Were going to bring you results as they come in from West Virginia. But breaking news in the Mueller Investigation and the investigation into Michael Cohen. Cnn learned that Mueller Investigations have questioned a Russian Oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars deposited into essential consultants llc, the company set up by Michael Cohen that was used to pay off Stormy Daniels. Hundreds of thousands of dollars from the u. S. Affiliate were made after the election. The purpose of the payments by the u. S. Affiliate is unclear at this hour. Cnn has reviewed documents that appear to show the payments but cnn has not authenticated the documents. Their authenticity has already been bolstered by a Statement Issued by another company tonight, at t, which is trying to acquire cnn and its Parent Company time warn per. The information that Michael Avenatti revealed earl yer said that at t had paid several hundred thousands of dollars to Michael Cohens essential con l consultants llc. At
Primary. We have that and much more. I am yasmine vossoughian. We begin with the news that has the world reacting. President trump fulfilled one of his signature promises ending the United States involvement in the iran nuclear deal. We cant under the dekag agreement. The iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. Therefore i am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. I will sign new sanctions on the iranian regime, instituting the highest level of economic sanction. Any nation that helps iran in its quest for Nuclear Weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. The obama team has responded to trumps decision in a lengthy statement. President obama lays out several facts about the nuclear deal, some of which go straight after several of President Trumps arguments as a sort of fact check, while adding the reality is clear that jcpoa is working. That is a view shared by our european
Countrys allies are so rattled by this decision, what theyre likely to do in response and why this is such a banner accomplishment for the american hardliners who have been hoping for and working for an actual new u. S. War with iran, ever since they started the last new u. S. War in iraq 15 years ago. And speaking of 15 years ago, in march 2003, while the george w. Bush administration was ordering the invasion of iraq, this man was captured in pakistan, he was soon named as the master many mind of the 9 11 attacks. In cia custody, he was tortured for weeks over 15 different sessions. He was water boarded 183 times. He was forcibly fed through his rectum instead of being given food as food. He was kept awake for a week. Kept awake for a week while they kept him standing with his hands chained to the ceiling. We remember the Bush Administrations complicity and facilitation of the torture program because officials like Vice President dick cheney cheered for it at the time, and because Bu
Theres evidence that vekselberg may have used his holdings to do the kremlins bidding in the past. Four years ago, the fbi warned a foundation controlled by him might have been acting on behalf of russias intelligence services. So all this led to speculation that vekselberg perhaps acting on behalf of the russian government or not was funneling money to cohen through Columbus Nova. Heres the thing, the Company Columbus nova stressed it is American Company run by american businessmen named andrew intrator. Vekselberg is his biggest client and his cousin. But the company says vekselberg was not involved in the decision to pay cohen. The claim viktor was involved or provide any funding for Columbus Novas engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. In other words, how dare you . Columbus nova just wanted to pay Michael Cohen 1 million for a totally unknown reason which had nothing to do with their biggest client, a russian oligarch. Guess what . It turns out thought Michael Cohen and n
And the latest in the conspiracy theories to derail the russia investigation. And weinstein charged. Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is charged with rape and sexual abuse seven months after women came forward to tell their stories. Tb tonight the alleged victims react. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Just a day after scrapping the summit with kim jongun, President Trump now said the meeting could be back on following what he calls a very nice statement from the north korean regime expressing a willingness to meet at any time. As for the posturing, the brinksmanship of the summit negotiations, the president said everybody plays games. David cicilline of the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committee and the correspondents are standing by with full coverage. And lets begin with the offagain, onagain summit with pamela standing by. So what is behind this turnaround and where do things stand now . Reporter i just spoke to a white house official who said that Administratio