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There are also reasons to ask if north korea resolve is beginning to waiver, at least some in the face of u. S. Sanctions. Cnns Andrew Stevens joins me from seoul with the breaking details. Andrew, lay it out for us. Reporter first and foremost, john, we have this new development in that north koreas say they are prepared to sit down with the u. S. And talk about normalizing relations. Most important, to talk about denuclearization on the korean peninsula. They have said while those talks are going on, they will not take any provocative actions. They explicitly said there will be no missile launches or Nuclear Tests while those talks are on going. That is a major development. Theyve also said, and this could be a caveat, and its a wellworn line from them, that they are committed to denuclearization if north koreas security can be guaranteed. They dont spell out what would have to happen to guarantee that security, but you could argue that there are more than 20,000 u. S. Troops in south korea. That could be something that North Koreans would want to see go away as part of the deal. At least them sitting down and talking facetoface is a breakthrough. Its a diplomatic breakthrough. It is far, far from over, but seems to be heading away from the belligerence and raise in tensions we saw a few months ago to a diplomatic path at least for now, john. Andrew stevens in seoul, thank you. Joining me cnn military analyst Lieutenant Colonel rick francona. If you were inside the council this morning getting this news that north korea is willing to talk about denuclearization, which is something it has not really said before, what would your reaction be . My reaction would be this isnt our first rodeo and we will call a National Security council meeting. President trump had a measured response this morning. And what should be happening behind the scenes is general mcmaster should sit down with the Intelligence Community and say, have you spoken with the South Koreans. They were just in pyongyang. We have very limited intelligence on north korea. The South Koreans were just there. They have a very good sense of how real this deal was, what the mood was on the ground and whether or not sanctions are biting enough that the North Koreans are willing to come to the table in good faith. The other thing i think the nsc would be recommending to the president right now is actually to china. Its unusual that china is publicly silent on this. China doesnt let anything happen in the region without being involved in some way. President xi is about to be put in office for potentially a third term. My gut is china is doing something on this behind the scenes and nsc is going to want to work to see what that is. Colonel, they seem to be giving the United States a little bit. Not that theyd denuclearize altogether before they sit down, but they are saying its part of the discussion. I think its a breakthrough. Im very skeptical on what north korea does. Theyve promised things before and not delivered. The china aspect is key here. What are the chinese doing . Are they going to guarantee this . My initial thought is this is a breakthrough. The strong rhetoric has worked, the sanctions are biting. I tend to think its the latter. I dont like hearing this from south korea. I would prefer the North Koreans make some sort of announcement. If you read the south korean statement about what the North Koreans said, its couched very, very professionally. I give North Koreans kudos for efforts in this diplomatic range. Its very carefully worded. Colonel, you have experience militarily speaking in that region. When you hear from the north theres no reason to be nuclear if the military threat to north korea is resolved and north kor koreas security is gaern teed, what does that mean . What guarantee could that be . Is that u. S. Troops on the peninsula . Well, that remains to be seen. First of all, its going to involve some sort of statement or green, something in writing between the United States and north korea that guarantees this lack of hostility. Thats what the North Koreans want. You saw how they couched this. If theres no Nuclear Threat to north korea, we dont have to be a nuclear country. That gives them the out. Thats well played on their part. You know american troops will be part of the bargain, withdraw of the air Defense System will be on the table. Talking is better than what weve seen over the past year. Sam, it is interesting. You noted that the South Koreans met with kim jong un for the first time which is hugely significant. Before it was dennis rodman. South korean diplomat is a big step up from dennis rodman. Apologies to the bulls. That summit is significant. It is significant. But we know two key things about the North Koreans and in particular kim jong un. One is he loves being the center of attention. So the olympics was a massive pr stunt for him. I hope this isnt just a pr gambit. The summit will be another opportunity for him to be on the public stage. Two, he likes to peel off u. S. Allies. Its not surprising to me that he is trying to get a bilateral discussion going even further directly with the south. Do you think the pressure, maybe the rhetoric from President Trump has pushed north korea to the table for whatever it is . I definitely think a contributing factor. Great to have you with us. Thanks very much. New developments from todays episode as the nunberg turns, or is it days of our nunberg. Sam nunberg who was subpoenaed by the special counsel to go before the grand jury and wavered dramatically and publicly about whether he would comply on tv now seems like he would cooperate. For now it seems that sam nunberg will testify. When you get behind the psychology and the soap opera elements, there are hard facts. Nunberg revealed that the special counsel wants all his communications with the president and nine of the president s closest confidants. He alleged the president may well have colluded with russia during the campaign. The president has not responded but is due to hold a News Conference this afternoon with the visiting Prime Minister of sweden. Lets bring