Trump Defends Son-In-Law's Contacts With Russia

LIVE FROM THE BROADCAST CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS "KCAL 9
NEWS" AT NINE.
TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP HONORED
THE NATION'S FALLEN WARRIORS IN
A SOMBER CEREMONY AT ARLINGTON
NATIONAL CEMETERY.
HE TOOK PART IN THE OBSERVANCE
AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
THERE ARE LOOMING QUESTIONS
SURROUNDING HIS INNER CIRCLE AND
RUSSIA.
DAVE BRYAN JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY.
COMING HOME, ALWAYS A HAPPY
OCCASION, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A
MIXED BLESSING FOR THE PRESIDENT
THIS TIME.
WITH THE CONTROVERSY HITTING UP
AT HOME INTENTIONS WITH HIS
SON-IN-LAW GROWING INSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY
BE WONDERING WHEN HE CAN GET
BACK ON THE ROAD.
THIS WEEK, THAT HE WILL CONTINUE
TO RISE.
REPORTER: WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
BACK IN THE U.S., HE TURNED HIS
ATTENTION TO MEMORIAL DAY,
HONORING THE FALLEN AMERICANS
WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE BRAVE
SOULS WHO RACED INTO GUNFIRE,
ROARED INTO BATTLE AND RAN INTO
HELL TO FACE DOWN EVIL.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ALSO
FOCUSED ON ANOTHER STIFF
CHALLENGE FOR THE LATEST RUSSIA
CONTROVERSY THAT ENGULFED HIS
SON-IN-LAW AND SENIOR ADVISOR
JARED KUSHNER WHO REPORTEDLY
SUGGESTED TO THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR THEY SET UP A BACK
CHANNEL COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
THAT WOULD ALLOW TRUMP OFFICIALS
TO TALK TO THE KREMLIN WITHOUT
BEING MONITORED.
TRUMP SAID HE IS DOING A GREAT
JOB FOR THE COUNTRY AND I HAVE
TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN HIM.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE IS A VERY
GOOD PERSON.
OTHER TEAM TRUMP MEMBERS JUMPED
ON BOARD AS WELL INCLUDING JOHN
KELLY WHO SAYS THE KUSHNER
SUGGESTION ISN'T UNUSUAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS TO COMMUNICATE, BACK
CHANNEL, PUBLICLY WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES, I DON'T SEE ANY BIG
ISSUE HERE RELATIVE TO JARED.
MY VIEW IS I DON'T LIKE IT.
JOHN
ALLIES IN AUSTRALIA SAID WHAT
KUSHNER SUGGESTED IS ANYTHING
BUT ROUTINE MEDICATION.
I DON'T THINK IT'S STANDARD
PROCEDURE PRIOR TO THE
INAUGURATION OF A PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES BY SOMEONE WHO
IS NOT IN AN APPOINTED POSITION.
SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SUGGESTING
HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE SHOULD BE
RE-EXAMINED.
I DO THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE
A REVIEW OF HIS SECURITY
CLEARANCE TO FIND OUT IF HE WAS
TRUTHFUL.
IF NOT THERE IS NO WAY HE CAN
MAINTAIN THAT CLEARANCE.
ROBERT MUELLER WHO IS NOW IN
CHARGE OF THE RUSSIAN
INVESTIGATION SPOKE AT HIS
GRANDDAUGHTER'S COMMENCEMENT
MONDAY AND EMPHASIZED HOW
IMPORTANT INTEGRITY IS.
IF YOU ARE NOT HONEST, YOUR
REPUTATION WILL SUFFER, AND
WHAT'S ONCE LOST, A REPUTATION
CAN NEVER BE REGAINED.
REPORTER: TRUMP'S TWEETS ARE
BACK.
HE SAID THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA
WORKED HARD AT DISPARAGING MY
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WANT AMERICA TO HEAR THE
REAL STORY.
THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO DEALING
WITH THE INCREASING TENSION WITH
EUROPEAN ALLIES AFTER THE G7
MEETING IN ITALY LAST WEEK.
ON SUNDAY THERE WAS A STANDING
OVATION FOR GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON
GLUM MERKEL AT A POLITICAL RALLY
WHEN SHE SAID THIS ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE UNITED
STATES, THE TIMES IN WHICH WE
CAN FULLY COUNT ON OTHERS ARE
SOMEWHAT OVER, AS I HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST FEW
DAYS, AND THAT IS WHY I CAN ONLY
SAY WE EUROPEANS MUST REALLY
TAKE OUR DESTINY INTO OUR OWN
HANDS.
NOW THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR WAS
REFERRING TO DONALD TRUMP
LECTURING TO THEM ABOUT NATO
SPENDING.
THE ROOM WASHINGTON POST REPORTS
THAT EVEN THE LEADING OPPONENT

Trump Defends Son-In-Law's Contacts With Russia

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