of james comey and about the trump campaign contacts with russia. lowel

with jared kushner? >> at this hour we're finding the white house mass now restored jared kushner's security clearance. if you remember, it was suspended back in february when the white house was doing an overhaul of security clearances after the rob porter scandal. he was still employed at the white house despite the allegations of spousal abuse. so the security clearances of jared kushner and other top officials who had been pending was suspended at the time. we're told that the word now from the white house is that it is now officially restored. this is something that people close to jared kushner say was done through the normal process. there was no pressure put on the fbi that did the review for the security clearances. no pressure was put on from the president or anybody else. obviously we know that there's been months of a cloud over jared kushner about the security clearance. in his first submission, if you recall, back in 2017 there was a number of -- dozens of foreign contacts left off the application. those omissions were later corrected in later submissions but now officially jar

. we will also hear from jared kushner who is about to unveil his own peace plan. as israelis are celebrating today obviously this is a crushing blow to palestinians and they are making their frustrations felt around the palestinian territories today. >> thank you. >> let's bring in john avalon and president and founder of the eurasia group author of the us versus them, the failure of globalism. unfortunately, grave day for your book and the discussion. this is not new in terms of authority for u.s. administration. republican and democrat presidents have waived on this. they said we have the power to move the embassy. we are not going to not because they don't recognize jerusalem as capital of israel but because of political implications to the peace process and wanting the two sides to work it out before the u.s. would make a dispositive move. what is the plus/minus? >> the israelis are our friends and we don't care about palestinians. you just saw jubilant about opening and so are the israelis. 25 palestinians are dead throwing themselves against the wall in dpauzgaza. president

me what you know. >> that's right, brooke. gloria borger and i have learned that jared kushner's security clearance was restored today officially. it was suspended during the rob porter scandal, where rob porter was allowed to remain on staff despite allegations of spousal abuse. john kelly suspended the clearance of everybody whose clearance was pending, that included jared kushner of course. we have heard now from abby lowell, who is kushner's attorney and he says this is a process a long time in coming. he said it was delayed in part due to the fact that kushner's application was very complicated and the fact that there was a back log that begins for every new administration. the second piece of news that we have from gloria borger and myself is that jared kushner went in for a second interview with the special counsel robert mueller. this happened in mid april. he sat for seven hours, answered questions, a number of questions on different topics, a lot of it having to do with his role in the campaign, his role in the presidential transition, as well as some questions after president t

president's son-in-law jared kushner. >> the senate committee published hundreds of pages of these interviews with this exchange that was put out after the trump tower meeting by the white house at the time, quote, the washington post has reported that your father was involved in drafting the july 8th statement. is that correct? >> the response of donald trump jr. was, i don't know. i never spoke to my father about it, but if you look at the exchange even further it notes he may have commented. his father was involved in the drafting of that statement. let's bring in shimon prokupecz in washington with what you are seeing there, shimon. >> that's right, john. certainly in reading what don junior has testified to, you know, it's pretty lengthy in terms of the sheer number of pages of transcripts here, and it's clear that don junior was sort of tricked here by the russians in some way. this meeting, he thought, was going to be about perhaps some dirt on hillary clinton and then quickly evolved into something about adoptions and the magnitsky act, and it seems, at least he's trying to

a video statement. ivanka trump and jared kushner are both here. jared kushner of course having the middle east peace portfolio. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also here. most of the important people in this country, top officials, are in attendance today. because this is seen as such a significant ceremony, something that israel has long been asking for, and the previous u.s. administrations had promised to do but had not done, had deferred that decision out of fear that it would cause violence, very much like the violence we're seeing now in the gaza strip. >> and we're going to go there now, our colleague matt bradley is on the phone in gaza. matt, give us an update, what are you seeing? >> well, right now, we're in the northeast portion of the gaza strip, stephanie, and it's looking as though this is escalating not just from sniper fire from the israeli soldiers lining the border, they're actually shelling where i am, for the last several hours. not just normal batteries guns, there's f-16s flying over and dropping weapons. this area where i am, which is near jabl