you up to speed with sam nunberg. Jessica schneider in washington. Not only did he waffle over whether he would kplooi with the subpoena from the special counsel, seeming he would, in fact, comply. But sam nunberg made very wild claims. You mentioned some of them. Nunberg also said that he believes that the president knew about that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. Of course, that was the meeting with the russian lawyer and don junior and Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort where don junior was initially promised dirt onhill, later saying he never got any of that dirt. Here is what sam nunberg said about the meeting and what the president knew. I think he probably knew in advance. In advance . Yeah. If i had to guess, don informed him about it. So you heard there nunberg really provided no proof for that claim. He said, if i had to guess and its important to know that the president and donald trump jr. , they have both denied that the president knew about that trump tower meeting. Whats also important to put into perspective is sam nunberg was a shortlived campaign adviser, fired in august 2015 for racially charged facebook posts. That was two months after donald trump announced his candidacy, nearly a year before the trump tower meeting in june of 2016. Really sam nunberg putting forth a lot of claims in several interviews over the past day, really not providing any evidence to back up those claims. When it does come to the subpoena, a demand that nunberg produce documents, also appearing before a grand jury on friday. Its unclear if nunberg will comply or not. Hanging over nunbergs head would be a contempt of court charge if, in fact, he didnt comply. Of course, waffling on whether he will or wont. John. Jessica schneider in washington. Joining me former federal prosecutor laura coates. There is a lot of drama here. This is a soap opera. Theres psychological analysis, but there are hard facts that i think we should start with before we go anywhere else here. The fact is the special counsel gave a subpoena to sam nunberg to testify before a grand jury. This is even after nunberg talked to investigators. So why . Why would the special counsel want to put him before the grand jury . Its not at all peculiar that after you speak to a federal investigator, they want to memorialize that not just in their spiral notebooks but also in front of the grand jury. The grand jury has far more authority to have that testimony used at trial. You can compel the witness to be consistent, if not truthful at a trial if it comes in the future. You can impeach that person with their testimony if its somehow inconsistent. It also has the advantage of having a firsthand account told by a witness in front of the grand jury when their role is to assess credibility, to decide if they should indict. Also no lawyer in the room for a grand jury. If you have a witness you think you can get to, it might be better to do it in that setting than a oneonone interview. Im trying to look at beyond the soap opera here and at the facts. Its hard. It is hard. There are key nuggets here. We know what nunberg says he has been asked already. He said investigators when they did have him were asking about the president s businesses. Listen to this. The way they asked about his business dealings, the way they asked if you had heard anything, even during while i was fired, it made me suspect that they suspect something about them. Now gloria, he may not have very well done anything. You know why . Trump may have very well done something during the election with the russians. And if he did that, i dont know. If he did that, its inexcusable if he did that. Now, the second part there, laura, is speculation, whether or not the president did something with the russians. It seemed that sam nunberg was speculating there. The first part is what he was asked by investigators. They were asking about the president s businesses, and the way they were asking made him believe they had something. How do you assess that . First of all, its noted that a cone of silence doesnt apply to a conversation with an investigator or in the grand jury. If the witness wants to speak about what theyve been asked in a grand jury or in front of a federal investigators, its their prerogative to do so. It makes sense if theyre asking questions about the business ties of donald trump, then im sure it begets the notion that they must be interested in it. The reality here is why theyre going after this particular person for information. He obviously said in the interviews he has an axe to grind. He talks about not being a fan, being treated horribly, hes taking credit for all the things that donald trump is taking credit for, the muslim ban to the wall, et cetera. It doesnt necessarily undermine his credibility for muellers purposes. It can show he has incentive to provide information about what he knows. Somebody who was early on in the campaign, early on established a loyalty to the president of the United States, the now president of the United States, may have been the very fly on the wall they need who no longer wants to remain loyal. The list of nine people the special counsel has subpoenaed for all emails and communication, including the president , carter page, steve bannon, corey lewandowski. Robert mueller doesnt do fishing expeditions were told. Theres a reason those names are on the list. Is there reason to believe then that Robert Mueller already knows there were communications between sam nunberg and some of these people . Absolutely. You see thats what happened with george papadopoulos, when he was trying to erase his facebook page, and they already had the information they needed to show this person had information and could be a cooperator. The cardinal sin of a lawyer would be to ask a question they did not already know the answer to. A grand jury subpoena was issued because based on his statements and probably based on documentation theyve already received from other witnesses, that they have a particular link they want to connect and they want it memorialized in front of the grand jury, or they want to be able to use the information as part of a later Cooperation Agreement. Although, given the fact he had a very early departure in the campaign, john, would lead me to believe that he does not have the ideal scenario to have a Cooperation Agreement which is why he has a grand jury subpoena. Think about it. From the bodyguard to the righthand man of the president of the United States, its not accidental that mueller has chosen these people with Key Information for their proximity to power. Look at the facts here, look at what we know from this, dont be fooled by the drama. Laura coates, great to have you with us. Thank you very much. Thank you. Youve heard the reports of chaos in the west wing. What chaos . 