This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight. Mexicos president cancels a planned visit to the white house next week, as tensions escalate over President Trumps news to Start Building a wall along the border. Mr. Trump says the talks would have been fruitless unless mexico agrees to pay for the wall. The White House Press secretary suggested a 20 tax on mexican imports in the United States, maybe one possible way to cover the walls costs. For the first time, Republican Leaders in congress are revealing how much u. S. Taxpayers will have to pay up, upfront, to build that wall. They say they expect the Trump Administration soon will request between 12 and 15 billion to fund the walls construction. Another story were following, President Trump expected to move forward with his call for a formal investigation of unsubstantiated allegations of major voter fraud. The white house says mr. Trump will sign an executive order, maybe tomorrow, maybe saturday, instead of tonight, as anticipate. Were told the details are still being worked out. And about a week into his presidency, mr. Trump just wrapped up his first flight aboard air force one. He traveled to philadelphia to speak at a retreat for republican lawmakers and promote his agenda. Were going to talk about the war over the border wall with the former u. S. Ambassador to mexico, tony wade is standing by, along with our correspondents and analysts, as we bring you full coverage of the days top stories. Up first, lets go to our senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. Jim, were seeing a widening rift between the Trump Administration and a major u. S. Ally. Reporter thats right, wolf. And it appears that Donald Trumps plan for mexico to pay for the wall on the u. S. Border is very much a work in progress. Earlier today, White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer told reporters that a tax on mexican goods of 20 coming into the u. S. To force mexicans to reimburse u. S. Taxpayers for that wall. But just in the last hour, wolf, sean spicer called reporters back in and said that that tax is only one of a number of options under consideration at this point. It is just another example of how building a wall is easier said than done. Just as President Trump stepped off of his Maiden Voyage as commander in chief on air force one, he landed in his first diplomatic controversy. And for a change, all eyes werent on his twitter feed, but on the tweets coming from mexican president , Enrique Pena Nieto, who announced in blunt trump fashion, that he has informed the white house that he will not be attending a meeting scheduled next week with the new american president , a protest that President Trumps planned for a massive new wall on the border. Translator mexico does not believe in walls. I have said time and again, mexico will not pay for any wall. Reporter mr. Trump all but invited pena nieto to scrap the trip, tweeting, if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. Sit down, everybody. Lets enjoy ourselves. Reporter at a gop leaders retreat in philadelphia, the president said the decision to cancel was mutual. The president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless. Reporter and he touted another part of his immigration plan, the swift removal of undocumented criminals. Theyre going to be gone, fast. Reporter Top Republicans in congress are now examining weighing to pay for the wall, which comes with an estimated price tag of 12 billion. We intend to address the walsh, ourselves. And the president can deal with his relations with other countries and that issue and other issues. Reporter House Speaker paul ryans advice to republicans, budge. This is going to be an unconventional presidency, casey. I think you know this by now. I think well see unconventional tweets and thats something we all have to get used to. While republicans leaders are following the president s path on mexico, they are flatout rejected his latest defense of the use of torture on terror suspects. I believe virtually all of my members are comfortable with the state of the law on that issue now. And torture is illegal. Torture is not legal. So and we agree with it not being legal. Reporter but the president warned his party, hes not backing down from an agenda he cease as essential to keeping americans safe, both overseas and on the streets of u. S. Cities. You look at chicago. Whats going on in chicago . I said the other day, what the hell is going on . That is why we will continue to stand with the incredible men and women of law enforcement. Reporter and while President Trump will not be welcoming Enrique Pena Nieto to the white house next week, he will be sitting down with the british prime minister, theresa may, at the white house tomorrow. Thal hold a joint news conference, wolf. That will be his first with a foreign major leader. But at this time, even though both leaders are set to talk about that special relationship that exists between the u. S. And the uk, its very likely that many of the questions tomorrow will be about that wall. Wolf . Im sure they will be. Thanks very much, jim acosta, reporting. The cost of President Trumps border wall is clearly creating new tension, some confusion, about who will play, how it will be paid for, lets bring in our senior congressional reporter, manu raju. Hes also over at the republican retreat in philadelphia. So how are Congressional Republicans reacting to the possibility of putting, lets say, a 20 tax on mexican exports to the United States . Well, not particularly well, wolf. In fact, theres been significant pushback, as soon as that news came out, that that was a possibility, that the white house was exploring to impose a 20 tax, you saw several republican