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Kim jong-nam became an informant for the cia. on the day he was killed, security footage showed him at an elevator with an american intelligence agent. at that news the president appeared to side with north korea over something that is a staple of our intelligence business. >> i saw the information about the cia with respect to his brother or half brother. and i would tell him that would not happen under my auspices, thats for sure. i wouldnt let that happen under my auspices. >> so heres how ho...

South koreas intelligence agency blamed kim jong-un for the assassination. cnns paula hancocks is live for us in seoul, south korea and paula, what do we know about how the cia is said to have cultivated king jong-nam? >> well, jake, what were learning is from one of the defense lawyers of those -- one of the two women who smeared that nerve agent on king jong-nams face in that international airport, and what he has told cnn is based on his knowledge, he does believe that doi kim yong-nam met wi...

What have you learned, paula? >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reports saying they dont know the exact details but the fact they believe king jong man was an informant for the cia. back in january when the court case went on, the two people accused of his murder, accused of smeerg it on his face, within that court case police did admit that he met an american on the holiday island just five days before he was murdered, although they say they dont know what his identity is or whether or not...

First, lets get to laura jarrett for more on what barr is saying. is there any other way to interpret this talk about how well the prosecutor has to make a decision on obstruction as a shot directly at the special counsel robert mueller? >> no, i think that shot is pretty clear. he took it actually weeks ago during his congressional testimony, making it clear that you really, prosecutors are supposed to make a binary choice, thumbs up or thumbs down, and robert mueller failed in that regard. the...

Political standpoint, is this a win for trump? >> unclear. there is going to be a second sentencing hearing which is next week. that could involve a sentence up to ten years. just one fact that i would point out about that particular hearing. there was a filing that was made in january inadvertedly revealed mr. manafort had met with a business associate who was connected to the russian intelligence, he actually passed private polling data from the trump campaign to this russian intelligence agen...

From a political standpoint is this a win for trump? >> unclear. there is going to be a second sentencing hearing which is next week. that could involve a sentence up to ten years. just one fact that i would point out about that particular hearing. there was a filing that was made in january that inadvertently revealed mr. manafort had actually met with a business associate who was connected to the russian intelligence services and apparently in that meeting, in a cigar bar in new york city, he ...

Here because of it. so, you know, the fact that were circling back to the guy who was being paid zero dollars, who raised his hand to donald trump and said, oh, id love to work for you for free, and hes meeting secretly in new york city. taking time out of those campaign duties in august 2016 with a known russian intelligence agent, thats at the heart of what were talking about today. and the fact he agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and lied about that meeting, and you talk about the evidenc...

In washington in the more respectable quarters of lobbying here because of it. so, you know, the fact that were circling back to the guy who was being paid zero dollars, who raised his hand to donald trump and said, oh, id love to work for you for free, and hes meeting secretly in new york sitty taking time out from those campaign duties in august 2016 with a known russian intelligence agent, thats at the heart of what were talking about today. and the fact he agreed to cooperate with prosecutor...

Always -- is difficult. >> hard for all of us. >> exactly. i cant follow what my daughter is doing on instagram right now. and i know i should be. >> i wonder about the icloud part of this because so much of this is about the cover-up and the obstruction and that is different from watergate. and nick, im sure youre familiar with the rapper fabulous, who said talk is cheap, free wi-fi. talk is cheap unless it creates free evidence for mueller. what do you think of the fact that todays the day wer...

This grand jury. yes, hes been charged already. with witness tampering, but there is other information, perhaps this is the collusion investigation that mueller is putting together. because it seems that there are questions being asked that were asked of manafort. yes, he was misleading at some point, about his interactions about kilimnik, about other facts in this case that we dont know. it seems, and this is very important that the investigation against kilimnik is still very much on going. an...