Hit. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The world lead. President trump delivering a message to iran. Lets talk. In a meet with the swiss president , mr. Trump tried to tamp down the escalating rhetoric today. Mr. President , are we going to war with iran . I hope not. Right now congressional leadership and the heads of the house and Senate Intelligence committees known as the gang of eight are all being briefed on the latest intelligence that prompted the Trump Administration, they say, to claim an increased threat from iran. According to the new york times. New images obtained by the Trump Administration so Iranian Forces loading missiles onto boats, raising white house fears of attacks on u. S. Forces, interests and allies in the region. It comes as sources say the president is growing irritated at the perception the National Security adviser john bolton is drawing the United States into war with tehran as pamela brown now reports. The president isnt the only one concerned about boltons hawkish views. Mr. President , are we going to war with iran . I hope not. Reporter President Trump today taking a new approach to deal with the iranian regime. Meet with the swiss president today in hopes of creating a diplomatic back channel with iran to defuse escalating tensions. Hed like to see some behavioral change come from them. Were going to continue the maximum pressure. And that as the president has said, if they take action, theyre not going to like what he does in response. Theyre not going to be happy. A top European Security official says u. S. Allies are closely watching the Trump Administrations next move adding National Security adviser john boltons hawkish reputation on iran, including regime change, is a concern. Sources tell cnn the president has grown irritated with the perception that bolton and others are leading him into a war with iran. Expressing it on twitter today saying, i make a decisive and final decision. A message echoed by his press secretary. The president is the ultimate decisionmaker, and hes going to take all of the information and intelligence thats given to him, and hell make the decision that he thinks is best to keep americans safe. Its that simple. Reporter people familiar also say trump is privately complaining that if bolton had it his way, the u. S. Would be at war on multiple fronts while publicly saying john is very good. John is he has strong views on things, but thats okay. I actually temper john, which is pretty amazing. Reporter the president has expressed frustrigss with the lack of direct dialogue with the iranian regime. According to people familiar with the matter, last week the white house even gave the swiss a special phone number to give to iran for direct negotiations with the u. S. But publicly iran says it isnt interested. The ayatollah said iran doesnt want war and that negotiate with the u. S. Is poisonous. Trump retorting on twitter, im sure that iran will want to talk soon. And even allies of the president on capitol hill like senator Lindsey Graham are expressing frustration about the administrations lack of information sharing about iran saying, graham, saying there are a lot of senators who feel theyre in the dark. That frustration may be appeased next week when all senators are briefed by National Security officials which follows this afternoons briefing of the gang of eight. Jake . Pamela brown, thanks so much. Lets dive into this with my experts. Karen, the president shifting from im ready to deploy troops to counter iran to saying lets hit the pause button and see if we can negotiate. Take a listen to House Speaker nancy pelosi. I like what i hear from the president that he has no appetite for this. Even though some of his supporters are rattling sabers. Do you like what youre hearing from President Trump . I do, although its hard to know what to trust from this president and his press secretary given their penchant for lying. Trump underestimated how strong the pushback would be given, not just john boltons penchant for regime change or that known desire, but this is john bolton, we know, was part of leading us into war in iraq. There are a lot of people in the National Security community, a lot of democrats who do not trust john bolton. So weve all been pleased to see ironically both the president and, frankly, the message coming from iran that the goal is to avoid this. Heres the other thing, jake. The president probably realized this would be detrimental to his hopes in 2020. Getting us into a war with iran would be devastating because i dont think theres anybody in america who believes at this moment that it probably couldnt be avoided with some form of negotiation which is not trumps strong suit. David urban, take a look at this tweet from democratic senator and president ial candidate amy klobuchar. She wrote, the authorization for the use of military force that Congress Passed in 2001 against al qaeda does not authorize a war against iran. Saber rattling and risking the lives of our men and women while eshewing diplomacy is not leadership. Perhaps she didnt see the president standing there with the swiss president. That looks like dip loameracy. I hear what karen is saying about the National Security adviser and the president selfacknowledges that frequently ambassador bolton