senators tweet about their concerns, including senator ben sasse of nebraska, senator Lindsey Graham of south carolina, saying there could be an impediment to economic growth. And senator john mccain as well raising concerns. The broader concern, among the republicans, is that donald trump may be starting a trade war with one of the countrys largest tradie inine ining part. And this party, by and large on capitol hill, supports expanded trade, not just with mexico, but around the world. John cornyn, who represents texas, that border state with mexico, raising significant concerns about the calls, these threats by donald trump, to pull out of nafta, saying that doing so, would be a significant impediment for american businesses in the United States and in his home state of texas. So this is an issue that is bound to spark a fight with his party, if he does decide to go down this road and, wolf, thats probably one reason why sean spicer walked it back immediately afterwards, once this news broke and he saw the reaction from his own party. Yeah, the reaction was pretty intense. Manu, how much support might President Trump need from congress to actually enact these possible plans . He will need the support of congress to enact, at least the spending portion of this. Theyre talking right now about sending a separate spending bill up in the coming weeks, up to 12 to 15 billion to pay for the wall, and exactly how thats done remains to be seen. One thing we dont know yet, is whether or not the Trump Administration will try to seek spending cuts to offset the upwards of 15 billion, for the new wall. This if he doesnt do that, it could prompt concerns from fiscal conservatives, who are worried about adding to the deficit. And were not even talking about democrats, who do have the power, if they stay largely united, to filibuster any sort of plan in the United States senate, to fund the wall, if they did oppose what the president is doing. So a lot of questions about not exactly not just how hes going to pay for it, but whether he can get support from his own party and congress more broadly to get behind it. And if he doesnt get that package through congress, wolf, its an open question whether or not he can build a wall and whether he can fulfill one of his Main Campaign promises, wolf. Manu, thanks very much. Manu raju reporting from philadelphia. Joining us now, tony wayne. Ambassador, thanks very much for joining us. A pleasure to be here. Whats your reaction . You were a u. S. Diplomat in mexico, you served there. Your reaction to this rapidly escalating feud between the u. S. And mexico right now, between these two president s. Well, it shows the danger of having Foreign Policy by short public announcements. This is a country that is our second largest buyer of u. S. Products. We have 1 million a minute in trade. We have a million border crossings, legal crossings, every day. Theyre very important for us, against illegal immigrants, from central america, in that effort, in drugs, finding drugs, and a whole range of topics, theyre a key partner. And it is disturbing that we had a process moving forward to talk through the issues, to start negotiations on how to deal with those issues, and thats now been thrown off. You spent four years in mexico city, as the u. S. Ambassador. Do you see any way at all that President Trump can convince the Mexican Government to pay for the wall . Well, let me say that in mexico, this is a very emotional issue. Its seen as a sign of disrespect and an issue of national dignity. And so there is a lot of pressure from all over the political spectrum, on the president of mexico, not to see it on this issue. Theyre quite willing to talk on all of the the range of issues, and try to work forward to find an agreeable way to move ahead. But on this issue, i just touches a very nationalist sentiment. And what do you think of the fact that its playing out to a certain degree on twitter. Donald trump has more than 22 million followers on twitter. The mexican president has more than 6 million followers on twitter. Theyre tweeting to each other. I think that what we should have are high officials from both governments sitting down and talking through the breadth and depth of these issues, and im sure we could find a common way forward. I dont think this is the best way to carry out Foreign Policy. Stand by for a moment. I want to bring in mark zandi, the chief economist at moodys analytics to get a little economic perspective. As you know, mark, mexico is americas second largest supplier of agricultural goods. If President Trump were to implement this 20 tax on mexican exports to the United States, how could American Consumers feel the impact . It would mean higher prices, so the tariffs, the tax would be paid by American Consumers in the form of higher prices for everything that we import from mexico. So that would be those agricultural products, it would be cars, it would be computers, it would be tvs, all of the above. Of course, it also would like lie hurt exporters, u. S. Exporters, because the value of the dollar would rise and make u. S. Exports more expensive. And, you know, its whats mexico going to do here . Are they going to not respond . They seem to be responding to everything so far. So they may impose tariffs on u. S. Exports to mexico, and that would cost american jobs. So, you know, this is a loselose for its obviously a crushing blow to mexico, but its also a loss to our economy, to our consumers and our businesses and our workers. Youre suggesting, if mexico were to retaliate for that 20 tax, it could lead to a major trade war between these two countries . Yeah. I mean, you know, of course, theres lots of scenarios here, right . And who knows how that