at&t, trying to buy cnn's time warner, paid $200,000. he was providing insight to the new administration. paying for access is nothing new in washington. cohen hasn't been accused of wrongdoing. he is under criminal investigation and special counsel robert mueller has been scrutinizing the transactions. novartis said it was contacted by the special councsel over access to the president. the company says cohen could not deliver. as for cohen and his lawyer, they did not comment. >> sara, thank you. a confirmation hearing for gina haspel. haspel is expected to win confirmation. a number of democrats are publicly opposing her nomination. they are joined by a republican john mccain. senator mccain is home in