years and then the best friend s family moved to israel and now that best friend is preparing to zbloin u join the israeli military. so it really, really hits home to the students. important piece. thank you. and cnn this morning continues right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it is the top of the hour. we are following breaking news this morning. injured palestinians are now, as we speak, arriving in egypt one by one after a deal was reached to allow hundreds of foreign nationals and critically injured civilians to leave gaza after being trapped for weeks in the middle of the war zone according to the egyptian ministry of health. the u.s. government says americans are not expected to be in this first batch of people being allowed to cross into egypt today, but americans will be allowed to exit as early as tomorrow. sources tell cnn qatar brokered a deal with hamas, israel and egypt to allow up to 500 foreign nationals to cross into egypt with the pales
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Thats right, katy. You know, the president tweeted sunday in response to our article that he is not worried about don jr. , but people who have been talking to him on the phone say in fact he is worried about his son. He is worried about a lot of aspects related to this russia probe, which is getting closer and closer to him, to his family, to his associates, to his orbit. Its uncomfortable at the moment. There is some concern that he has that his son may be found to have violated the law somehow, you know. One person speculated maybe his son could have perjured himself in interviews at some point. I mean, the president just doesnt know at this point what could be in store for his son. It is a source of concern and its one of many things thats fueling what were seeing, which is a real public lashing by the president of mueller again and again and again, tweeting more than he has before about the wit
attorney general joined at the hip with the president trying to convince the public that the foundation and the of the special counselor inquire is flawed that s where it s going. kmuk i ve asked you this 500 times. let s make it 501. the charge is people including but not limited to carter page were spied on by our country. carter page an american working for a russian concern living for a time in russia. how hard or easy is it to get a fisa warrant to surveil an american? hard. it s a lengthy process. it s multilayered. many lawyers look it at the fbi and department of justice. by the way, brian as we discussed this is court authorized surveillance. words matter. it s not spying. may i add one thing to what frank and julia said, because i think julia s idea of zooming out a bit is important. here is one other way to think
so what the president is saying i m going to declassify what i think the public should see but i m not going to declassify what i think the public would perceive me poorly by if they saw it. so we re about to see the attorney general joined at the hip with the president trying to convince the public that the foundation and the of the special counselor inquire is flawed that s where it s going. kmuk i ve asked you this 500 times. let s make it 501. the charge is people including but not limited to carter page were spied on by our country. carter page an american working for a russian concern living for a time in russia. how hard or easy is it to get a fisa warrant to surveil an american? hard. it s a lengthy process. it s multilayered. many lawyers look it at the fbi and department of justice. by the way, brian as we discussed this is court
today for the first time a russian agent pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally trying to interfere in u.s. politics ahead of the 2016 election. maria butina agreed to cooperate with investigators and admitted that as early as 2015 she illegally conspired to establish unofficial lines of communication with members of the national rifle association and the republican party, according to court documents. quote, butina sought to use those unofficial lines of kmuk for the benefit of the russian federation. she took direction from alexander torsion, this man, the former deputy head of russia s central bank who s close to vladimir putin. butina s activities including bringing top nra members to moskow in 2015 to meet high level russian officials, court documents say, after that meeting she messaged torshin, quote, we should let them express their gratitude now and