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And a cnn exclusive. The special counsel is talking to a Russian Oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars pesticide paid to the president s personal attorney. What is that about . Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im christine romans. That needs explaining. Well get to it in a moment. Im dave briggs. Its may 9th, we have live reports from tehran. Breaking news, mike pompeo in north korea this hour. According to the south korean government officials, the newly minted secretary of state is expected to return home with three american detainees. Lets bring in cnns Paula Hancocks live with us from seoul, south korea. Good morning. Reporter hello, dave. We know from one south korean official that they expect mike pmpeo to leave pyongyang with three detainees. It is just an expectation, at this point. We have no clarification or confirmation that that could happen. The u. S. Secretary of state on his way to pyongyang said that theyve been asking about this for 17 months, and th
Nice statement. Youve seen a change of tone since that letter was sent yesterday morning, brooke, to kim jong un where the president said it would be inappropriate to hold this summit given the norths hostility toward the u. S. In its previous statement when the president was boasting about u. S. Military prowess. Then as the day went on, you had the statement from north korea saying we still want to meet with the u. S. , well do it at any time, anyplace, even calling the president s decision to have the sum eight brave decision. So youre seeing things sort of take a turn now, this whiplash of is a summit going to happen on june 129 as originally planned . You heard the president say were talking to them now. It might still happen then. Defense secretary mattis said it could still happen on june 12th and Sarah Sanders said as much, too, saying preparations are under way for that and the u. S. Will be prepared for that to happen. What will be telling is if the u. S. Continues with its o
Thdo that. I would advise iran very strongly not to restart their nuclear program. If they do, there will be very severe consequence. We will get to those headlines in a moment. But first the story that could overshadow it all, what the atlantic says merges the two biggest scandals in Donald Trumps presidency in a single tweet. The man at the center of it all is trumps longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen. It started with this from Stormy Daniels attorney, michael avenatti. Quote, attorney mr. Cohen received approximately 500,000 in the months after the election from a Company Controlled by a russian by a Russian Oligarch with close ties to mr. Putin. These moneys may have reimbursed the 130,000 payment. Nbc news has reviewed documents that appear to support avenattis claim that cohens Shell Company, essential consultants llc, received money from a Company Called Columbus Nova which has ties to Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. A man who also has close connections to vladimir putin, a man
Time. As for the comey firing, trump told the russian officials that firing eased pressure from the investigation, which apparently concerned someone so much that that quote itself leaked. The New York Times reporting that trump said, i just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. And thats not all. On that same day mike pence was publicly denying what trump was privately telling those same putin appointees in a comment that would later be shredded by Donald Trumps own Public Statement to lester holt. What about the president s dissatisfaction with the russia probe . Did that play into this, sir . Let me be very clear, that the president s decision to accept the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and the attorney general to remove director comey as the head of the fbi was based solely and exclusively on his commitment to the best interests of the American People. Some statements dont age well. Tonigh