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Asked about his earlier remarks on north korea, which seemed to undermine u. S. Intelligence, the president sews more confusion saying, and im quoting now, thats not what i meant, its what i said. So what does he mean . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The House Oversight committee has just voted to hold the attorney general, william barr, and the commerce secretary, wilbur ross, in contempt for not complying with subpoenas. That follows President Trumps assertion of executive privilege, refusing to let congress see the materials related to the addition of his Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. The president digging in his heels, saying its totally ridiculous to have a census without asking about citizenship. Also breaking, donald trump jr. Appears again before the Senate Intelligence committee, but says afterward there was nothing to change from his previous testimony, adding that hes not concerned at all about perjury. Were also just now getting new confirmation from a congressional source that former white house aide hope hicks will testify behind closed doors next week before the house judiciary committ committee. Ill speak with congressman ted lieu of the Judiciary Committee and our analysts will have full coverage of days top stories. First, lets go to manu raju up on capitol hill, where there are multiple breaking stories right now, including late word that hope hicks will testify next week before congress. Manu, update us on the very latest. Hope hicks is one of the president s closest confidants for years. Someone who was a former White House Communications director. Someone who multiple congressional committees have been eager to speak with in the aftermath of the Mueller Report. And now she has agreed to go behind closed doors and talk to the house Judiciary Committee next wednesday in the aftermath of the committee, issuing a subpoena demanding documents and testimony as part of its investigation into potential obstruction of justice at the white house. This is a rare deal that has been reached between either current or former white house aides, current or former Administration Officials and the democraticled panel. We have seen resistance from a number of officials, including white house officials and efforts by the white house to prevent these people from coming before this committee. But in this regard, at least a deal has been cut for hicks to come behind closed doors and answer questions. Now, i am told that this means that the committee will have this hearing and then the transcription of the interview will be released afterwards. And the democrats plan to ask questions about not just her time on the campaign trail, but her time in the transition, and her time in the white house. Now, the question will be, ultimately, can she answer questions or will she answer questions about her time in the white house and things that she had witnessed . Democrats want to probe what she knows about the elements that were laid out in the Mueller Report. Those ten instances of potential obstruction of justice. Can she answer those questions . Because the white house has already indicated that their going to try to prevent her from providing any information about her time at the white house and also last congress, when she came before the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors, she would not discuss some of those matters that occurred at the white house. Those topics were offlimits. So democrats still plan to ask her about that behind closed doors. Ultimately, well see how she responds, but democrats at least have one person coming, former white house official coming at least behind closed doors to talk about the russia part of the investigation. Wlapd to the russia interference. What happened in the efforts by russian operatives to reach out to Trump Campaign officials. Those will be topics that they will explore in that closeddoor hearing. But well see ultimately how much shes able to say about what happened during her time in the white house. Manu, what are you learning about the House Oversight Committee Vote on contempt . Reporter yeah, just moments ago, the House Oversight Committee Voted 2415 to hold attorney general bill barr as well as the commerce secretary, wilbur ross, in contempt over failing to comply with a subpoena related to the commerce the Oversight Committees investigation about the 2020 census and the Citizenship Question that was added to the census. The committee has been demanding the administration has provided some information, but not to the satisfaction of the democrats who questioned the motivation behind putting that Citizenship Question on the census. They believe it was all part of an effort to essentially suppress how minorities and immigrants are counted. That couldnt affect how house seats are drawn. Republicans and the administrations deny that and say this is all part of an effort to enforce a Voting Rights act, but nevertheless, not getting compliance for democratic satisfaction has led to this dramatic move to hold these two cabinet officials in contempt. The vote was 2415. Only one republican broke ranks. That republican, justin amash, the same republican who has suggested that the president has engaged in impeachable offenses and should be impeached. The only republican in congress to do so, siding with democrats on this committee, but next step, wolf, here, is likely a court fight after the administration, the white house today invoked executive privilege and said those documents are offlimits, because they are confidential in the way that these communications occurred, but ultimately, it could be up to the courts to sort that out, wolf. Very