is a little more hawkish than he is in his positions. And the president knows it and balances it out. I think talking to the swiss president , it clearly indicates this president wants to talk. He said i hope well not go to war. Unfortunately, the same is not echoed back by the ayatollah saying its poisonous to enter into talks with the americans. So its somewhat troubling. But this president doesnt seem to be rushing headlong into any type of conflict whatsoever. Sara murray, listen to Sarah Sanders discussing the decisionmaking process in the white house. And the president wants to hear all viewpoints but ultimately, its going to come down, theres only one person that was elected to make those decisions. And that was the president. Hell be the one that decides. Theres only one agenda here, and its the president s. You covered this white house. Do you have a sense of how decisions get made . Look, there are some days i think when pundits stand around and they are horrified because President Trump is not listening to the advisers around him, and i think there are other days, and today may be one themp, where people are pleased hes not listening to the advisers around him. We knew that john bolton was hawkish when he went into the white house. That freaked people out when he got this job. So, no, its not a surprise that the president does, you know, hear advice from some advisers and say, well, ive already decided this is how i feel about this issue. Or i dont think youre making a good enough argument. Or he could have looked at john bolton and saying, are you kidding me . Are you trying to sink my 2020 prospects . Theres no way were going to go to war with iran. This is indicative of how decisions can be made. There are sometimes advisers can shift the president s thinking but weve seen the president get advice and say im not going to do that. Nia, of course, the president s mind seems to change often based on what he sees on cable television. I think thats right. His mind changes based on cable television, based on maybe something he hears from putin, for instance, as we saw in the case of what happened with venezuela. One of the things that will be interesting to see is john boltons fate here. Weve seen a number of advisers get too big for their britches in terms of this administration. And their days arent long for the world. It might take a little while. Well see. When you think about what happened here with iran and john bolton seeming to be the face of american policy in terms of iran and also what happened with venezuela, a bit of a mess there, too. Overestimating the kind of coup that was no coup in the end. It will be interesting to see how long john bolton lasts, if he is in any danger of leaving this white house and being expelled in the way weve seen other Foreign Policy folks like tillerson end up souring on this administration and the president souring on them. So well see how that ends. Its a long list. Tillerson, mcmaster. Mattis. David . I think bolton lasts longer than maduro does. Thats my prediction. Well see. Karen finney, take a listen to the top democrat, senator bob menend menendez, speaking with jim sciutto. This is the most Opaque Administration ive ever dealt with over four presidencies. Right now were being asked to make Foreign Policy and National Security decisions while flying blindly. Your reaction . Well, look. I think the meeting with the gang of eight is critically important. Making sure that both democrats and republicans in congress have all of the information that they need. And again, this point about war powers that klobuchar was talking about is critically important. Any time we are anywhere near going up to this line it is really important. This is when these separation of powers. Weve been talking about these issues with regard to the Mueller Report and tax records. But this is a fundamental task of congress. And the American People are going to stand firmly behind their ability to rein this president in and make sure that if we, god forbid, go to war or have any aggressive action that everyone is confident in the intelligence and again, john bolton is not someone to be trusted in that environment. Everyone stick around. Well keep talking. Republicans say President Trump is exonerated by the special counsel. Democrats say they need to see more of the report. What if both parties are fundamentally wrong about the Mueller Report . Millions of u. S. Taxpayers dollars meant to help farmers ending up in the hands of foreigners who are allegedly corrupt. Thats ahead. Stay with us. Music [ watch me walk by Spencer Ludwig ] cant take no class about this im on my way im on my way like this hey to start your investment plan, find an advisor at massmutual. 