plays out, but thats the point. We dont know how it plays out. And i will point out, you know, if you think back to the 1930s great depression, you know, big cause of that depression was this kind of tension around trade and smoothawley. That was the legislation we passed, that increased tariffs on imported products. Im not suggesting were going into the great depression, not that, but thats pretty instructive. We should look at that. That didnt work out so well, and i think this path would also work out very badly for all of us. Is there anything positive about such a 20 tax . No. Theres nothing positive. This is a loselose all the way around. And you know, what signal does it send more broadly. The United States of america, since world war ii, has been about embracing the rest of the world and getting the rest of the world to follow the rules, you know, through the wto, through nafta, through other trade agreements. And if people cheat, we take them through an adjudication process and we show them that thats not the way to go. And yeah, its two steps forward, one step back, but weve all made a lot of progress here. And now were talking about actually breaking the rules. So, you know, were completely flipping this all this hard work weve done since world war ii, which has reaped enormous benefit and will reap much more benefit Going Forward to american workers, flipping it on its head. Maybe it works, maybe it doesnt. Im not really sure, but its certainly a pretty risky path to go down and not one i would advise to go down. Ambassador wayne, is there any way the relationship between the u. S. President , the mexican president can be salvaged . Certainly, there is. This is a very important relationship between two neighbors. I think theres certainly, if they get working on the issues, they have their teams work through the issues, they set the stage, we can get this relationship passed these early bumps and back on track. But you dont see President Trump backing away from his oftenstated pledge that the wall will be built and mexico will eventually play for it . You dont see him backing away from that, do you . I think he is moving forward on both of those fronts, but there are two parties involved here. There are two countries. And mexico is a sovereign country. Theyre our neighbor. We need to talk with them and recognize their interests, too, as was just mentioned. We have 5 million jobs that depend on what we sell to mexico. Thats an important u. S. Interest. But you have to have two parties working on that. Ambassador wayne, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks. Mark zandi, thanks to you, as well. Were learning more about President Trumps plans to move forward with this call for an investigation of voter fraud. Despite the fact that the allegations have been widely debunked. The president and ceo of the naacp, Cornell Williams, hes standing by to share his reaction. Mom, i just saved a lot of money on my Car Insurance by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Great geico can help insure our mountain chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, one hundred and fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. Theres no butter in this churn. Do my tris look okay . Take a closer look at geico. Great savings. And a whole lot more. Tomorrows the day besides video games. 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Theres some question, though, about when the president will sign an executive order, but theres no question that allegations of voter fraud in the 2016 president ial election have been widely rejected as unsubstantiated and untrue. Lets bring in our senior white house correspondent, jeff zeleny. So whats the latest on all of this, jeff . Well, President Trump was expected to sign that executive order in the oval office today around 4 30 p. M. It was that executive order to talk about voter fraud. It was to direct the executive branch of his government now to look into this. But that didnt happen. We were told he arrived here at the white house late from his trip to philadelphia, but it actually was not that late, so were not sure if it was a scheduling issue or something else, but it was suddenly taken off his schedule. His aides said it was simply postponed. And he does intend to go forward with this. But, wolf, the issue here is on voter fraud. When the president was addressing republicans today at that retreat in philadelphia, it did not come up much at all. He mentioned it a little bit in passing. They know there is very little appetite among republicans on capitol hill to continue talking about this. But he said he would sign an executive order to go forward with this and we will certainly keep an eye on that to see if he goes through with that. But one aide says, these executive orders, there have been so many of them, hes reviewing all of this to make sure they meet his requirements on them. So its possible he was looking at these, reviewing the language. Theres several others to come on immigration and other matters. , you know, observers have noted, its a little odd that President Trump is touting all of his executive orders today, while republicans spent years railing against president obama for his executive actions, executive orders. Whats the reaction over there . It is, indeed, wolf. And certainly, the audience that he was meeting with today in philadelphia, members of congress, republicans on capitol hill, believe that president obama overstepped his authority again and again with the executive branch versus the legislative branch. Most of the executive orders so far are not controversial, in their eyes. He is simply redoing a lot of the things that president obama did with obamacare, sort of setting that on a