policy objective, he invokes national security, tries to say that it s a national security crisis. the difference is that in this public forum, the intelligence chiefs had to say under oath to the senate intelligence committee what their true assessment is of national security threat, and those two things didn t mary up. carrie cordero, phil mudd, thank you for being with us. missouri investigators do know who was on the other end of the blocked phone calls by don trump jr. i ll speak with pamela brown who broke the story. and later, keeping them honest. a wall, a fence, barrier, even peaches. yes, peaches that was one suggestion by the president on what to call the physical structure along the southern border. words really do matter. we ll have an update from a congressman, a democrat from texas who is part of the bipartisan group taking part in the negotiations. each day justin chooses to walk. at work.
the edge. here is what the intelligence chiefs said on tuesday, with cameras rolling. we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities we judge necessary to produce a nuclear device. senator king, i think the most recent information is the iranians are considering taking steps that would lessen their adherence to jkpoa as they seek to pressure the europeans to come through with the investment and trade benefits that iran hoped to gain from the deal. so that s a contradiction from the president s position, and one he himself attacked the intelligence chiefs on only yesterday. today he is telling a different story. quote, just concluded a great meeting with my intel team in the oval office who told me that what they said on tuesday at the senate hearing was mischaracterized by the media, and we are very much in iran, north korea, isis, et cetera. their testimony was distorted
policy objective, he invokes national security, tries to say that it s a national security crisis. the difference is, is that in this public forum, the intelligence chiefs had to say under oath to the senate intelligence committee what their true assessment is of national security threats and those two things didn t marry up. carrie cordero, phil mudd, thank you for being with us. more breaking news next. senate investigators now know who was on the other end of the mysterious blocked phone calls by don jr. i ll speak with pamela brown who broke the story. and later, keeping them honest. a wall, a fence, barrier, even peaches. yes, peaches. that was one suggestion by the president on what to call the physical structure along the southern border. words really do matter. we ll have an update from a congressman, a democrat from texas who is part of a bipartisan group taking part in the negotiations.
tonight we also have breaking news tied to the russia investigation. it s a cnn exclusive about the mysterious phone calls made by donald trump jr. around the time the now infamous trump tower meeting with russians in 2016. pamela brown joins us now from the white house with the details. so explain what you ve learned, what this clears up in terms of that trump tower meeting, and what questions remain outstanding. well, anderson, this has been one of the most tantalizing mysteries in the russia probe, and now this new information has come to light that don jr. s calls with a blocked number around that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting were not with his father. this is according to three sources. and we re told there were records provided to the senate intelligence committee showing that the calls were actually between trump jr. and two of his business associates. we have not been able to identify them yet. but this is significant, anderson, because it appears to contradict democrats
breaking news tied to the russia investigation. it s a cnn exclusive about the mysterious phone calls made by donald trump jr. around the time the now infamous trump tower meeting with russians in 2016. pamela brown joins us now from the white house with the details. so, explain what you ve learned, what this clears up, in terms of that trump tower meeting, and what questions remain outstanding. reporter: well, anderson, this has been one of the most tantalizing mysteries in the russia probe, and now, this new information has come to light that don jr. s calls with a blocked number around that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting were not with his father. this is according to three sources. and we re told that there were records provided to the senate intelligence committee showing that the calls were actually between trump jr. and two of his business associates. we have not been able to identify them yet. but this is significant, anderson, because it appears to contradict democrats lo