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Ask your dermatologist about humira. This is my body of proof. The politics lead. The house judiciary chair is still trying to negotiate to get Robert Mueller to testify. The attorney general claims hes not the reason for the holdup. Bill barr telling the wall street journal, its bobs call whether he wants to testify. I want to bring in walter dellinger. He was solicitor general and head of the office of Legal Counsel for the Justice Department in the clinton raerks. He now argues democrats and republicans are going at the Mueller Report all wrong. Walter, thanks for joining us. In addition to muellers testimony, democrats want his unredacted report. Theyve issued a subpoena to hold it. You argue they focus too much on process. Democrats obsession with redaction is obscuring the obvious. The president committed high crime and violated his oath and committed the most serious high crimes and misdemeanors. What high crimes and misdemeanors . I think his interference with the investigation, his attempted interference, his direction to the white House Counsel to have mueller fired. His direction to the white House Counsel to do a false memo to the file denying that the president ordered him to do that. His effort to have sessions unrecuse himself and prohibit them from investigating the 2016 election leaving mueller to look to the future. All of those are really well substantiated. This is the testimony of the president s white House Counsel, the deputy white House Counsel, the white house chief of staff, the white House Counsel chief of staff. This is all established, and its shocking when you read the report. Just to give you one example, jake, attorney general barr says, well, maybe he wanted him fired because of conflicts of interest rather than for the corrupt motive of interfere with an investigation. If you look at page 80 of volume 2 of the Mueller Report, youll see that the alleged conflicts are just laughable. Theyre laughable. Theres nothing to them. It was a straight up case of obstruction, of which all of that is just one example. Its overpowering when you read the report. The problem with the democrats response is seeing the redactions indicates theres something more we need to learn. Looked like most of the redactions are initially appropriate redactions of various kinds. We have 93 of everything. And that should have been enough for them to say, these are crimes most serious. But mueller did not reach the conclusion. You did. Or at least he didnt state that he did. Well, i think, if you when you read the report, i think mueller reached the conclusion that i did. He is very careful to say because it is departmental policy not to indict a president while hes sitting and the president cannot be indicted until he leaves office, were preserving all of the evidence when memories are fresh and documents are available for that time. The president can be prosecuted at that time. He assembled all the evidence and says because we cant indict him and he cant defend himself for another two years where he could then go on trial if he loses, we think its inappropriate to announce a conclusion. But the conclusion is obvious from the report. So i do think that is the misreading, the notion that we need something more to reach a conclusion about the president s actions. And, remember, even if there was some reason why a president did not technically violate parts of section 512, this interference with the administration of justice is grounds for the most serious response instead of waiting around and talking about process and redactions. Let me ask you also because in your oped you also fault President Trump for what you call, quote, a failure to defend the countrys electoral system from foreign attack, unquote. Now president Trump Administration officials tell me and argue that the pentagon, the National Counterterrorism center, they are all working hard to defend the country from attack, regardless of what President Trump says. And trump himself often notes that this devastating attack in 2016 took place during the obama presidency. Was he negligent as well . Yes, no question, i think, that president obama one of the many things that happened because everybody in the world, including, i think, donald trump and Hillary Clinton, thought Hillary Clinton was going to win and obama did not want to appear to be interfering, but in retrospect, he clearly failed to respond sufficiently. But it was the president ial campaign of donald trump that was clearly welcoming actions by the russians. What the special counsel says that they did not have proof beyond a reasonable doubt that there was an actual agreement between the Trump Campaign and the russians. So they found copious evidence of how the Trump Campaign had welcomed it, and the president meeting with Vladimir Putin and not raising this right after the Mueller Report comes out. And details what mueller calls a substantial, sustained, massive interference in our election. When the president meets with Vladimir Putin and doesnt raise it he was talking on the phone with him. Right. That right. When he talked with him on the phone and doesnt raise it. That is really a green light to the russians to interfere in the 2020 election. All right. Walter, thank you for your time. Appreciate it, sir. Thanks, jake. Mutiny or just some friendly help . Up next, the reason senator Kirsten Gillibrand is getting help from people working for her president ial opponents. It turns out, they want me to start next month. She can stay with you to finish her senior year. Things will be tight but, we can make this work. Now. Grandpa, what about your dream car . This is my dream now. 