and son-in-law jared kushner. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is in washington to tell us. good evening. >> good evening. fox news confirmed through multiple sources of the president son-in-law jared kushner recently received his full security clearance. late today his lawyer saint, hes clearance was handled by the book. >> happened in the normal course. happened the way it happens for thousands of people. goes to initially the bureau. as a background investigation. it gets through various agencies and gets to the white house. there is a special office that does security measures. they are all career people. >> kushner had been working off an interim security clearance as he pursued foreign policy issues on behalf of the president. in february the interim clearance was downgraded after chief of staff john kelly issued new rules, and the security investigation had not been completed. with the russian investigation looming, the clearance became a major media story. >> is jared kushner becoming a distraction? >> jarod is a valued member of the administration and he

question about jared kushner. let me read that one. what did you know during the transition about an attempt to establish back-channel communications to russia and jared kushner's efforts. let's watch jared kushner explaining -- i think this was the day he testified on capitol hill his ties to russia or lack thereof. >> let me be very clear. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. >> joyce vance, i've. following you on twitter all day as i always do. you've got some thoughts about what mike is reporting about jared kushner and jared kushner's possible status may be. >> well, kushner said what he had to say when he was up on the hill. there was no doubt he wouldn't have been able to continue in the white house at that point in time had the answers been any different. but as the information that's publicly available -- nicole, you're always good to point out that what we know is just t

george papadopoulos and jared jared kushner. and did russia actually affect the outcome of our election? one of the nation's foremost intel chiefs made that very claim tonight. as "the 11th hour" gets under way on this wednesday evening. good evening. from our nbc headquarters here in new york. day 489 of the trump administration. hours from a critical briefing about classified documents brokered by the white house amid the president's latest efforts to undercut and discredit the russia investigation while also attacking federal law enforcement. more on that meeting in a moment. because we want you to hear how the president is now branding what he alleges was an attempt by federal law enforcement, our own team, to infiltrate and illegally conduct surveillance on his 2016 campaign. all evidence thus far to the contrary. >> a lot of bad things have happened. we now call it spygate. you're calling it spygate. >> originally, two republican house members were slated to join the fbi and the national intelligence directors along with an official from doj on thursday to review top secr

tonight. lots to get to. do you remember when jared kushner lost his security clearance? jared kushner is the president's son-in-law. he is married to the president's daughter, ivanka. mr. kushner still works in the white house. he still has the white house senior adviser title that he has had ever since he first got to d.c. but mr. kushner apparently is no longer allowed access to any classified materials. because he was not able to get a security clearance. one of the reported concerns about his security clearance application were these repeated allegations that he was mixing conversations about the needs of his family's real estate business with conversations he was having about u.s. government policy as a white house adviser. that's the kind of thing that can keep you from getting a security clearance. if you are giving business owners or donors or foreign governments the impression that if they financially help out your family business that might give them an edge when it comes to getting what they want from the u.s. government, that's not okay. you can't get a clearance i

kushner. senior white house advisor to the president and his wife being here. jared kushner will speak. the prime minister of israel in here. benjamin netanyahu, will also speak. i believe it's standard i step back for a moment while this is played. [star-spangled banner being sung] ♪ ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ o say does that star spangled bans yet wave ♪ ♪ over the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> bill and heather, i was born and raised military. when that song plays we put our hands over the heart and we watch and listen and sing along. the colors being marched now and on the bill to speak their secretary steve mnuchin is here. i spoke with him earlier. he will do the unveiling. u.s. assembly embassy seal. the footprint will include our u.s. embassy in america history. the world is watching to see president trump has said that he is committed as ever to peace in that part of the country and give you a chance to ask a couple of questi

