white house could expect that they can brief only republicans on anything related to the russia investigation. that can t happen. sources tell cnn the trump legal team is looking to limit questions from special counsel robert mueller in a potential interview. their goal was to take the president s actions after he won the election off the table. that would include questions related to possible obstruction of justice. more from cnn s dana bash in washington. reporter: my colleagues, evan perez, gloria borger, and i have learned that the president s legal time is trying to narrow the scope of any potential interview with the special counsel to russia-related matters that occurred before trump s election. and also they want an audio recording made to make sure that there s no question about what is actually said. because mueller clearly wants to talk about issues occurring since trump has been in the white house like potential obstruction of justice and firing james comey, our sources
china s president, backing away from his threat to review the one-china policy which could have triggered a serious clash with beijing. i ll talk about that and more and with congressman jim hooins is standing by along with analysts as we bring you full coverage of the day s full stories. first, cnn has learned new information about the ongoing investigation into allegations raised in a collection of memos created by a former british spe intelligence for evan perez and jim sciutto have been working the story. wolf, for the first time u.s. investigators say they have corroborated some of the new investigation compiled a former
british. president obama and president trump were briefed prior to the inauguration. until now u.s. officials have said none of the content or allegations had been verified but now multiple current and former u.s. law enforcement and intelligence officials tell cnn that intelligence intercepts of foreign nationals confirmed that some of the conversations described in the dossier took place between the same individuals on the same days and from the same locations as detailed in the dossier. we should be clear that cnn has not confirmed the content of the calls or whether any of the content relates to then-candidate trump. and none of the null learned information relates to the salacious allegations in the dossier. the corroboration based on interpreted communications has given u.s. intelligence and law enforcement, quote, greater confidence and credibility in some aspects of the dossier as they continue to actively investigate its contents, these
breaking news. breaking news tonight. president trump confirms that a new executive order on his travel ban is possible. cnn has learned that the trump administration won t immediately appeal to the u.s. supreme court after the defeat of the 9th circuit ut yesterday. sources considering tweaking the original version. tonight insiders have growing concern about michael flynn s contact with russia before mr. trump became president. flynn appears to be walking back that sanctions were not discussed after a washington post report contradicted his denial. we re told vice-president pence is scrambling to get to the bottom of all of this after he vouched for flynn on national television. we re also following a reversal by president trump. he s now promising to uphold the longstanding policy of recognizing taiwan as part of one china. the president making that commitment in a phone call with
white house is quite concerned about with michael flynn. they certainly are. jeff zeleny reporting. let s take a closer look at the national security adviser. brian todd has been looking into all of this. what are you learning? as jeff just mentioned and as you saw on air force one president trump saying he was not aware of the comments about michael flynn. michael flynn is used to being under pressure but there is intrigue around him. and some veterans are telling us, given his litany of indiscretions he could be in some real trouble. general mike flynn. reporter: he s entrusted with advising president trump on the nation s most dangerous security threats, but tonight internal threats are growing in the white house surrounding retired lieutenant general flynn. cnn is told tonight mike pence