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And those protests coming from the Police Officers in his own city with the Police BenevolentAssociation Adding this message. He cant run the city. He cant run the country. Lets talk about this with the panel. Karen finney, we should note this group has been against de blasio for years. These protests are nothing new. In a recent poll, 76 of new york city voters said they did not want de blasio to run for president. How does he convince a National Audience its a good idea . Yeah, good question. I cant spin this one, im sorry. Let me do my best to try. I did work with bill de blasio on Hillarys Senate campaign where he was the campaign manager. Look, i think hes going to have to ive always been of the mind that bill needs to shore up his record in new york if he were going to try to run for president because mayor pete, part of his argument about why he can be the executive of this country is his record as mayor. That is the argument youd expect a mayor to be able to make. Obviously, having had such a rough start, he is going to have to find ways to get around that and figure out what is it that he can offer this country . What policy arguments can he make . And then show directly what results hes been able to deliver for new york. And as the data points out, thats going to be a tough road for him. Nia, he is attempting that. Listen to him making his pitch this morning to working voters. Ive actually done it. Ive proven it can be done. Were doing things like guaranteed health care for all new yorkers, including Mental Health care. The issue that charlene is focused on. These are things making working lives better. A lot of the items on the Progressive Agenda health care, higher minimum wage, child care, these are already things hes accomplished. And those are the issues that really made him a progressive star as we was entering the mayors office. The idea was new york city was going to be all these issues around income inequality around criminal justice, but you see after years in office, his second term now, new yorkers arent really sold on him. Partly it is the infrastructure in new york, the subway in new york, but if you are bill de blasio, you see this huge field. You also see in joe biden somebody that some people think is a bit of a weak frontrunner, right . And so the idea is, and a lot of these candidates feel this way, that if joe biden stumbles, then there is going to be somebody that democratic voters look to. Joe biden who people think can appeal to all sorts of different voters and the polling shows that. He polls well among africanamericans, among white folks of all Socio Economic backgrounds. So the idea if youre bill de blasio, maybe you have a shot as well. And certainly if you look at somebody like Pete Buttigieg at 7 or 8 in early polls, if this guy who is the mayor of a town thats, 100,000 folks, if he can get a look from democratic voters and youre mayor bill de blasio, mayor of 8 Million People y not give it a shot . Kirsten gillibrand is protesting the new abortion law. Shes not seen her Campaign Take off yet. Could this be an issue that sees her rise from where she is in the polls . Its certainly possible. Shes been the lgd voice in the field since theres been a small time frame, but since weve been reckoning with this bill that they passed out of alabama. And shes sort of been pressing others in the field to come along with her. For the most part, they have. But shes been a strong voice on this issue. And shes been a strong voice on this issue, not just now in the wake of the alabama bill, but shes been talking about this in congress as well. So this could be an opportunity for voters to give her if not a second look, a first look. She is certainly someone who has been nestled in this field and hasnt been one of the people able to rise to the top. For a bill that passed through the state legislature with senators saying we dont even want this to become law in our state, we dont believe this is going to become law in our state, it has created a national conversation. And i think weve seen her capitalize on that. David urban, as somebody who does not want big democratic turnout in 2020, are you worried at all thats an understatement. But are you worried at all about laws like these bills being passed in ohio, georgia, alabama, set cetera, missouri, that are strict antiabortion bans, getting democratic voters to the polls . I do think this law is going to be struck down pretty quickly. I dont think that anybody thinks its going to withstand any type of scrutiny. Its incredibly broad. Its not going to get to the supreme court. I do think it does, obviously, to state the obvious there, it motivates the base. It energizes lots of democrats in suburban philadelphia and other places to turn out. So at some point, it is concerning. But the flip side of that is, the argument goes that you heard Christine Quinn on the cuomo show the other night and you heard the mayor the governor of virginia make extremely inflammatory comments which republicans kind of hear and want to run to the polls. So its something that will be, you know it will be hotly contested issue. Heres the thing, jake. This is also an issue its not just democrats and republicans. I mean, what these bills are saying, if you cannot trust a woman to make her own decision about her health care, how can you trust her to run a country or run a company . Thats how women feel about this legislation. Its a fundamental assault on our basic freedom, and so i think its going to be very mobilizing. 