by john sullivan. it included secretary of treasury steven mnuchin, senior adviser jared kushner, senior adviser ivanka trump and jason greenblatt. today is a great day for israel and if united states. it's a reminder to everyone when president trump makes a promise he keeps it. i'm anunsing that next tuesday may 22, the -- announcing that next tuesday, may 22, president trump will address the national campaign gala to discuss this m actions he has taken to protect lives of the unborn and defend religious liberty. this morning he had a call with james shaw to defend his heroic actions and quick thinking at a waffle house in tennessee. mr. shaw saved lives when he wrestled a gun from an active shooter who opened fire. lastly over the weekend we sadly saw another terrorist attack in central paris. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. we stand in solidarity with the french people and their government against this vicious act of terrorism and pledge any assistance needed. with that, i will take your questions. john? >> reporter: raj, a couple, if i could. at the

represented by jared kushner, ivanka trump, and a couple of very controversial christian pastors. we'll have more on all of that later in the show. including a live report from nbc's richard engel who's on the ground in jerusalem. also today, melania trump underwent a medical procedure for what the white house called a, quote, benign kidney condition. and we're told the procedure was successful and the president tweeted this afternoon that the first lady is in good spirits. we've been watching this week for the criminal trial of the republican governor of missouri. eric greitens. greitens was accused of felony invasion of privacy stemming from his allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman he had an affair with back in 2015. out of the blue today the local prosecutor announced her office was dropping the invasion of privacy charge against the governor. they're asking the judge to appoint a special prosecutor and start the case again. governor greitens still faces a felony count of computer tampering related to campaign fund-raising. and he could end up being impeached by his own republ

nothing back from them. we'll let you know in we do. trace? >> trace: what about jared kushner getting his security clearance back? >> there was a big story when jared kushner's interim top secret security clearance was down graded to secret in the wake of the rob porter fiasco where he was granted a security clearance here at the white house or given interim security clearance despite the fact that he had faced allegations of spous spousal abuse. now jared kushner has his top security clearance. the fbi completed his file and submitted to the white house personnel security and he has that security clearance. his attorney in a statement a short time ago saying "as we stated before, his application was properly submitted, reviewed by career officials and went through the normal process. having completed the processes, mr. kushner is looking forward to continue the work the president has asked him to do." it's significant, too, to consider that the fbi vetted him thoroughly and likely given him in this capacity and given all of the other stuff out there, regarding jared kushner and the r

. and jared kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser. do aides fear that because of something that could turn up in the cohen raids and if so why wouldn't they worry about donald trump himself since he's the one who's close to cohen? >> it's complicated when you're dealing with the president of the united states. with mueller he will likely issue a report where then congress will decide whether to pursue impeachment or a trial in the senate. but with regard to the president's family, the white house is in that narrow window that it can only see parts of this investigation. they know some of the questions that white house officials have been asked. the white house has cooperated with interviews. and they do hear questions about b. that donald trump jr. meeting with the russian lawyer. they do at times hear questions about jared kushner and his meetings during the transition with foreign officials. so all these things are out there as questions for a white house that feels under siege. >> and i'm struck by another line in your piece that says, "the biggest challenge for the white hou

donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner and russians connected to putin and russian oligarchs but the new details from "the new york times" in which we learned the original investigation had a secret code name, cross fire hurricane. a nod to the rolling stones lyric from jumping jack flash and the agents were afraid of leaks so much so they kept details secret from the justice department, only five officials at doj knew the whole story. the facts had they surfaced might have devastated the trump campaign and his national security adviser was under investigation and his campaign chairman. one trump adviser appeared to have russian intelligence contacts, another was suspected of being a russian agent himself, unquote. this comes in stark contrast with the way that hillary clinton e-mail case was being handled with a public press conference from former fbi director james comey and a public announcement the case would be reopened a week and a half before election day. but when it came to the trump investigation, the fbi was more circumspect than has been previously known. agents c

