behind me here. there are teams going up and down and four divers going into the cave constantly putting supplies in of food and medicine. the boys are in reasonable condition. i think the hope is that they will be strong enough to get out soon. let s hope so. it s been a long time in there. thanks for following the story. is the president pushing fake news on twitter? trump attacked his predecessor saying, quote, just out that the obama administration granted citizenship during the terrible iran deal and negotiation to 2,500 iranians. that bold claim coming a day after fox news published an article claiming the same thing. problem fox news cited an iranian news agency that cited an iranian newspaper that quoted a single iranian cleric. and immigration data from the department of homeland security does not show an uptick in iranian immigration during the obama presidency. cnn senior media reporter oliver darcy has been looking into the
indicate that we re seeing the he s in huge trouble, obviously, legally. he s going to have to save himself. whether that means flipping on trump, we don t know. trump is throwing every signal that he would throw a pardon. a lot of lawyers who represented folks in dire legal circumstances who see michael cohen throwing his trial balloon up for a pardon as well. thanks lauren, alice and david. just in, a senior administration official is telling cnn the president asked about the possibility wait for this of invadesing venezuela during a meeting about sanctions against that country. we ll have details on that story next. plus, a bipartisan group of senate investigators backing the intelligence community that russia attacked the u.s. and wanted the president to win. so will president trump finally acknowledge that assessment? my day starts well before i m even in the kitchen.
cnn money senior media reporter. we need to put into context how we got here. here s a snippet of what was said on fox news. the chairman of iran s parliament claims the obama administration also granted 2,500 u.s. citizenships to fa s families and friends of the iranian government. again, that was debunked. came from a single source. that then led to a day of we re now pushing back. here s what a former obama administration official had to say. the claim in the fox news story is completely false. that somehow granting citizenship to rain yairanians t of the nuclear negotiations. that s absolutely, flatly untrue. this has become the really new normal. this constant true, we spend the
the case. i think what the president is dealing with is a rehashing of issues where people are threatening collusion and the outcome of the election was persuaded, not by the people but some outside force. the people spoke in 2016. it s time to move forward with this election that has occurred and embrace the opportunity this administration has for us to bring change to washington, d.c. let me ask you this. i ve been following this story for more than two years now. even prior to the election, looking at election interference. i speak to republicans and democrats. both republicans n democrats have been prbriefed on the information. the evidence is that russia is still performing probing attacks on not just social media, et cetera, but on election systems. that those attacks continue and in fact, they expect russia to interfere in 2016 and 2020. why isn t the president showing leadership on this issue to defend future elections from russian interference? and aren t you as an american,
handling of this so far. he s known about this, as jim was poipnting out, for months. i m a little surprised for such a pro on capitol hill, didn t get out ahead of this in some way and is now responding this way. would you have advised i think my understanding talking with his office yesterday, as well as this morning, they provided a lot more information to the original news outlet that put this story out that was not included in the story. we have to take that into consideration. since this has come out, they have done a good job in my view of pushing back and getting other stories and sources out there. it was good with the congressman being in his district, speaking to the press. didn t hold anything back and let them ask questions until they were done. at this stage of the game, yes, full disclosure. answer any and all questions. it s important. but getting out ahead of it it s dangerous because it gets you involved in a story that could become a scandal. that s always a