busy day up on capitol hill, where you are, manu. You have some new details about what the president s son, donald trump jr. , testified to behind closed doors on the senate side. He was asked about a discrepancy in his testimony from the time that he came to capitol hill back in 2017 and what we have learned from the Mueller Report. And the Mueller Report revealed that he it was suggested that according to testimony, from the former trump fixer Michael Cohen, that perhaps that donald trump junior had more Extensive Knowledge about that trump tower moscow project than he initial lelet let on. Cohen also told the mueller team that donald trump jr. That he may have informed his father about that meeting. And the Mueller Report suggests that he may have told more individuals than he initially said about the runup to that 2016 meeting he had with russians about getting dirt on the clinton campaign. But donald trump jr. Pushed back and he said leaving the Committee Hearing that he did not change his testimony, saying that Michael Cohen essentially misled congress. Did you change anything from your past testimony . In reality, there was nothing to change. If there needed to be clarification because Michael Cohen, who lets not forget is serving time right now for lying to these very investigative bodies, im happy to do that, i dont think i changed anything of what i said, because there was nothing to change. Im glad this is finally over and were able to put some final clarity on that. And Ting Committee understands that. Reporter but the chairman of the committee who issued a subpoena for trump juniors testimony, who trump junior fought that subpoena, declined to comment about the testimony when he left earlier today. Very busy day, indeed, up on capitol hill. President trump, meanwhile, is digging in on the issue that led to that contempt vote in the house. Lets go to our White House Correspondent, kaitlan collins. Kaitlan, the president clearly is not budging. Yeah, wolf, thats a vote that the white house said was unnecessary and premature. But today when the president was asked about adding that question to the census, he showed no signs of backing off as he ramped up his fight with House Democrats. Its ridiculous. Reporter tonight, the president is amping up his showdown with congress, this time exerting executive privilege to keep census documents away from House Democrats. I think its totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. Reporter trump standing by adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 census. A move that has his administration in hot water and one that commerce secretary wilbur ross has gone all the way to the Supreme Court to defend. You have the right to ask whether or not somebody is a citizen of the United States. Reporter critics say it was done with politics in mind and could suppress the number of undocumented immigrants who answer the survey, leading to change a in federal resources and congressional representation. The president is exerting executive privilege over all of these documents. This begs the question, what is being hidden . Reporter congressman Elijah Cummings says exerting privilege is another effort by the Trump Administration to stonewall congress. We must protect the integrity of the census and we must stand up for congress authority under the constitution to conduct meaningful oversight. Reporter the standoff coming during a flyover, as trump welcomed the polish president to the white house with a show by an f35. It actually came to a pretty close to a halt over the white house. Reporter but it wasnt the roar of the fighter jet that caused the confusion in the rose garden. When the president was asked to clarify a comment he made tuesday about using cia informants. Its not what i meant, its what i said. And thats, i think, different than maybe your interpretation. Reporter but critics say there wasnt much to interpret. When the president delivered this message to kim jongun about using the cia to spy on the north korean dictator. I would tell him, that would not happen under my auspices. Reporter trump remained vague on that front, but he did confirm hell sit down with russian president Vladimir Putin in japan later this month. Ill be meeting with putin at the kbrg20. Its probably easier if we have people in the room. Reporter and the president sounded shocked that reporters got a glimpse of a letter after a Washington Post reporter snapped a photo. And it was closed and you were able to read it through the sunlight . That was not anticipated. Reporter now, wolf, today the president also denied that some internal campaigning or internal polling done by his campaign showed that he was lagging behind some democrats in states that would be critical to a 2020 victory for him. He said those numbers were fake and made up by members of the media, but we should note that our own reporting has actually revealed that Campaign Officials did not deny that those campaigns showed that. Instead, they insisted it was too early to tell who was truly ahead of the general election, but they did not deny that those numbers were real. Interesting, caitlin, thank you. Kaitlan collins at the white house. Joining us now, democratic congressman ted lieu of california. Hes a member of both the judiciary and Foreign Affairs committee. Thank you so much more joining us. And i want to quickly start with the breaking news. Hope hicks, the former White House Communications director will testify before your committee behind closed doors next week. What do you want to ask her . Thank you, wolf, for your question. This is a significant first step for the people in the house Judiciary Committee to learn more about the obstruction of justice that donald trump