., jared kushner, the president's -- now the president's son-in-law. these are people obviously who have all been interviewed by different committees on the senate and the house and it's interesting to see what their accounts are, how their accounts differ of what exactly happened. we also know that among this 2,000 pages that are being released are some notes that paul manafort took on his phone and were printed out obviously and have now been released as part of this release by the senate judiciary committee. we also know that among the other people who were at the meeting were the couple of russian developers, who were people who knew donald trump from way back when he was in russia for the miss universe pageant. a lot of connections back and forth between all of these characters and the people in the trump campaign and which is why a year after the mueller -- after robert mueller took over this investigation we're still waiting for some answers as to what happened here, whether or not there was any collusion, this is obviously something that is still squarely at the middle of th

jared kushner for all you have done to advance this issue in this administration and across the country. you have shined a national spotlight on prison reform. as never before. you have brought together people from across the political spectrum. because of your tireless work and inspiring commitment, i am confident this will be the white house that reforms the american prison system for the betterment of all of the american people. would you join me in thanking jared kushner for his great compassion and great work on this issue? [applause] as you will hear from president trump in just a few minutes, prison reform is a national priority for the trump administration. the president made this clear. in his state of the union address when he said that we are fully committed in his words to help former inmates who serve their time, to get a second chance. during this national police week and every week, we will always stand with the men and women of law enforcement as they work to keep our streets and cities safe, but we also stand for the principle that once you served your time and paid you

the east room. jared kushner is speaking. president trump will join him shortly to talk about prisons and the criminal justice system. this is again taking place at the white house this morning, live on c-span2. >> i'm very pleased the vice president will join us to discuss some of those issues. i will leave it to hannah who is the real star today so. [applause] >> good morning. thank you. it's an honor to be here today with all of you. words can not describe how grateful i am to see every one here talking about a topic that is so close to my heart. i used to have a dream, that i watts with my dad but we were surrounded by metal fences and metal tables. it wasn't until i was nine that my mom told me that my dad had gone to prison t wasn't a dream. it was a childhood memory. turns out i'm not the only one with memories having to visit a mom or dad in prison. there are 10 million other kids in america who have had the same memory. all these kids want is to come home from school, eat a snack and talk about their day. to have a mom or a dad at their ballgame or hear them read a be

gathering. that was followed i a panel discussion monitored by then jump -- ben jones. jared kushner spoke as well as the energy secretary, rick perry. this is just over 40 minutes. >> [applause] >> thank you. wantefore we begin, i just to send our thoughts and prayers to the people of santa fe, especially with the first responders and the administrators dealing with the tragedy. reports are still coming in. i want to thank everyone for being with us here today to discuss this important topic that is personal to a lot of people. i was given the task -- a bunch of jobs, but one was to introduce the vice president. something happened where i found someone that is more qualified to do this. toould like to ask hannah join us. , when i wasampaign able to spend a lot of time with the ice president, this was one of the first issues we spent a lot of time talking about. was he did in indiana remarkable. and a model for many other states. the vice president will join us to discuss some of those issues that i'm going to leave it to hannah who is a real start today. [applause] >> good morning. thank

opened in jerusalem. ivanka trump, jared kushner. elise labott joins us with the latest. elise, you were at the opening ceremony today. what can you tell us? . >> reporter: well, anderson, i think you can call it a love fest would not be an overestimation. it's impossible to overestimate how popular president trump is with this move to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. driving up even to the embassy, there are all these signs that say president trump will make israel great again, trump is a friend of israel. and i think that the israelis feel that after years of president obama that there is a u.s. president that does have their back, that you just saw last week, he pulled out of the iran deal and cited evidence from prime minister netanyahu. that was really the theme of today, all of the speakers praising president trump. eve everyone in his administration who was named whether they were there or not. john bolton, nikki haley, mike pence, mike pompeo. everyone got a standing ovation, but it was really jared kushner who was the keynote speaker that got the kind of loudest applause