7 in 10 americans believe that roe v. Wade should remain law. It should not be overturned. Thats going to be very mobilizing for the middle, not just for the far ends of the scope. This was in alabama. This isnt a national but these bills are being passed bills like this are being passed all across the country. Today a similar one in missouri. Federal system. And the more these rights are being eroded at the state level, the more aware people are becoming of how in danger we really are. Its not going to be eroded. Its going to be struck down. We have got more to talk about. Right now mayor Pete Buttigieg campaigning in chicago this afternoon just miles away from one of the places he served as a Naval Reserve officer. As jeff zeleny reports, buttigieg often invokes his service in afghanistan to try to defend his agent and experience in the democratic primary. And he uses it to attack President Trump. Reporter theres one chapter of his life that Pete Buttigieg often turns to. Somebody who served in afghanistan. When i went overseas. When i was packing my bags for afghanistan reporter the 37yearold mayor of south bend, indiana, deploys his military service as a sword and a shield. Whether taking questions about his experience or quieting antigay protesters, afghanistan is often his answer. Its one more reason why it might not be a bad idea to have someone in the white house who actually served. Reporter his time as an Intelligence Officer in the Naval Reserves and sixmonth deployment to afghanistan makes his gold plated resume shine even brighter. Yet he rarely talks about why he joined the service. It was 2008 and he was volunteering for the Barack Obama Campaign in iowa where he saw many young people signing up for the army or national guard. I wanted to drag my feet on it forever if i hadnt had that experience in iowa and realizing some communities were almost emptying out their youth into the military. And some were barely serving at all. Now hes one of three president ial candidates who served in americas longest wars in iraq and afghanistan. Joining congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and congressman seth moeltson. He deployed to afghanistan in 2014 just as president obama was announcing a troop withdrawal. Military records reviewed by cnn so buttigieg was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks. It was largely a desk job at the Bagram Air Base but he was also a driver and armed escort. Its not like i killed bin laden. I dont want to understate what my role was, but it certainly was something that was dangerous. People that i knew, unfortunately, were attacked. Do you think youd be able to make this run as credibly without this military service . Well, i think at a moment when, obviously, people are looking for contrasts, it helps me demonstrate the difference between how im oriented and how the current president is. Reporter jason mccray still remembers the day he met buttigieg at their training in south carolina. He didnt know the man assigned to be his battle body was also an indiana mayor. He had an ear bud in and was learning a language. I think it was dari. I dont remember other folks picking up a language. He was interested in afghanistan and was studying and consuming everything about it . For sure. Reporter a dozen people who served alongside him who spoke to cnn described him as mature and, yes, ambitious. But several said he was hardly alone on that front. To go through a deployment in afghanistan is theres probably less dangerous ways to check the box. Reporter mcrae and his wife sue are watching their Friends Campaign from afar with interest. When i just met pete it was a wife going to say goodbye to my husband and we just happened to meet a battle buddy. Reporter so mayor buttigieg talks about afghanistan pretty much every stop he makes, including here in chicago, talking to the Chicago City Club earlier today. He said its time for a new afghanistan policy in the u. S. , noting that people enlisting now were not even born on 9 11. But as for his own service, as i sat down with him today to talk about what led him to sign up back in 2009, he said he did not have Public Service in mind at that time. Of course, he ran shortly after that but noted this. Military service is not always popular. You must serve if it is or if it isnt. Jake . Jeff zeleny, thanks for that. Tens of millions of dollars meant to help struggling American Farmers are instead reportedly went to brazilian brothers being investigated by the department of justice. And thats the least of their legal problems. Stay with us. The house, kids, theyre living the dream and here comes the wacky new maid maid . Uh, im not the. Is she an alien, is she a spy . 