committed and i think its a consequence where were issuing subpoenas. Were not messing around. Were going to ask her about the obstruction of justice, the ten or so incidents in the Mueller Report. Do you know, congressman, what topics, if any, will be offlimits for your questioning . There should be no topics that are offlimits. The white house has gone to p d unprecedented efforts to obstruct information to come to congress and the American People. And its not just about the Mueller Report, its about every area. So for example, the Trump Administration is suing right now to eliminate Health Care Coverage for people with preexisting conditions. We want to find out thatabout th, but we cant. The president , as you heard, hes exerted executive privilege and preventing the commerce secretary from talking about the census question on citizenship. Do you think hell do the same with hope hicks . I dont think he will, because he has no basis for doing so. With regarding the census question, the issue is, did wilbur ross lie to the American People and lie to congress. A Federal District court judge found he did. And we should win on this census issue, because under the constitution, its not counting zz citizens, its counting people. And thats what the constitution requires. How soon will we see the transcript of hope hicks testimony before your committee . We would try to release a transcript very soon. And i think its important, again, that we see hope hicks coming in, because the house of representatives has not authorized our committees to start enforcing contempt citations skpee s and subpoenas. We are not messing around. We expect witnesses to show up and documents to come to us because these are lawful subpoenas. Where do things stand right now in getting testimony from Annie Donaldson who served as chief of staff to the former white House Counsel, don mcgahn. You also want her to come before the committee. We do, and we expect don mcgahn in fact, we expect all the witnesses weve asked to come before the committee. And there is really no legal basis to say they cant even come before the committee. The white house is just making stuff up. Theyre saying this blanket immunity that no court case has ever talked about or ever found. In fact, the white house has not even exerted executive privilege when it comes to don mcgahn and he is a private citizen right now. We expect that he will come. As you know, the House Oversight Committee Just voted to hold the attorney general bill barr and the commerce secretary wilbur ross in contempt over that Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. Do you want to move forward with a full house vote . So what was good about the house vote that we took yesterday is it authorized all committees to have their subpoenas and contempt citations automatically enforced without future house votes. So, in fact, that one house vote has authorized their Oversight Committee to go forward and litigate this thin court, so thats what we did yesterday. The full house was planning to hold the attorney general bill barr in contempt over the Mueller Report, until your committee reached a deal with the justice department, but the white house will not, were told, have a role in what documents you will eventually get to see. Was it a mistake to agree to that deal . No, it was not. And let me be very specific about the deal. We agreed to not refer attorney general barr for criminal contempt. But, the Judiciary Committee did hold it in civil contempt, and that is what the house voted to enforce yesterday. So we are still Going Forward with the civil contempt action. And if we do not see their underlying evidence that we were promised, we will litigate that in court. Congressman ted lieu, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you, wolf. Up next, former White House Communications director hope hicks, she will testify behind closed doors next week before the house Judiciary Committee. The first material witness from the Mueller Investigation to do so. New infallible fresh wearar foundation by loreal. With up to 24 hr wear. Now, get longwear coverage from our most lightweight, breathable formula. For makeup that wont weigh you down. Defies sweat and transfer. Stays fresh. Feels light. All day to night. In 30 natural, matte shades. New Infallible Fresh Wear Foundation by loreal. Because youre worth it. When didwhen i needed ton . Jumpstart sales. Build attendance for an event. Help people find their way. Fastsigns designed new directional signage. And got them back on track. 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Gloria, what do you make of the Judiciary Committee wanting to speak to hope hicks and her agreement to come before the committee behind closed doors next week . With a representative from the White House Counsels Office at her side, so that even if behind closed doors she wants to claim privilege, the white House Counsel can say, we need you cant talk about that, you cant talk about that. So, well see how much shell be able to testify. I do think its a bit of a breakthrough for the committee, but it is going to be limited testimony. Dont kid yourself. I think what they want to know from hope hicks, and we all know this having covered this story for the last couple of years is that she was at the president s side almost constantly. She was on air force one when the president directed the rewriting of that statement about just what occurred in don juniors office when he met with the russians in trump tower. So she can elaborate about that. And i think she can also talk an awful lot about the president s state of mind during a lot of events that occurred at the white house because she knows him very well and she was there. But would the president be