path forward to redo it. And most of them are also symbolic at this point. But wolf, you can tell by watching this new president sign these executive orders, its almost as if at some points hes signing a piece of legislation. He shows it and hes very proud of it. But getting a piece of legislation passed is much more difficult than signing an executive order. He says there are several to go through. Theyre really reinstating Campaign Promises and principles and setting up a direction for his government to go at. But i can assure you, if he starts signing executive orders, usurping the authority of the legislative branch, even this Republican Congress will have something to say about it. Jeff zeleny at the white house, with thanks very much. Lets talk about President Trumps relentless focus on these unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud. Joining us now, the naacp president and ceo, Cornell Williams brooks. Thanks very much for joining us. Good to be here. You tweeted this and it jumped out at me yesterday when i saw it. Last night you tweeted, dear potus, president of the United States, i assure you, in the memory of naacp martyrs, any executive orders suppressing votes will meet unrelenting resistance. All right, explain to our viewers what youre talking about. That sounds like a threat. No threat at all. It is, in fact, a promise and prediction. We have seen in the course of this last election unrelenting Voter Suppression. We have seen our rights denied as americans, particularly seniors, africanamericans, latinos, and younger people. And so, if the president insists upon conducting an investigation into voter fraud, as a pretext for Voter Suppression, the naacp along with millions of americans of every hue and heritage will resist. We will push back. We have, in the course of this campaign, in the context of in terms of ten months and no less than ten Court Victories against Voter Suppression. So lets be clear about this. In terms of the facts. The president has claimed millions of fraudulent ballots cast. Heres what we know. The only place youll find millions of fraudulent ballots are right beside that fake birth certificate of barack obama inside the imagination of President Trump. It doesnt they dont exist. Studies show again and again that fraud voter fraud doesnt exist. There was a study that literally revealed out of a billion ballots cast, 31 instances of voter fraud. This administration, for it to double down on this notion of an investigation, weve already done this. In the bush administration, we spent five years looking at 100 million ballots and literally discovered a handful of fraudulent ballots. This is an this is a new told bad expensive idea, the definition of fraud, waste, and abuse. We dont need to go down that road. In fact, what he needs to do is strengthen voting rights. I spoke in the last hour with democratic senator, Robert Menendez of new jersey. He seems to suggest that this whole accusation of massive voter fraud is simply an excuse to engage in Voter Suppression. For example, get greater voter i. D. Laws out there, which you would regard as Voter Suppression. Absolutely where we have one out of every ten american voters, not having a governmentissued photo i. D. One out of every four africanamericans. To come up with onerous, burdensome voter i. D. Requirements, where theres no need for it, to keep people from the polls. Where weve seen state after state engage in this kind of activity. And where the federal courts conservative courts, have held that states like texas and North Carolina have engaged in Voter Suppression, via these bad wrongheaded voter i. D. Laws. We dont have to go down that road and i would strongly encourage the president focus on ensuring access to the ballot backseat, instead of erecting barriers to the ballot box. This is something, literally, people have died for. Every day, when i walk into the naccp headquarters, i have to walk past a bust of gravers. He laid down his life for the right to vote. So if the president goes down this road, we must resist and resist massively. Just to be precise, when you say unrelenting resistance, does that protests, marches, what are you talking about . Protests, civil disobedience, litigation, a Public Education campaign, it means partnering with americans all across the country, blue states and red states, who believe in the right to vote. This is not partisan, its not democrat, its not republican, it is, in fact, american. And if all those legislators, all those senators and representatives who went to selma only a few years ago walked across the Edmund Pettus bridge, looked into the eyes of people who risked their lives for the right to vote, theyve got to stand with us and stand against Voter Suppression and stand against any policy by this administration to the contrary. Cornell William Brooks of the naacp, thanks for coming in. Thank you. Thanks, cornell. Just ahead, the white house walks back on the idea of a 20 tax of mexican exports to the United States to pay for a border wall. Would it start a trade war with the United States . Plus, britains spy chief is revealing about the reallife inspiration for a classic james bond character. Morning, q. Sorry about the leg. Skiing . Okay, so whats our latest data say . Our customer is a 21yearold female. Heavily into basketball. Wait. Data just changed. 