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According to a new report today in the new york daily news, the Trump Administration gave 62 million to a Meatpacking Company in colorado. Its Parent Company is in brazil and its owners, two wealthy brothers who spent time in jail who have confessed to bribing top officials in their country. I want to bring in the reporter who broke this store. Chris, thanks for joining us. The money is supposed to go to American Farmers. How does it end up in brazil . Well, essentially you have a pot of money that the Trump Administration has designated towards helping out farmers hurt by the administrations trade war. Now as you said, the subsidiary in colorado has been given this money in order to then forward the money to American Farmers. Now theres actually no proof showing what this colorado subsidiary has done once theyve handed it over, and considering who the owners are of this colorado subsidiary, two brothers who have confessed to massive corruption schemes in their home country. Can we take the administration at their word when theyre saying this money is coming to American Farmers . Right. And the Trump Administrations department of agriculture wrote a dhoek the bautista Brothers Company for 22. 3 million. And even after the Justice Department, in this country, began investigating their company for possible violations of the foreign corrupt practices act in an unrelated matter, the Agriculture Department issued two more multimilliondollar checks to this company . Correct. In february and again earlier this month. Now what the Agriculture Department is telling me is that this money from their vetting is ending up in American Farmers hands but weve seen no proof that is the case and considering the corrupt history of jbs, there seems like we need it warrants some scrutiny as to where this money is going. The president said this time around he may give an additional 15 billion to American Farmers. This money for farmers hurt by the tariffs is not by law just for americans. It theoretically can go to foreignowned companies that arent hurting for money at all . If you look back what happened in november last year, there was a virginia company, Smithfield Foods owned by a chinese company. Several members of congress were outraged at this, including senator chuck grassley. And the payment ended up being reversed because of the foreign connection. With jbs, the same outrage has not happened and thats still an outstanding question im trying to figure out in my reporting as to why this payment to jbs, which is way bigger than the smith field food payments is being largely ignored by members of congress. You got a response from the Trump Administration on your story. Whats their explanation . Their explanation is that they are given this money to jbs, which they say are complying with their standards of funneling that money back into the American Farm industry. They are saying that they are complying with the standards theyve set out. Theyre saying that from operating with them over months, they are doing a good job. But again, thats the administrations word. All we know is that 62 million has ended up in the hands of a brazilianowned company thats being run by two brothers who have confessed to corruption. And no evidence that any of that money went to American Farmers . Chris summerfeld, thank you. Congrats on the scoop. Thank you. Attention walmart shoppers. Youre about to pay more. Thats next. How do you gauge the greatness of an suv . Is it to carry cargo. Or to carry on a legacy . Its show of strength. Or its sign of intelligence . In crossing harsh terrain. Or breaking new ground . This is the mercedesbenz suv family. Greatness comes in many forms. Visit your local mercedesbenz dealer for exceptional lease and financing offers. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. 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Just the latest examples of President Trump passing out get out of jail free cards to those who say nice things about him. Such as trump supporter and former Sheriff Joe Arpaio convicted of attempt of court in a case related to racial profiling. Or di nesh d souza but once compared trump to abraham lincoln. A purpose, of pardon power is to temper justice with mercy. In appropriate cases. And to do justice if new or mitigating evidence comes to bear on a person who may have been wrongfully convicted. Another purpose, according to the heritage foundizatiation is ensure peace and tranquillity in the land. That would not seem to be how the pardon power is being exercised here. Some past president s have issued questionable pardons. George h. W. Bush pardoning six Reagan Department officials. Or president bill clinton pardoning his halfbrother and fugitive financier marc rich. Those were issued with a certain sense of shame during the final days, if not final hours of the bush and clinton administrations. But with this president , there is no apparent sense of shame. And no blowback from his fellow republicans. Perhaps President Trump is laying bare the privilege that previous president s have occasionally, arguably abused for political reasons. Or perhaps that sense of shame that bush and clinton felt was at least important. And now its gone. Like so many other standards. Our coverage on cnn continues right now. Happening now, breaking news. Likely doom. President trump reveals a new immigration proposal that would require wouldbe immigrants to learn english and pass a civics exam and would give preference to those young, skilled and educated but with little support on capitol hill is the plan doomed . Secret briefing. As top congressional leaders and heads of the intelligence committees gather for a secret briefing on iran, cnn learns the u. S. 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