within his rights to exert executive privilege over what she can answer and what she cant answer . Only if it relates to matters about his presidency and things to which he expects to have privacy. Just because an Attorney Says its a statement, doesnt mean its an Attorney Client privilege. Us talking right now doesnt make it privileged. The president making the statement has to do with the office itself. We want the president to have forthright, frank discussions. But if its a matter about his son and perhaps even lying through the media the special counsel, thats a very different scenario. And by the way, you cant just make a peremptory strike about all statements in case you might want to assert privilege. It has to tie to a specific statement and you have to give a reason for it. As you know, dana, the House Oversight committee has now voted to hold the attorney general and the commerce secretary wilbur ross in contempt for not complying with subpoenas. How significant is this . Its a big deal. Look, in any other universe, the congress holding the attorney general in contempt and was, actually, because a version of this happened back when republicans were in charge of the house and eric holder was fighting they were fighting back and forth about fast and furious. But in this particular case, what i think is so interesting is that we have been focussed so much on investigations of the trump conduct, whether its before he was president or as he was president. This is about something that is really substantiative about the trump policy. And how they are, how theyve decided to try to count people. And the fact that the administration put in to the questionnaire for the census a question about citizenship. And that is something that is so controversy. And the reason theyre found in contempt is because Congress Just wants to know the underlying reasoning, officially, the underlying reason officially for doing this. So the fact that this move was on a really fundamental policy question is fascinating to me. But whether it is policy or it is conduct, the relationship between the House Democrats and this administration, which i dont think could get worse. I mean, i think but this, i think, actually escalates the attentions that are existing between these two branches of our government. When you say, you dont think it could get worse, why do you say that . Because all indications are, it potential could get a whole lot worse. Thats a good point. It could get a whole lot worse. But it has been so bad in these last several weeks of just complete stonewall and this constant contempt vote or go to cou court. The relationship between these two branches is terrible right now and i think this escalates those tensions. What theyre effectively charge sthing is that the repubs did this and said they wanted to ask a Citizenship Question is because they wanted to gerrymander districts, change the way districts are drawn, have districts that are less s hispan hispanic, less minority. Because fewer people who are not legal would answer a census. Why would they . They would be afraid and they say this is supposed to be a count, this is a population count, it is not about anything else. By the way, im an alum of the Voting Rights section in the doj. Over 50 years, there was never a need in order to enforce the Voting Rights act to have that question on the census. It is only intended, if you think about it in a full context of an administration that says, we would like to crack down on undocumented immigrants in the United States, how about giving them a blockbyblock idea of whos in what area. In over 50 years, no ones needed it for that reason. So why now . Why you . Why this . Everybody, stand by. Theres a lot more we need to discuss. Much more on the breaking news right after this. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Featuring three new dishes that are plankedtoperfection. Feast on new cedarplank lobster shrimp. Or new colossal shrimp salmon with a citrusy drizzle. Tender, smoky, and together on one plank. But not for long so hurry in when your psoriasis is bad, it can be hard to see whats possible. But the possibilities become clear with taltz. 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Appeared behind closed doors before the senate led Intelligence Committee. What are you learning about his appearance . The big question and the reason why the senate republican, we should underscore, the republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee wanted the president s son to come back is because of discrepancies between what he said initially to congress and what Michael Cohen said in the Mueller Report, which is, a lot of differences, but one of the key questions has been whether or not when the june 2016 meeting happened in trump tower and don junior arranged for this russian lawyer to come in, on the promise that he was going to get dirt about hillary clinton, didnt turn out that way, whether he told his father. Michael cohen has suggested that he did and today, donald trump jr. Came in. He testified behind closed doors, and then said publicly afterwards, he didnt have any testimony to change, because he told the truth and that basically Michael Cohens a liar. Because they were checking, laura coates, to see if there was potentially some perjury there. And they should, given the track record, of course. And mind you, you have a battle of credibility, in a way. Yes, there has been some misstatements by donald trump jr. Michael cohen is actually serving time right now for discrepancies, to be generous, well call them as well. So you have that battle going on. But the idea of trying to make this report actually substantiated in ways that it hasnt been before, to try to correct