Commercials. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world, we are coming to you live. Im natalie allen. Im george howell. Newsroom starts right now. Its 4 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. A lot of people find the story confusing. A lot of details. We want to break it down. It is that much talked about memo and the question, does it discredit the russia investigation . The u. S. President , donald trump, being accused of doing just that, allege the fbi improperly obtained a warrant to spy on a private citizen, in this case, carter page. The content of the controversial memo is highly disputed. Critics say it only shows part of the picture. Jim acosta explains, the memo should not be public. Reporter as all of washington expected, the president green lighted the release of a memo that portrays mr. Trump as the real victim of the russia investigation. The president poured it on from the oval office. I think its terrible, if you want to know the truth. Its a disgrace
they are almost here. the games kick off next friday in pyeongchang, south korea. paula newton is there. paula, hello. reporter: hey there, natalie, good to see you. hello, and good to see you. they are getting under way in a few days. the news cycle is so short. a few weeks ago, we were talking about whether or not the u.s. team went here given security concerns. nick kay hailey putting on the table they may not come here. we have come so far. we have 22 north korean participants. moon jay insaying he thinks it will come to fruition. it may, actually, end up getting something between north and south korea. skeptics say that is not what it is about. olympic organizers will take what they can at this point. they are putting the finishing touches on the events here,