message. we will see jared kushner speaking a little later. this was a promise from the president on the campaign trail. now it is happening. highly controversial. >> reporter: highly controversial, poppy in terms of obviously a crushing blow to the palestinians but a jubulent day here in jerusalem frat or the israelis. president trump very popular here for this move. signs lining the streets president trump is a friend of israel. president trump will make israel great again. obviously, the israelis have been waiting for this day for 70 years. it's not without controversy because of this move and also because of some of the speakers here today. you have robert jeffers who is giving the opening invocation, a very controversial pastor and a big supporter of president trump who has been wildly criticized for antimuslim, antigay, antimormon comments that have been criticized by former presidential candidate mitt romney and also a jew. and then you have a pastor of the cornerstone church, also the founder of christians united for israel who has been criticized for some comments he made back i

donald trump's eldest son, his then campaign chairman, his son-in-law jared kushner and several russian nationals. and the testimony from those at the meeting shows how eager donald trump jr. and trump campaign members were to get dirt on hillary clinton. but the transcripts also show how frustrated they became when that did not pan out. just take this excerpt from rob goldstone, who is the middleman who connected the trump camp with the russians. goldstone said i was waiting if there was some smoking gun, which was why i had been asked to do this, after a few minutes of this labored presentation, jared kushner who is sitting next me appeared somewhat agitated by this and said i have no idea what you're talking about, could you please folk as you bit more and maybe start again. i recall that she, meaning the russian lawyer, natalia veselnitskaya, began the presentation exactly where she had last time, almost word for word, which seemed by his body language to infuriate him even more. donald jr. told senate investigators he did not tell his father about the meeting. listen to this exchan

reporting jared kushner has been granted his security clearance. joining me, matt apuzzo from "the new york times." how did kushner get his clearance back in last i check this was not something he was going to get without a presidential waiver. >> yeah. i don't know about that. but the review has been ongoing to get a full clearance. you do need to get -- you do need to get an fbi background check. that has dragged on for well over a year. and has really fueled this swirl of questions and speculation about why isn't he getting his clearance, what is the problem. and the white house has been trying to beat that back and saying this is the normal process, it takes a long time, kushner has so many complicated financial deals, and he was the point person for overseas contacts. not to mention the fact that he made a number of mistakes in filing the application for the clearance. when you add it up, this is totally routine. but the more it dragged on, the more it contributed to this question of, what does the fbi or what does the intelligence community have on jared kushner? is he in jeo

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exempt from malfeasance. >>> jared kushner's lawyer said he was questioned for a second time by robert mueller in the russia collusion and contacts with foreign nationals. kushner was interviewed by mueller's team last november. the attorney says kushner team believes he is now finished with all ongoing inquiries. >> in the meantime, jared kushner cleared the security clearance. he lost the interim clearance in february. he failed to list dozens of foreign contacts that he included in the updated submission. >>> and president trump with the next trade clash. cars. wilbur ross will see if car importis will hurt the national security. a similar probe led to the steel and aluminum tariffs earlier. you have waited long enough calling the auto industry critical to the u.s. the investigation will cover auto parts and suvs and vans and light trucks. it would hit asian automakers the hardest. companies like toyota, honda, hyundai. this announcement caused a selloff overnight. mazda does not produce cars in the united states. many foreign automakers have big production facilities here. they exp

jared kushner-led peace effort. and we have yet to really hear very much from the white house about what they would like to see done by israel or by others to address the crisis in gaza. >> and we have a situation literally simultaneously as we showed those two things on one hand, you have a deadly violence and on the other you see the kushners standing, smiling, steve mnuchin, ambassador, standing and smiling. a pretty stunning split screen, if you will, about the two different ways in which this is viewed. what does this mean for the middle east peace process? is there a middle east peace process? >> reporter: well, right now there isn't. right now you have a -- an expressed willingness on the part of israel to come to the table under circumstance circumstances, and you had until december a similar expressed willingness on the palestinians side. we don't really know where that stands now, and you have standing between them donald trump saying he would like to meet, to make the ultimate deal and it really shouldn't be as difficult as it has been for -- for more than 40 years, since