the record, to try to get opportunities to say, clarify if you need to, theres a little bit of hubris going on right now with don junior talking about it. And theyre not correcting it at all given his track record. Senator Kamala Harris, whos a member of the Intelligence Committee and was there, she says theyre still in her words a lot of unanswered questions. What are you hearing . The Committee Chairman arent saying that and Kamala Harris is running for president and im not going to disqualify anything that shes said as a result of that. But until we hear from the chairman, we really dont know. It was very clear from don junior when he came out that he felt that he had rebutted everything that Michael Cohen said plus. And Michael Cohen had also said that he kept him really well informed about trump tower moscow and the project and how it was progressing and don junior kind of swatted that way saying, young, i rarely listen to the guy, because he came through with so little. So he swatted that one away saying, i wouldnt pay any attention to Michael Cohen. And i think don junior used the word final twice to make clear to reporters that he was done with this. Lets get to politics, david. Youre our political director. This new Monmouth University poll in nevada. Take a look at these numbers. Well put them up on the screen. Biden in nevada, 36 . But Elizabeth Warren comes in second at 19 . Bernie sanders comes in third at 13 . This is now the third poll weve seen. Weve seen a national poll, we saw the iowa poll that we put out over the weekend. And now this Monmouth University poll nevada that shows that warren is really, if not surpassing Bernie Sanders, joining Bernie Sanders in that second place slot. And that is significant, wolf. Because as you know, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren appealed to a lot of the same voters. I think in the iowa poll she is, among Bernie Sanders supporters, shes the second choice for them among 32 of sanders supporters. They were battling for a lot of progressive voters. And there is going to be a real battle between these two that is shaping up of who is going to emerge as a potential alternative to joe biden. Keep watching Elizabeth Warren and i think its part of why you heard Bernie Sanders make a defense for his philosophy, because he has some heat coming at him that he did not experience the last time around. I completely agree. I interviewed senator sanders over the weekend, and just one example, because theres been such a substantiative campaign on all sides, but particularly when it comes to Elizabeth Warren, she put out a college plan. He was kind of the god father of the idea, initially, of helping people pay for college. Hers, you know, goes a little bit further. And he is struggling to figure out how to deal with not just paying for college, but paying off debt. And let me say, these are candidates that are actually talking about ideas. Theyre not calling each other dummy and theyre not just taking on trump, although they are. But this is a battle of ideas for the same constituency. And that will play out, as we see the debates coming up at the end of this month. 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Congratulations, jim, on this excellent new book. Thank you, wolf. Tell us, first of all, why you decided to write this, because youre very blunt in a lot of the details. I am, wolf. Basically because we saw this happening during the campaign. He referred to us as the disgusting news media, the dishonest news media, and so on and rolled this act right into the oval office, called us fake news and escalated that to the enemy of the people. And wolf, what i found out on the campaign trail, covering this president over at the white house, is that not all of his supporters, many of his supporters are wonderful people, but some of his supporters are absorbing that hostility and directing it at us in ways that i think are making some of us feel endangered. And the question becomes whether or not a reporter in this country is hurt or god forbid killed as a result of this rhetoric. And then we cross over into at category of a country. We join other countries in the world where the press is not safe to do their jobs and i dont think we should be going down that path. Its a question for the country to answer at this point, do we want to go down this path . Because i think its a path that leads to some bad things. And you write openly in this book about the threats that you face. Tell us a little bit about that. Thats right. This we all remember the pipe bomb incident at our headquarters in new york just before the midterms last year. And, you know, at the time, we didnt realize this, but after this person was apprehended in that white fan covered in antimedia signage, there were Death Threats directed at me on twitter from this individual, things that said, acosta, you are the enemy of america, you are next. And there was a grisly image of a decapitated animals head posted in one of those images and it was pretty scary stuff. And, wolf, you know, its almost on a weekly basis where i get this flow of threats into my social media accounts and im not the only one, wolf. There are other reporters and anchors who cover this president , this administration who are going through the same thing. And i think the folks at home deserve to know that this is happening to reporters who just come in on a daily basis and want to deliver information to the American People. In the book, off revealing interview with Kellyanne Conway, one of the senior advisers to the president. And she admits to you a misstep. Tell us about that. Thats right. And i wanted to ask her about this and i was surprised that she sat down for an hourlong interview with