Tonight. As negotiators keep on working, the wild card is the man in the white house. We want to welcome our view irs in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news tonight, tensions over the russia investigation explode at the first big oversight hearing since democrats took control of the house. Acting attorney general Matt Whitaker in the hot seat denies hes interfered with Robert Muellers probe or that hes talked to President Trump about it. Whitaker often defiant opened the hearing by declaring he would not discuss his private conversations with the president to protect executive privilege. Also breaking, federal prosecutors in new york are looking into allegations by amazon chief jeff bezos who said the National Enquirer. Tried to blackmail and extort him. The feds want to know if the enquirer violated an immunity investigation. This hour, ill talk with a member of the House Judiciary Committee who questioned Matt Whitaker.