in u.s. diplomacy. the embassy officially onned in jerusalem. jared kushner says the opening is proof that the president keeps his promises. >> today also demonstrates american lead irship. by moving our embassy to jerusalem, we have shown the world once again that the united states can be trusted. we stand with our friends and o allies, and we have shown that the united states of america will do what's right and so we have. >> as jared kushner hails the white house standing by its word, the president is getting hammered for appearing to back down on u.s. sanctions. president trump tweeted he wants to help zte, it is on the sanctions list for doing business with iran as well as north korea. what about the white house aide who insulted john mccain. she told mccain's daughter she would publicly apologizapologiz. well, in the end, that is something that has not happened, and the white house has been more upset about leaks rather than what was said in that meeting. there's much to discuss, as we wait for the briefing to begin. i have with me now, dana bash. dana bash and chris is a

-law, jared kushner had his second interview with mueller's team last month. an interview that lasted seven hours. back with john dean and max booth. john, kushner's attorney was on with wolfe blitzer today. he was questioned last month about russian collusion. listen to this. >> we basically followed their lead and the topics were what were the appropriate topics. you foe that they're being thorough looking at the campaign, and by campaign the issue they're investigating is there's something called clug, -- collusion whatever that means to people. they're looking to see if there was some sort of undue influence put on, particularly russia. that i have been looking at post-inauguration issues, firing of james comey. >> so if saying mueller was asking the appropriate question this wouldn't be witch hunt then. >> it sounds like he's being very candid and he would be in a position to know exactly what those questions were. so, no, this will not bolster the witch hunt argument at all. >> after the president's former attorney john dowd quit, mueller he called it terrific. he told the natio

bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is bloomberg markets. julia: while jared kushner has draama in d.c. things are looking up in new york. is looking to salvage its investment. caleb joins us now and he broke the story could you have done some brilliant work on this. an ongoing saga. i thought it was taking us in every possible direction. i don't want to get too excited but i am. >> first off, to give credit where credit is due. times got this one first. field asset management buys a lot of property. in advanced talks with geriatrician to buy out jared kushner's partners. we're told the idea is that they would then update the building. higher rents. a complicating factor here is that the qatari investment already owns 1/4 of brookfield property partners, which th eunits which brookfield would do this deal. scarlet: how does this deal differ from the one that they had agreed to with the chinese company that ended up falling apart? >> so totally different. they were going to knock that building down. there was going to be a $4 billion construction loan. there are going to build a new tower twice

trump jr., and jared kushner, his son-in-law and a senior adviser." and, ashley, mr. kushner signaled just how serious it might be by his choice of lawyers in washington, abbe lowell among the very best, especially for officials who find themselves in trouble. but the first part was so important. those close to the president believing at this late date in his eventual exoneration. >> they absolutely believe that. nearly everyone we talked to believes, especially when it comes to collusion, they believe that the president says he's done nothing wrong. they believe him when he says that, and they also sort of say, look, bob mueller is so thorough that if there was a there there, it would have turned up by now. there's a little more question on the obstruction of justice bucket just because no one sort of quite knows what the bar is and what they may not know. they sort of describe saying we believe the president will be exonerated but they are sort of psychologically steeling themselves for a long slog because they don't know if and when it will happen. they also recognize in the proces