me. And i wanted to ask her about alternative facts. Because its something that has become sort of a mantra for this administration. And, you know, what she basically said to me was that she didnt mean to say alternative facts, she meant to say alternative information and additional facts and it got all jumbled together. People may say, oh, thats Kellyanne Conway, ill take that with a grain of salt, but wolf, she went on in this interview to say other things, said she didnt agree with the family separation policy, that that was a violation of her catholic beliefs, that she didnt agree with the president saying that people. Ss was the enemy of the this was a fairly candid interview from someone who is normally a fierce defender of the president. You cover the white house, its been 93 days since theres been a formal White House Press briefing by the press secretary. Thats right. And this is a taxpayerfunded spokesperson for the United States government who is just not doing her job. What we have these days, wolf, is we have Sarah Sanders will go out to fox news, do an exclusive interview, or perhaps maybe with another outlet occasionally, and come back and take a few questions from reporters standing in the driveway. The White House Briefing room i now refer to as the cafeteria, because its where a lot of the people in our business just eat their lunch on a daily basis. But unfortunately, wolf, what i think a lot of the focus at the white house who work for this president have forgotten, they dont work for the trump organization. They work for the American People. They dont work for just one president , they work for the presidency of the United States. And i think several officials over at that white house have lost sight of that. The president today once again accused journalists, serious journalists of making up sources, not really having any sources. How do you deal with that . You know, wolf, the president knows that thats false. And we talk to officials all the time on background. We talk to Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Sanders and sean spicer on background. They go on background from time to time to and tell our viewers what on background means. On background means theyll give us information and even quotes, but say, you cant use my name because i cant talk about this on the record. As a matter of fact, i talked to one National Security official for this administration who said on background to me that said, i cant tell you why the president of the United States is so cozy with Vladimir Putin. When i asked this official this, he said, i dont know why. I cant tell you why that thats the case. This official went on to say that around the time that Vladimir Putin was running for reelection in march of 2018, the president wanted to send off a news clipping saying good luck Vladimir Putin in your upcoming election. 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Intelligence with confusing comments about north korea, President Trump just muddied the waters even more today. It all has do with reports of the assassinated half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jongun was a cia asset. Brian todd is here. What else have you learned . Were getting serious warnings who say the president when he said he would not allow the cia to cultivate someone like kim jonguns half brother as an informant, hes enforced the ability. This as President Trump tried fairly unsuccessfully to backtrack from those comments. Tonight President Trump suggesting he was misunderstood when he said he wouldnt allow his intelligence agencies to yoous kim jonguns half brother as an informant. No, thats not what i said or itsdifferent than your interpretation. I would tell him that would not happen under my auspices. Thats for sure. The cia is not commenting on the president s remarks but tonight former spies tell cnn the president may not have realized that comment might have done to americas intelligence gathering. I think we might see individuals, especially family members of Senior Leaders across the world, if youre relating to Vladimir Putin or the ayatollah in iran and you engage in negotiations with the United States, thats always a possibility that the president might dime you out to that leader for some sort of shortterm gain, and that must be terrifying. Intelligence veterans say by ruling out recruiting like kim jongnam, President Trump may be weakened his hand in the next round of talks with kim jongun where hell need the best intelligence, and they say getting any high intelligence on north korea by sources like kim jongnam is a onceinalifetime chance. Its an incredibly hard target. You have signals intelligence, human intelligence, and a few other places to look at things. The fact that you say one person cannot be collected on is undermining the United States governments ability to collect information. A former adviser do e fends trumps comments saying the president has to send whatever positive signals he can to the north korean dictator at a time when Nuclear Talks could either move forward or break down complete lie. Remember, with north korea youre dealing with the least worst options. Youre not dealing with good options. Making a Statement Like this, i think, makes a lot of sense if youre trying to get back to the negotiating table. While the cia is not commenting on this, they say the spy agency very well at this moment could be doing some damage control after the president s statements. They say the cia could be scrambling right now to reach out to its important informants to make sure theyre safe and the agency may be trying ing i exfiltrate top sources if theyre getting nervous. Wolf . Brian todd, thank you. 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