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Is ready to go hard in either direction. This statement comes after north korea indicated this week its willing to potentially sit down and have talks and potentially put on the table denuclearizing the north korean peninsula, the korean peninsula. The president at the gridiron dinner over the weekend made comments about what he would say if they wanted to talk. He said they have to denuke. He may get his wish based on what is happening out of north korea. Abby phillip at the white house. Thanks very much. Lets talk more now about the days political developments. Joining me, cnn political analysts, jackie kucinich, alex burns and rarg rhett brennan. The president did comment on many of the reports that have been out for the last ten days about the chaos and upheaval. The new fake news narrative is there is chaos, all caps, in the white house. Wrong, explanation point. People will autz come and go and i want strong dialogue before making a final decision. I still have some people that i want to change, parenthetically, always seeking perfection. There is no chaos. Only great energy. The part that jumps out, there are people i want to change . Really . This is really we think about gary kohn, the president s economic adviser and the president s next moves on this deal on aluminum tariffs. He said very clearly what he said he intends to do. The question is he going to go forward with it. This comes ahead of this event over the weekend in pennsylvania otherwise known as the heart of steel country in the u. S. Gary cohn is part of a group of key advisers inside the white house who think the president shouldnt be Going Forward with his plan. There are a lot of end users in the process, whether its the beer industry, candy manufacturers, oil industry, auto manufacturers that also have concerns about how this will impact their business, prices and jobs. Gary kohn is planning to convene this meeting towards the end of the week, thursday, about trying to dissuade the president from Going Forward with this plan. Thats what this is all about. The question is, is the president also facing a lot of pressure from paul ryan, republicans on capitol hill saying there are a lot of implications if you go forward with this to relationships with canada, relationships with germany and western partners, to jobs. This is now all playing out in the public eye, something that is normally a dispute behind the scenes, what some advisers say, what do other advicsers say. Thank god you have your decoder ring. We were looking at his twitter account this morning, jackie, because we were wondering how the president might react to sam nunberg, how he might react to this man who became the center of the media stage, at least for several hours starting yesterday afternoon and well into the morning. How much danger does he pose do you think to the president and the white house . Sam nunberg was very close to the president for a number of years. Was he in the heat of the campaign . No, he wasnt. But as we know, people in the trump sphere, once youre in, its hard to get kicked out forever. He still calls up people who may have wronged him in the past. Weve seen that in other cases. So we really dont know how close nunberg is. I think he said in one of the interviews yesterday that hes spoken to the president within the last couple months. We need to keep in mind some of the things he said, we need to take with a grain of salt, maybe some of the information about the meeting with trump tower. He had been far removed mr. The dpan at that point. That said, this is someone who knows the president well. You had one of the great lines, choose your own nunventure. I like that. If you listen to what nunberg is saying, clearing the smoke aside, hes saying the special counsel was asking about the president s business dealings. Here is a guy saying inside this testimony the president had crossed that red line. And that i think is the value of hearing from sam nunberg. As jackie said, hes talked about many things that he certainly doesnt have firsthand knowledge of or would be very unlikely to have firsthand knowledge of. When he says carter page is colluding with the russians, thats unlikely from being based on walking in on carter page on ham radio talking with russians. You cant rule it out. Thats not the kind of experience you can trust that sam nunberg has. You have to take it with a grain of salt because he had extensive credibility issues, but what he can talk about more authoritatively is his own experience dealing with investigators and his own experience dealing with other key people in the trump orb. Whatever people may say about his track record or stature in the political world, he was in a lot of rooms and hes been in a lot of rooms really recently including with investigators. Im going to bring up a name that hasnt come up this morning, stormy daniels. If not for sam nunberg, the story that came out in the wall street journal yesterday would be top of the news. The story keeps on changing. We keep on finding out new details about just how she was paid off by the president s attorney, michael cohen. 