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The president in the speech today in philadelphia, he said that he and the mexican president , they agreed to cancel this meeting. Thats not necessarily the case. I dont think so. In fact, sean spicer called ate mutual cancellation. I think it was one of those, i quit youre fired situations, because as you know, donald trump tweeted this morning, said that if mexico is unwilling to pay for the wall, its better to cancel the meeting. And i think in mexico, the president was gotting a lot of pressure, hes got a 12 popularity rating. And he very quickly canceled right after that. This is just a falling out of the relationship and i think we have to see if it can be repaired. As you know, President Trump always says hes a great dealmaker, nobody can make a deal like him. But if he cant get into a room together with the mexican president , how is he going to make a deal . Look, that could still come, eventually. He is still in Campaign Mode. He just is. Hes still in Campaign Mode and more specifically in keeping Campaign Promises mode. Its just day seven . Day six, i guess. Theyre blurring together. Exactly. And what is the thing that we remember most about his Campaign Speeches . Im going to build a wall. And then its interactive. And mexico is going to pay for it. You know, the trade deals. Hes going to rip them up. Nafta needs to be changed. That is it. That is the core of who he was and why he got frankly a lot of support from people who were never Republican Voters before. New voters. So this is very much about him saying, i told you i was going to be tough with mexico and im still going to be tough with mexico. Look at this, you know . Im standing up and im saying, youre going to pay for it, even if it means a hopefully shortterm diplomatic riff. Well see. You know, he does know how to make a deal if and when he needs to get that far. But right now, thats not where he is. The white house, david, threw out this idea of a 20 tax on mexican exports coming to the United States to pay for that wall. You know, is that something that congress would go forward with . Well, wolf, on the one hand, i dont see a lot of signs yet that republicans in congress are really going to challenge President Trump. That being said, i think its going to raise a lot of eyebrows. First off, it would have to get past the democratic filibuster in the senate. The second thing, when you talk about a 20 tax hike on mexican imports, youre not just talking about potentially starting a trade war, youre also potentially raising the price of goods that go back and forth. Patrick dplgillespie just repor that 40 of imports from mexico involve parts that are from the United States in the first place. So prices can go up on both sides. But this is part of this border judgment tax idea that has been circulated by house republicans, which donald trump a couple of weeks ago told tth New York Times was too complicated and he didnt like it. So it was an idea that has been out there, you know, the question is whether americans will feel like they want to pay 20 more taxes on goods coming in from mexico to pay for a border wall, that a majority of them say shouldnt be built. This is pretty extraordinary. The first few days of a new u. S. Presidency, to have a crisis with one of the closest allies. A neighbor of the United States. And into this walks with british prime minister. The first world leader to come here and visit. And all of this shakedown with mexico is happening literally while shes on the plane, flying from britain this morning. So she gets on the plane, and she thinks, hey, the next leader to come here, to come to the United States after me would be the mexican president. She gets off the plane and finds thats all gone. Whats the subtext, the message when she goes in to meet with President Trump to try to get what i want. Is the subtext, my way or the highway . Is she going to recalibrate the way shes going to frame things with him. She was very strong and confident today when she spoke to the republicans in philadelphia, but it may be different inside the closed doors of the white house. Well see what happens. Phil mudd, the feud all unfolding over social media, while the state department awaits the confirmation of the president s choice for secretary of state, rex tillerson. How risky is all of this . I dont think the risk relates to the confirmation hearing. I think that congress is going to decide the senate is going to decide about tillerson, based on his own personal experiences, his background. I think the question is fundamentally bigger, wolf. It has to do with how the American Government operates. Back after 9 11, president bush sed the Strategic Direction for america, starting with the invasion of afghanistan. President obama set a different Strategic Direction. We are withdrawing from afghanistan and iraq, and you, the cabinet secretary, secretary of state, secretary of defense, have to compute my Strategic Direction. Look at how were flipping that in seven days of a presidency. On torture and black sites, the president says one thing, and his cabinet secretaries, i believe, are saying something else. Secretary mattis, cia director, are saying, not so fast. On russia, the president is saying, we want to move forward. People like mattis are saying, not so fast. Now on mexico, i think hes setting, potentially if mr. Tillerson is concerned as secretary, for his cabinet again to say, you may think youre providing Strategic Direction, not so fast. Slow down, weve got to figure out a partnership with mexico. Its almost flipping the role of the president and the cabinet. Everybody, stand by. Theres more coming up President Trumps chief strategist in the white house lays into the news media, saying it should, quote, keep its mouth shut. We have details on some scathing remarks and what they may reveal about the new administration. And theyre absolutely right. They say that its hot. When really, its scorching. And while some may say the desert is desolate. We prefer secluded. What is the desert . Its absolutely what you need right now. Absolutely