Credit report. Thank you so much, ed. Thanks for joining us. The news continues now on cnn its wednesday, april 3rd, right now on cnn this morning buildings collapsed, people trapped taiwan, rocked by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island in 25 years. Powerful storms, triggering dangerous floods and tearing off rooftops in the heartland here in america and donald trump back on the trail predicting the end of elections in america. If he loses to joe biden again all right 5 00 a. M. Here in washington live. Look at capitol hill on this misty wednesday morning good morning, everyone on kasie hunt, its wonderful to have you with us. We begin with Breaking News taiwan rocked by a deadly 7. 4 magnitude earthquake. Its the most powerful earthquake to hit the Island Nation in 25 years. Heres what we know right now, Rescue Efforts are underway more than two dozen buildings have collapsed, and people are trapped. The epicenter of the quake located just south of the tourist city of huali
given christopher steele sensitive information, in briefing him on the investigation, maybe even disclosed the existence of a cross fire hurricane operation, which could potentially have gotten back to his ultimate employer, hillary clinton and the democratic national committee. raises some real concerns about the control of information at the fbi had when working with steele. sean: we are putting it up on the screen. christopher steele s confidential human reports on the fbi, 53 intel interviews, the stefan halper documents, decked over 2016 fbi email chai chain, page, papadopoulos, exculpatory statements. how did they withhold exculpatory statements, and then numbed of going after, in the case of papadopoulos, put this guy in jail, when they had information that he as i understand it that he would consider it being a traitor if he ever concluded with russia. of the gang of 8, we talked about that at length, the steele
people are being cautioned and look out for human reports. report them. don t disturb them. it s a horrible situation in this town called paradise. coming up, democrats continue to add to their gains. i m joined by one of two of the first native memamericans elect to congress. later more intrigue at the white house. emotions running high and rumors of a staff shake up. d rumors of a staff shake up.
former british spy christopher steele and published by buzzfeed. within hours of being outed, steele went into hiding with his wife and children. the media were all over him. reporter: christopher steele s friend, nigel west. and the advice that he adopted was the correct advice that anybody in reputation management would give, which is saying nothing and disappear. reporter: in the days immediately after the dossier s publication, anyone interested in russia s role in the election had read it, including jonathan weiner. i looked at it like i look at all human reports. you look at professionalism of the person gathering it, their background, the care with which they operate. and you say, this is serious stuff. but intelligence is not evidence. these are two very different things.
steele and published by buzzfeed. within hours of being outed, steele went into hiding with his wife and children. the media were all over him. reporter: his friend nigel west. and what he adopted was the correct advice that anybody in reputation management would give, which is saying nothing and disappear. reporter: in the days immediately after the dossier s publication, anyone interested in russia s role in the election had read it, including jonathan weiner. i looked at it like i look at all human reports. you look at professionalism of the person gathering it, their background, the care with which they operate. and you say, this is serious stuff. but intelligence is not evidence. these are two very different things. reporter: now that the dossier was a matter of public record and of fierce political controversy, the core question