130,000 went from one account to another. We learned from the wall street journal that the Treasury Department was flalgd because the bank thought this was suspicious. More importantly, margaret, the wall street journal is reporting that michael kohn was looking to get reimbursed by the president directly, personally on this. Again, i dont know theres anything illegal about that. But it does tie the president more directly to this exchange. I think, john, you have to look at this kind of in two pockets. One is, were there Technical Campaign contribution violations, either the president or michael kohn or someone in between going to get hung up on both . Then you have to look at it from the political perspective, if this was any kind of mainstream steeped in the wool career politician and this were the set of facts surrounding it, this would be absolutely front page news. Theres no other way to slice and dice it. Because so much of the kind of threads of this are baemd into the election campaign, the campaign test, and so many other competing controversies going on at the same time, youre right, if not back burner, sort of a middle burner on the stove. Why is it important . Why is it interesting . I think, number one, it helps us to understand that there are two or three back stories going on at the white house that has nothing to do with policy issues that the president and his legal team are dealing with, and also to tell us, its a reminder that President Trump has played by different rules. This has not affected him significantly so far in his support from evangelicals, the conservative religious side. Does it affect his ability to concentrate . Affect some sort of lower level areas . Possibly. Yet, look at whae were uk talking about. North korea, russia, congressional probes, this has a feeling of last years news to it. It really may be those technical issues that preceded the story, not the political story that would be the story with a different president. It does raise the question. Jackie, what else is out there . This has been months of the line shifting day by day in what exactly is going on. Not only that. This is michael kohns role in trumps life. He was the fixer, made people go away or encouraged them to pursue other avenues in their life. The difference now, this is in the con instruct of the election campaign. When you give people money that has to do with influencing an election, you can get yourself into trouble. The liberal group has called on the doj and sec to look into this. Well see if they do it. The president speaks at 3 30 today. Its striking we havent heard directly from this. The mayor of nashville is resigning because she had an affair with her security guard. Shes been bombarded with questions about that for a month now. The president is in the middle of this slow motion scandal involving an alleged payoff to n aed dult film star and weve not heard from him directly on that. There is a lot of other stuff. Jackie makes a key point on michael kohn, hes in the middle of so many different issues that had to be fixed. The issue with the fec scrutinizing the payoffs, his attorney protections dont give him any protection. Jackie queue sin niche, alex burns, margaret talev, thanks for being with us. Paul ryan says hes worried about a trade war because of the president s tariff plan. He is the speaker of the house. Congress has a say here. Will the speaker do anything about it . Were moments away from the opening bell. Christine romans has a preview. Hi there, john. What the speaker says today about those tariffs, those steel and aluminum tariffs will be very important. It could move the market. Yesterday when he came out and said he was opposed to these tariffs and worried about a trade war, the market bounced back because a lot of people thought now theres a pretty concerted effort to persuade the president not to do this. You saw futures pop this morning. The market got firmer. Started on the firm footing that maybe theres a way out of this tariff pledge from the president. 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Will Congress Actually move to block it . Cnn National Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux on capitol hill with the latest. Suzanne, what are you hearing . Reporter well, this is really the big question, just how far members of congress are going to take on the president on this very issue. We have yet to hear from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell on this, clearly working behind the scenes. Were waiting for hours Speaker Paul Ryan in about 30 minutes to go before the cameras and be asked specifically about this, just how hard are they going to fight the president on this . Already in a rare move weve seen a statement from his office, his spokeswoman saying, quoting here, were extremely worried about the consequences of a trade war and are urging the white house to not advance with this plan. The new tax reform law has boosted the economy. We certainly dont want to jeopardize those gains, that coming from the statement there. What started off here, john, was a whispering Campaign Among members of congress trying to convince the president , and it got louder and louder. Weve seen this over the last 24, 48 hours, turned into a situation where you had ryan sending out copies of a report from cnbc linking the markets and the kind of fall in the markets with the potential of these tariffs. Weve also seen people go directly to the camera, senator Lindsey Graham saying basically that means china is off the hooks. You conservative groups like the club for growth saying this is an affront to economic growth. You also have the house ways and Means Committee writing a letter, drafting a letter to the president saying if youre going to have tariffs, make them narrow, make them targeted and then lots of discussion here and this is also quite surprising, the potential for hearings on these tariffs on the senate side, to take to task whether or not this is a National Security issue, whether or not this is really advantageous at this time, and finally there is a possibility and this is something they dont want to do, but the possibility of a legislative fix here, they could pass a law and essentially block the president from going ahead with these tariffs. Ill tell you, john, there is no appetite for that. They are very wary of going up against trump in any kind of aggressive way. So what youre seeing so far and what were hearing so far with the back channels at work, can they get in the president s ear, make it known that they dont think this is a good job. Again, looking at live pictures from where the House Speaker will speak very shortly. He will try to get in the president s here when he stands in front of that microphone. Thanks very much. New gun control legislation passes the Florida Senate less than a month after students and teachers murdered in a school there. So what changes and what happens next . You might take something for your heart. Or joints. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Almost 800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. With liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. Hey oh, thats my robe. Is it . When you switch to liberty mutual, you could save 782 on auto and home insurance. And still get great coverage for you and your family. Call for a free quote today. You could save 782 when liberty stands with you. 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Well, you know, a few weeks ago, over the course of the last few months, the fundraising numbers have started pouring in for the man who is expected to be the democratic nominee for the Texas Senate Race here, a guy by the name of bento rourke, a little known congressman. His fundraising numbers have been so substantial, that it kind of catapulted him into the National Limelight here. People wondering whether thats going to propel him to oust ted cruz from the senate. Hey, everybody. Reporter Robert Orourke has campaigned in almost every one of the 254 counties in texas. Even in places where finding a democrat is harder than hunting big foot. This community was for trump, 73 . Not the place you expect to see a democrat in the first place. Reporter why you to hit those places where the likelihood of you getting many votes is pretty slim . Listen, my philosophy is everyone deserves to be heard. It is to my benefit to listen to every single texan that i seek to represent. I share the story of el paso. Reporter orourke started in politics as an el paso city councilman in 2005, elected to congress in 2012, and around town is simply known as bento. Orourke faces a daunting task. This was the sea of red in texas after the 2016 president ial election. President trump won by nine points. Lloyd benson was the last democrat to win a Texas Senate Seat, the grainy video gives away that was a long time ago. Texas highways are littered with the political careers of democrats who thought they could win in this state, right . Yeah. Reporter what makes you different . There are also there are also really strong memories of people like lbj. Reporter here, orourke tells the story of campaigning in a small town that hasnt seen a senator there in 70 years. Hes banking on the idea if he can meet you face to face, hell win your vote. So, listen, that doesnt mean we win. It just means that were getting back to our roots of how we used to win. The way we used to run campaigns when we were successful. Reporter beto orourke wasnt a politician back then. He was road tripping around texas to his own soundtrack as the shaggy haired guitarist of a punk rock band. Were able to track this down. I love it. Reporter this took a lot of work. Yeah. Reporter good for you. There are only 500 made. Reporter owe rorbrourke sa brought that punk rock spirit to this campaign. The dnc, the dscc, the pacs and the corporations and the special interests, it is just us. This is as punk rock as it gets. Reporter without much help from the democratic party, hes gone to social media. From tyler, texas. Reporter Live Streaming the campaign every chance he gets. We dont have folks to produce slick messages for us, we have an iphone and it is it is a late model iphone at that. Reporter how crucial has that social media aspect of your campaign been to your success . It is great. The most direct, honest way to connect with people short of actually being there in their community with them in person. Reporter the el paso congressman supports providing legal status to many undocumented migrants, legalizing marijuana, his pro choice, supports a ban on assault weapons. Not the kind of issues that get strong support in texas. Republican ted cruz seizes on that every chance he gets. They would love to see the state of texas have an antigun, big government, pro amnesty, liberal democrat represented. Now, i dont think those are the values of texans. Reporter republicans who have seen him campaign in the reddest parts of the state like tim ohare, a Republican Party chairman in tarrant county, arent nervous. I know democrats like to think they got a chance and they do this every two years. Beto is going to lose. The same song, different dance. Reporter beto orourke knows making punk rock mainstream in texas isnt easy. But hell head out on the road again, hoping to make it happen. Now, despite the recent fundraising push, ted cruz does have about a million more dollars of cash on hand than beto orourke as they both head into the primary. Theyre both expected to win here tonight, setting up the general election race back later this year. We reached out to senator ted cruz, tried to interview him for this story, but the spokesperson said they werent able to schedule an interview for us with this one. John . Ed lavandera in texas, a lot of money on that race. Keep your eyes on it. Thank you, ed. House Speaker Paul Ryan will speak to the press. This as he says that he is against the president s plan to issue new tariffs and worries that a trade war might erupt. Well bring you the statements live. Next chapter intrtechnology withnema. Incredible color, sound and streaming. Just as the creators intended. Up to 200 off at dell. Com small business, internet providers promise you a lot. 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Cnns Andrew Steven joins me now live from seoul with breaking details. Andrew . I think you have to trade this, all of this with north korea, with a degree of skepticism, given that we have been down the path of denuclearization with north korea over the decades and never has amounted to anything. This latest incarnation certainly a change of tune from pyongyang, from kim