scottsdale. Were back with our experts who are following the breaking news. Gloria, President Trump, he spoke at this Republican Congressional retreat today. Did the Party Leadership hear from him what they wanted to hear . Well, its hard to tell. The republicans i talked to are a little bit nervous, because they think the agenda is quite ambitious. Theyre worried about obamacare. And how theyre going to replace it, after they repeal it. And the president , today said, you know, maybe we should have just let it go on for a couple of years, because now its going to be ours. So he got a great response. And you know, wolf, you have to think about it this way. This is an arranged marriage between the president and the Republican Leadership. They werent all there for him. So its a little bit of a delicate dance, but they seem to have embraced each other at least for now. And, hes their vehicle to get their agenda through, and well have to see where they part ways. Dana, how daunting of a challenge is it now for the Republican Leadership in the house and senate to deliver on the president s promises . Well, i think that there are things that are incredibly are make them not daunting, but theyre very excited about. Things like trying to repeal obamacare, even though thats not going to be easy. Dealing with tax reform, which the House Speaker really republicans across the board have been wanting to do for the entire eight years of president obama. And then sort of go down the list of things. I think that the things that will make republicans in congress say, uh, this isnt what we signed up for, are perhaps 10 to 12 billion in american taxpayerfunded building of a wall, because that certainly, as we were talking about before, was Donald Trumps campaign promise, but it wases a f mexico to do it, but if mexico is not going to do it, and the wall is going to be built, its american tax dollars thats going to go to pay for it. Thats not going to be an easy sell. David swerdlick, the president s chief strategist in the white house, steve bannon, former breitbart executive, former Goldman Sachs executive, he spoke to the New York Times and he was very, very tough on the news media, among other things, he said this. The media here is the Opposition Party. They dont understand this country. They still do not understand why donald trump is the president of the United States. How unprecedented, if you believe it is, is this kind of talk from a chief white house strategist, going after the news media along these lines . Opposition party . I think calling us the opposition in the first week of the administration is unprecedented, and wolf, i think its unwarranted. Its true that most of us in the Mainstream Press did not predict that President Trump would win the election, but this narrative thats formed that we overlooked or forgot about trumps supporters, i reject that. We covered it. We covered it for a year and a half in detail, pain stakinglst and trump won the election and now hes the president. And lets move forward from there. Let me go to phil mudd. Let me read another quote from steve bannon. This is what he also told the New York Times. The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while. I want your reaction to that, phil. Well, the first is comical. Is steve bannon telling me to keep my mouth shut . Dude, that aint gonna happen. But let me transition to a realistic conversation, because this is dead serious. There is a difference between campaigning and govern and i understand exactly what the trump team was doing during the campaign. We are outsiders, we want to drain the swamp, were not politicians and were not represented by an elite media. I got that. Now we transition from that campaign to governance. And you look at the role of media in governance over the decades of my life, in covering vietnam, in covering watergate, in covering afghanistan and the war on terror, including what we did at cia in black sites that were talking about today, and fast forwarding and covering this fraudulent claim that there were fraudulent votes during the election. Were having an administration not understand in this transition from governance from campaigning to governance that the role of the media is not peripheral, it is core. And to my mind, even as a former cia officer, thats nerveracking. It makes me uncomfortable. Hear, hear. Nick, youre here in washington now, but usually youre in london or someplace o overseas. How is the world watching whats happening here in washington right now, reacting to comments like this from steve bannon, to the news media, keep your mouth shut, just listen for a while . Yeah, i think in the democracies of europe, thats a shock. Its not the kind of language that would be used by politicians or their advisers there, however antagonistic the relationship can be in britain, and the press there certainly has a history of antagonism there towards leaders. You think think of some of the newspapers there that outright come out against certain politicians running in elections. So this is something where others outside are looking in and thinking, what is happening . Where is this going . How are we going to respond to it . And more specifically, how is this going to impact us . You have elections in france coming up, elections in holland coming up in the next couple of months. There are politicians in both those countries who are nationalists, who are populists, who are feeding off of this kind of message. And theyll continue to do it. So, you know, for politicians, in democratic countries, this is a concern. That there are sort of renegade political groups that are emerging from the woodwork that are molding themselves in this fashion. How do day deal with it . And