they re saying they may go above the ceiling on uranium less incentive. there s less incentive. nuclear weapons and nuclear program is iran s bargaining chip. now that sanctions are back on, they re taking a similar posture. bob, finally now on this u.s. cyber attack on russia, the new york times sources on that story, you know, were current and former u.s. government officials. the president, we know he s tweeted out about the report saying this is a virtual act of treason is it treasonous? being a former intelligence officer, i think it s always bad for things to be played out in the press. if there s a cyber war between us and the russians, the russians should be fully surprised by it. it s bad it got out but it s worse no one told the president
bob, i do want to start with you. first, of course, the new york times reported that the fbi was so concerned about the u.s. president s behavior that it began investigating whether he was secretly working on russia s behalf. then the washington post writes that mr. trump allegedly went to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his five face to face meetings with russia s president vladimir putin. what is your response to these two incredible reports? you re right. they are explosive. you have to look at trump s history with the russians, which goes back to 1986, connections with the kgb, money going into trump properties, russian money and on and on and on. we know the whole story, but the fact the fbi opened an investigation is extraordinary. shawn turner, why would there be no details from any of the five meetings, face to face meetings between the u.s. and russian presidents? how would that even be possible?
arrest of venezuelan opposition leader. intelligence agents stopped his car and briefly detained him sunday after he said he was prepared to temporarily replace nicolas maduro. an official says the agents acted on their own. the opposition calls it a kidnapping. the u.s. president and republicans are on the defensive from the latest article by the washington post, reporting that the president went to extraordinary lengths to conceal details from his private meetings with the russian president. one republican senator, ron johnson, says mr. trump s actions, not his word, show that he s been tough on russia. let s get more on all of this with former cia operative and security analyst bob bear and cnn u.s. security analyst shawn turner, who is a former director of communication for u.s. national intelligence. thanks to both of you for joining us. thanks for having us.
they have been a truly spectacular ally in terms of jobs and economic development. and i also take thats you know, i m president, i have to take a lot of things into consideration. joining me now cnn intelligence and security analyst bob bear, former cia operative. bob, good to have you with us. the state department just this afternoon saying in a statement that u.s. government has made a final conclusion on khashoggi s death are inaccurate and there are still a number of questions that need to be answered. she goes on to say those involved will be held fully accountable. what s your reaction? does that statement contradict the cia s conclusion? it does contradict the cia s conclusion. actually the cia who is going to determine who ordered this. they are the ones with the intelligence, not the state department. you know, you can interpret this differently possibly, but when the central intelligence agency has intercepts, has tapes, has pictures of the assassins, knows
and it s perfectly within his understanding of the world to kill washington post columnist. so no we have a real problem in saudi arabia. leaving this guy to run that country in definitely ultimately will come back and we ll pay for this in terms of saudi stability. bob bear, good to have you with us. thank you. thank you. president trump pushing back on the report that he has been questioning the loyalty of one member of his administration who everyone says is loyal. so what s going on here? plus be sure to keep it locked on cnn tontd at 7:00 it s the axe files with special guest at 8:00 special report ten turner. maverick man cnn 89:00 films, we will rise. then at 10 another another cnn the last days inside the obama white house. so you don t want to miss our