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Scheduled for 2:00 p.m. we are hoping that it begins any moment so we can bring it to you live. we see a little movement there, so well keep an eye. this going on as the president considers pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. there are new reports that an israeli private intelligence agency was hired to get dirt on obama officials who crafted the agreement in an effort to undermine that agreement. jim sciutto is our chief national security koerpts. it correspondent. it is unclear who hired thi...

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Compiling files on obama administration officials involved in the iran nuclear deal. this according to the observer. the effort by the firm black cube was reportedly intended to discredit the officials, ben rose and colin cowel in order to undermine the deal, and make it easier for clump to withdraw. documents show black cube compiled detailed profiles of the two, listing their addresses, makes of their cars and information on their relatives. cnn has obtained e-mails to kahls wife in 2017 sent ...

Good morning, fred. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, dave. this was an israeli firm hired by trump aides. not just the british observer, but other publications and outlets doing the same. it was ben rhodes and colin kyle who were essentially asked whether information was gathered on their personal lives, but dealings around trying to get that iran nuclear deal to be put in place. on top of this, the firm apparently also contacted some journalists perceived to be for the iran nuclear a...

Waiving sanctions on iran as part of the deal. ian, what reports are these detailing? >> reporter: this is a case of international espionage that the observer and the new york are saying they hired an intelligence company to dig up dirt on ben rhodes, obamas national security adviser, colin call who is an aide to president obama. it is also reported in intelligence agency was hired to dig up dirt on calls and rhodes wives. there is a lot being said here. the observer and rhodes -- or sorry -- th...

Constructive end in sight. im a little bit surprised, frankly, and bluntly that chairman nunes doesnt spend more of his time working on issues like trade that affect the sale of agricultural products from his district or water policy because they have a water policy out there or join with us in a constructive national infrastructure rebuilding program. they have a fairly controversial gas tax increase out there because the federal government failed to fulfill its partnership role. >> appreciate ...

>> well, its media reports that are out there. it was only the observer from the united kingdom at first that said this. it appears as though it was ben rhodes who were targeted in this. two top obama administration aides. and the new yorker is reporting that it was apparently their rives who were specifically targeted trying to extract information from them. at least he said it is true that his wife was called on a telephone and asked specific question and people tried to get in touch with her ...

And the observer in the uk report that an israeli private intelligence firm spied on former obama administration aides involved in the iran deal in an attempt to discredit them. the observer reported that aides to president trump hired the firm. the firm denies those claims. a source told "the new yorker" that the operation was part of work for a private sector client. its not clear what the president plans to do tomorrow. but it is clear time is nearly up for anyone who change his or her mind. ...

Officials were willing to do behind the scenes against this deal, allegedly trying to discredit the entire iran nuclear deal by impugning the obama staff who worked on it through a very elaborate and relatively unusual dirty tricks campaign coordinated with former spies from abroad. this is a report from the uks "observer" as well as "the new yorker" and they state the trump officials were reportedly reaching out to former israeli spies to get personally damning information on white house aides ...

Justice and fbi has said that we shouldnt release something on the grounds of national security or because of some other reason, it turns out that the only reason they didnt want it relesion because it was embarrassing to the fbi or department of justice. paul: bill, elaborate on that, you have been following this throughout, oh, terrible damage and you see what they have come up with and its nothing. >> remember the summary that the house intelligence committee was going to release and they put...