] and i also want to thank, van i have to say, jared kushner, who has worked so hard on this issue. [applause] really has. thank you. we're proud of you. we're proud of you. prison reform is an issue that unites people from across the political spectrum. it's an amazing thing. our whole nation benefits if former inmates are able to reenter society as productive, law-abiding citizens. every year, over 620,000 inmates , primarily from state prisons are released after completing their sentences. for many, really, life outside of the prison is a tremendous struggle -- i see it -- to find a job, to stay off drugs, to avoid old habits that lead them back to a life of crime, back to prison. unfortunately, more than one-third of former federal prison inmates and more than three-quarters of state prisoners will be rearrested again within five years. nobody wins when former prisoners fail to adjust to life outside, or worse, end up back behind bars. we want former inmates to find a path to success so they can support their families and support their communities. crucial to this effort is hel

it says. after a few minutes of this labor presentation, jared kushner who was sitting next to me appeared somewhat agitated by this and said, i really have no idea what you're talking about. could you please focus a bit more and maybe start again? and i recalled that she, meaning the russian lawyer, natalia veselnitskaya began where she began last time, word for word which seemed by his body language seemed to infuriate him even more. it seems to contradict what we heard from kushner who basically described himself as bored in the meeting. what do you think? >> it doesn't entirely contradict it. it says he was bored. infuriate is the word of somebody else. either way, you have somebody in the big controversy what may be conflicting testimony is how long he entertained this. whether he was infuriated or bored or not, how long did he remain in the meeting. he actually said -- he didn't testify in front of the senate. he provided written responses. and in part of that, kind of a curious blind date sort of scenario asked his assistant to text him or calling him so he can get out of t

to the opening ceremony himself instead he sent his daughter ivanka and her husband jared kushner both advisors to the president who decided to move the embassy and recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. trump sent a video message to the gathering israel is a sovereign nation with the right like every other sovereign nation to determine its own capital prime minister binyamin netanyahu called this a historic day and said the move didn't stand in the way of peace talks with the palestinians made the opening of this embassy and this city spread the truth far and wide and may the truth advance a lasting peace between israel and on our neighbors god bless the united states of america and god bless jerusalem there you turn old divided couple. of the palestinian protests erupted against the relocation of the embassy in the border area between the gaza strip and israel dozens of people were killed witnesses say protesters once again tried to break through the border fence. the israeli army responded with tear gas and live ammunition. confrontations also took place in bethlehem in the west b

were jared kushner and paul manafort who was campaign chair at the time. british publicist rob goldstone set up the whole thing. then on the russia site you had an attorney, two lop byists and a translator. he says this meet was primarily about adoptions. turned out that was not the case as he acknowledged a few days later, remember that? that's when he said it was about getting dirt on hillary clinton with e-mails showing it was part of a bush by the russian government to help the trump campaign. lawyers for the president's son said it was pretty clear pretty quick that the russians had nothing to offer in that meeting and trump, by the way, has said did he not know about the meeting until it was reported in the news. we want to get to ken dilanian who has been leading the team sifting through these 2,500 pages of new documents, transcripts, statements, notes that are out there. let's go through what stands out to you. >> well, hallie, we have sort of competing narratives here by the republicans and the democrats on the jaw dish airy committee. republicans put these transcript

office, his son-in-law jared kushner finally gets his security clearance. at the same time, with elearned that kushner had a long second session with the mueller team. and later, it may be baseball season, but tonight we'll talk football for just a bit. after the nfl releases its new policy on the national anthem. don't tell us politics could be involved. "the 11th hour" getting started on a wednesday night. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done! tripadvisor. visit tripadvisor.com oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. xfinity mobile: find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not t

world stage for the president's daughter ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner. they were there representing the white house. the president had been invited by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to come to the embassy. the president considered it for a while and decided he would send ivanka and jared kushner. jared giving the keynote address and he is the point person for the middle east peace process. let's listen. >> on behalf of the 45th president of the united states of america, we welcome you officially and for the first time to the embassy of the united states here in jerusalem. the capital of israel. >> today also demonstrates american leadership by moving our embassy to jerusalem. we have shown the world once again that the united states can be trusted. >> john: president trump did make an appearance via videotape broadcast in the opening ceremony. the president rejecting criticism that moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem will prevent an obstacle to middle east peace. listen here. >> president trump: as i said in december, our greatest hope is for peace. the uni