they will take, they will watch what happens here and they will try to learn lessons here of how the mainstream, if you will, Political Center of gravity in this country deals with this change. Gloria, weve covered washington for a long time. Other president s and other administrations, they have criticized the news media, but still, this is pretty harsh. It is harsh, particularly just a week into the first term, particularly a week into the fist term. But its our job and i get what ashleigh banfieban steve bannon is saying there. But the notion we should sit back and not do our job is where i disagree with him. I think the role is not to be a rubber stamp. Were not state television. Were supposed to ask the hard questions and i think we ought to keep doing that. Dana . I agree. I think the idea of the media as the Opposition Party is a dangerous, scary thing, and its up to us to do what we do and not be any party, to be equally for the republican president , Republican Congress, and democrats in congress, hold their feet to the fire, find and figure out how to have as much transparency as possible. Thats our job, the best we can do. Not going to keep our mouth shut. Not you, wolf blitzer. Thank you very much. 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Waaaaave hes a classic character in the james bond movies and were learning the real life counterpart of q is a woman. Brian todd, britains spy chief made the rel vags. He did, alex younger, the real life head of mi6 spoke at an awards event in london and revealed the reallife q is a woman. Hes trying to encourage more women to join the Intelligence Services especially on the technical side and in the process shattering a longheld and legendary notion about the agent who supplies james bond with his gadgets. Im your new quartermaster. You must be joking. Why, because im not wearing a lab coat . The young i. T. Genius. The spy master who steers james bond through his equipment challenges. Zero to 60 in 3. 2 seconds. Pretty bulletproof, a few little tricks up her sleeve. Reporter or hes the guru in the older bond films played by desmond llewellyn, constantly admonishing 007. Bring that car back in pristine order. The character q, for quart quartermast quartermaster, has been a bond legend for 50 years. Who could forget the underwater car or exploding pen . But tonight the image of q as a bookish oxford educated gentleman is shatter. Real head of britains overseas dels agency reveals im pleased to report the reallife q is a woman. Her actual identity, of course, is top secret. Glass ceilings are being broken. We saw that at cia when i was there. Announcer don far specialized in disguises. She gave me a convincing looking bruise to show her expertise. Her husband is tony mendez, the cia agent portrayed in the movie argo. Shes thrilled q is a woman. What sensibilities does she bring as a woman that maybe a male q would not bring to spy craft . An empathy and ability to communicate with people kind of a softness, not so much of an edge. But a natural ability to work with people. A lot of the male leaders in these organizations seem to lack. Reporter as far as we know, a woman hasnt yet reached the very top of the mi6 other than dame judi denchs role in the bond films. Are you going to complain the whole way . See if i care. The ejector seat, bonds goto gadget when things got heated inside the aston martin. So this is the aston martin dv5, the famous car from goldfinger. Vince is curator and historian of the International Spy museum. He showed us real spy gadgets qs team might have actually used. A wristwatch. The idea behind this is you can have a secret way to take photographs, making a coin that is hollowed out to where you could put like a microchip or put a small document. Reporter as for the soupedup spy gadgets in the movies if you find yourself needing an ejector seat, in a shootout or car chase in a foreign country, things have gone badly, your operation is blown. Reporter so rather than machine guns and ejector seats on sports cars, vince says what q and her team at mi6 really spend a lot of their time creating are things like fake, fake documents, even fake receipts to show an agent might have shopped at a store in a given city, creating all the tools that agents really need to effectively operate in their target cities and that they need to stay alive. Wolf . Brian, what other impressions of james bond is the real head of mi6 trying to dispel . Alex younger said that in real life james bond really wouldnt get through their recruitment process. He says theyre not looking for mi6 officers to take what he called moral short cuts. He said an Intelligence Officer in the real m ishi6 has high emotional intelligence, values teamwork and has respect for the law, unlike mr. Bond, he says. Good report. Appreciate it very much. This programming note starting next month, right here on cnn, you can see the most iconic moments in comedy from standup to sitcom, cnns new original series the history of comedy starts thursday, february 9th, 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Looking forward to that. Thats it for me. Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, breaking news, trump versus mexico. The meeting between the two leaders canceled, trump considering a major tariff on mexico. Is the white house walking it back . Plus more breaking news, the white house promising more executive orders on the way tonight. Cory booker is with me tonight to respond. And trumps Maralago Club just got a lot more expensive. The fee to join now doubled. Profiting from the presidency . Lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Out front, the breaking news, the war over the wall. The president now battling not just mexico but