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President there. this came after the iranians accused 17 of their own citizens of spying for the cia. lets bring in our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. what do you make of this claim by iran that theyve captured, busted an alleged cia spy ring? >> reporter: generally when countries speak publicly about covert operations theyre not telling the truth. this just as likely is propaganda as anything else. we know that irans certainly an intelligence target of the u.s. you dont have...

Mueller. mueller himself has also been preparing and will make an opening statement before taking questions on wednesday. also today, president trump insisted iran was lying when it announced that it had broken up a cia spy ring with the arrest of 17 iranian citizens. the president says hes ready for the absolute worst with iran. congressman mark walker of north carolina, a member of the house republican leadership, is standing by to take our questions, and our correspondents and analysts will...

29 americans who were claimed to be part of a cia spy ring. the secretary of state and the president say thats not true. we will bring the presidents comments as soon as they come in. and we begin with another fox news alert. the white house heading back at democrats thing the presidents criticism of for liberal democratic congresswomen known as "the squad is not racist. this is the send her back chance at the rally this week. meanwhile, you are watching >> harris: 21. im harris faulkner and her...

The breaking news tonight, details how robert mueller is appearing this wednesday. including an opening statement that has -- iran claiming to have busted a spy ring and arrested 17 iranians accusing them of engaging in espionage in the united states. tonight irans intelligence ministry says some of them will be executed. well talk about the breaking news with senator mazie hirono and presidential candidate tom ste steyer. first lets go to our white house correspondent kaitlan collins. were abou...

The democrats will focus like a laser on wednesday. >> all right. tom, phillip, always a pleasure. thanks to you all. >> a lot to get to, including the shocking new allegation of iran, the country claiming to have captured a major american spy ring. what president trump is tweeting this morning. one of three puerto ricans is descending on the capital. they want the president to go, but he says he is not going anywhere. a live report from san juan next. report from san juan next lets see, aleve...

In a tweet this morning the president called the report more lies and propaganda. matthew chance joins us now. matthew, iran will frequently make claims of u.s. spies on the ground there. we know that iran is a major intelligence target of the u.s. do we have anything to corroborate irans claims to view them as credible? >> not really in terms of kind of corroboration that we would be looking for as evidence. what i can tell you is that i rare yen state media is using this announcement that has ...

Are also accused of spying. and there are americans being held thereto. and i want to go back to iran. the president has said that iran has claimed that they broke up a cia spy ring is false. how is our intelligence on who they may have in custody inside iran and what they may do? they say they are executing american people. >> to my knowledge they are not necessarily executing american citizens, they are executing iranians accused of working with americans. however they are holding iranians and...

Profitmaking to put above the profits they should have made in order to protect our information. >> pennsylvania state attorney general josh shapiro, thank you very much for your time, sir. for your work on the settlement. and we will see how it all plays out. so thank you very much. coming up here, how much stock can the u.s. put in irans claims that they busted a cia spy ring? and its sentencing some of the agents to death. >> i read a report today about cia, thats totally a false story. tha...

Considered including convoys, international convoys to protect shipping through this key strategic artery for oil exports out of this middle eastern oil producing region including the united states potentially being involved in this. when you set this incidence against the backdrop between the u.s. they have done that. setting it into that context. thats something thats of deep concern as well. meanwhile, in a parallel development, iran said that it has broken up a spy ring operated by the cia. ...

They dont agree with the policy. it lines up with europe. more hawkish with europeans, though, on confronting irans aggressive foreign policies. britain, if you like, is stuck in the middle. iran knows that. britains voice doesnt carry as much weight any more. so it really is tough for britain to get its tanker back and its reputation. . >> bill neely from london. after what bill just laid out in terms of the british military and the governments response to this, give us a sense of what you are ...