manafort, jared kushner, and donald trump jr., how could none of those conversations lead back to ground zero, the president, now president of the united states? it's completely implausible. >> chris, what did you want to say? >> can i add one other quick thing to laura's point? i was struck by don junior's testimony in which he's asked, did you ever have a follow-up -- let's take donald trump out of it just for a minute. did you ever have a follow-up conversation, ever, with jared kushner or paul manafort about this meeting in any way, shape or form, and the answer is no, which seems to me a little odd because i would think you would -- let's say it was not the meeting they thought it was, which by all accounts it was not, according to all the testimony they thought they were getting one thing and got something else or didn't get anything. wouldn't you say, man, can you believe that meeting? i've been in meetings before, not at cnn of course, but i've been in meetings before where you think it's going to go one way and it goes another way. there is a little bit of commiserating.

was well led. >> tonight on c-span. white house senior adviser jared kushner, a ivanka trump, and israeli president -- prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke at the dedication of a new embassy in jerusalem. president trump delivered videos in a taped presentation. this is about an hour and 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are about to begin our ceremony. please remember to silence your phones now. ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of colors by our security guard detachment and remain standing for the national anthem. >> march. on the colors. >> present. arms. see by thecan you don's early light -- by the d awn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the para lists -- through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there that star-spangled waver yet o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] >> arms! retire the c

malfeasance. >>> jared kushner's lawyer said he was questioned for a second time by robert mueller in the russia collusion and contacts with foreign nationals last month. kushner was interviewed by mueller's team last november. the attorney says kushner team believes he is now finished with all ongoing inquiries. >> in the meantime, jared kushner cleared the security clearance. permanent security clearance. he lost the interim clearance in february. he failed to list dozens of foreign contacts that he included in the updated submissions to the fbi. >>> north korea's harsh rhetoric back from pyongyang. north korea representative calling vice president mike pence a political dummy. and now warning of a showdown if the summit fails. we have cnn's ivan watson in seoul. ivan, it appears the summit is still on. >> reporter: now they are warning if they don't accept a deal with north korea, they could end up like libya. a senior north korean official is firing back saying pence is a political dummy and saying he quote spat out nonsense. the dprk would follow in libya's footste footsteps. it has

spotlight, why jared kushner won't be front and center at tomorrow's embassy opening in jerusalem. >>> we begin with a live picture of the white house pushing back on how it is handling the controversy surrounding the staffers' sensitive joke about senator john mccain and dealing with mounting pressure from democrats to condemn it. the reaction from lindsey graham in an interview airing later this morning. >> it was a pretty disgusting thing to say. if it was a joke, it was a terrible joke. i just wish somebody from the white house would tell the country that was inappropriate. that's not who we are. and the trump administration and john mccain can be criticized for any political decision he's ever made or any vote he's ever cast, but he's an american hero. and i think most americans would like to see the trump administration do better in situations like this. it doesn't hurt you at all to do the right thing and to be big. >> graham stopping short saying president trump should apologize on behalf of that staffer. >> i'll leave that up to him. but if something happened like that in

. eastern. about 800 guests including ivanka trump and jared kushner and we do know that president trump will address that ceremony on a video message. ivanka trump and jared kushner arrived sunday alongside a large american delegation to help open the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem. >> recognize jerusalem as the capital. >> reporter: just five months after president trump made the announcement, one of the existing consulate buildings in jerusalem today will become an embassy. prime minister netanyahu heaped praise on president trump. >> president trump is making history. we are deeply grateful, and our people will be eternally grateful for his bold decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to move the embassy there. >> reporter: but palestinians feel betrayed by the u.s. and they're furious. >> they always had hopes in having jerusalem as the future c capital of palestine if a deal was struck. >> reporter: on sunday adding fuel to the fire right wing activists marched. she says there will never be peace until you leave jerusalem. already thousands of marchers out here